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The newsgroup hierarchy revived the old naming system used by Usenet before the Great Renaming . All groups had names starting "net.", which serve to distinguish them from the "Big 8" (misc.,sci.,news.,rec., soc., talk., comp. humanities.). A separate checkgroup system, using the same technical mechanism as the one produced by David C. Lawrence for the Big 8, enforced the Usenet II hierarchy and prevents the creation of unauthorized newsgroups within it. The basic principles of operation were controlled by a ''Steering Committee'', which appointed "hierarchy czars" who were responsible for the content of specific portions of the namespace, or hierarchies.
No message may spawn a discussion in more than three newsgroups. This applies both to the "newsgroups" field and the "followups-to" field. It is permissible to post a message three times. Posting a message every day or every week is not permitted. It is unknown whether any Usenet II hosts still exist at this time. EXTERNAL LINKS
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