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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. There are a number of Usenet II hosts still operating, but traffic is largely limited to FAQ postings. The effort to extend Usenet II was abandoned as technical means to fight spam and other abuse on traditional Usenet became more effective and spammers migrated from Usenet to email. Usenet II policies have been adopted by private and restricted-distribution Usenet hierarchies. EXTERNAL LINKS
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