spaf@gatech.UUCP (Gene Spafford) (08/15/84)
There appears to be some confusion about the proper placement
of articles when submitting to the net. Please allow me to
point out the long-standing Usenet conventions.
net.general is intended for announcments of general interest
to all (read: world-wide) readers of news. If you
want to submit an article to more than one
newsgroup, net.general SHOULD NEVER be one of them.
Follow-ups to articles appearing in net.general
should go to net.followup and NEVER to net.general.
If your posting is one where you just don't know
where it goes, but it isn't really an important
announcement, submit it to net.misc
net.sources is intended for source code of programs of general
interest. It is NOT intended for "wanted" queries.
Nor is it appropriate to discuss postings there.
If you are looking for source, post your requests to
net.wanted (and possibly to one other appropriate group
such as net.math, net.lang, or net.unix-wizards).
Microcomputer source (or object code) which you suspect
to be of limited interest to the WORLD-WIDE network
readership should get posted to the appropriate
net.micro.* group.
net.net-people is intended for postings of the sort "Do you know of
a path to person <x> at site <y> on network <z>?"
In general, a "For Sale" item is not appropriate in any "net."
group unless you specify a regional distribution.
There is a list posted to the group "net.news.groups" every two weeks
which summarizes all of the newsgroups and their purposes. Please
consult that list before you post again and help keep the network
tidy. As we say, thanks in advance.
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Gene Spafford
The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332
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