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RESULT: comp.protocols.iso.x400 and comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway will be removed

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comp.protocols.iso.x400 will be removed
comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway will be removed

The Last Call for Comments (LCC) on 14 Aug 2006 initiated a five-day
period for final comments. Following the comment period, the Big-8
Management board has decided by consensus to remove the newsgroups
comp.protocols.iso.x400 and comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway.

These groups will be removed on 28 Aug 2006.


RATIONALE: remove comp.protocols.iso.x400.*

comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway has not had any approved messages since
June 1994.

comp.protocols.iso.x400 has not had any on-topic messages in the past 11
months.

This RFD is part of a proposal to remove 31 low-traffic former-INET
groups. Please see article <11528143...@isc.org>, available here:

http://news.killfile.org/?group=news.announce.newgroups&number=1363

Note: the proposal to remove two of the 31 groups, comp.os.rsts and
comp.std.announce, has been withdrawn.


HISTORY:

comp.protocols.iso.x400 and comp.protocols.iso.x400 has existed as an INET group
since at least 1988. comp.protocols.iso.x400 was converted to an unmoderated
status in December 1992. Both groups were promoted to the standard Big 8
distribution in October 2000.


DISTRIBUTION:

This document has been posted to the following newsgroups:

news.announce.newgroups
news.groups
comp.protocols.iso.x400
comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway
comp.protocols.misc


PROPONENT:

Jim Riley <jim...@pipeline.com>


CHANGE HISTORY:

2006-08-24 Result Posting
2006-08-14 3rd RFD (Last Call for Comments)
2006-07-13 2nd ("comprehensive") RFD
2006-07-06 1st RFD

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