XPost: comp.databases.oracle.server, comp.databases.oracle.misc   
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   "Volker Hetzer"  wrote in message   
   news:bvrak9$lhq$1@nntp.fujitsu-siemens.com...   
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   > "Haximus" <14356256546@spam.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag   
   news:V99Ub.399973$X%5.157062@pd7tw2no...   
   > > "Volker Hetzer"  wrote in message   
   > > news:bvr645$u84$1@nntp.fujitsu-siemens.com...   
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   > > > "Haximus" <14356256546@spam.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag   
   > > news:DU8Ub.399833$X%5.292912@pd7tw2no...   
   > > > > > There is no comp.databases.oracle   
   > > > >   
   > > > > There is, it may not be carried by your provider though.   
   > > > I've been told that there is one definitive list of all newsgroups   
   created   
   > > by the proper voting   
   > > > process.   
   > > > Some groups, like the postgres group are "illegal" in that sense. I   
   > > suspect comp.databases.oracle   
   > > > belongs to those.   
   > > > It also isn't carried by groups.google.com.   
   > >   
   > > There is no newsgroup authority or definitive list.  Anyone can start   
   one.   
   > > All one needs to do is convince other providers to carry it.   
   > Of course, technically, you may create a group, even with a failed votte,   
   but   
   > nevertheless, that creates illegal groups. Have a look at the faq in   
   news.groups   
   > if you want to know more.   
   > There *is* a list of all non-illegal groups, at least for the groups comp,   
   humanities,   
   > misc, news, rec, sci, soc and talk.   
   > So, while there might be an alt.database.oracle tomorrow, there is no   
   legal   
   > comp.databases.oracle.   
      
   It is not illegal, just obsolete.  comp.databases.oracle was the original   
   "catch all" for the c.d.o.* groups and a place to post topics that did not   
   apply to specific subgroups.  It was renamed comp.databases.oracle.misc,   
   though it looks like the original group is still being propagated.  There is   
   no such thing as an illegal group, just groups that contain illegal content.   
      
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