This article is from the Rialto FAQ, by Richard "Pug" Bainter pug@pug.net with numerous contributions by others.
The first SCA newsgroup was named alt.sca. When the traffic grew to a
respectable size, we moved to rec.org.sca because the rec hierarchy
gets better distribution. alt.sca is currently defunct, but still
carried at some sites. We recommend that users of alt.sca move over to
rec.org.sca, and ask their system administrator to remove alt.sca from
their system, to avoid future confusion.
 
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