usenet@gatech.UUCP (03/01/85)
Original from Gene Spafford (gatech!spaf) [Most recent change: 19 February 1985 by spaf] This is a short introduction to the proper use of the "net.general" newsgroup. The "rules" for Usenet are based on convention, common sense, and tradition. More detail on these rules, and on effective and proper use of the Usenet in general may be found in the regular monthly postings in the "net.announce.newusers" newsgroup. If you have not yet read those postings, do so, soon! If your system does not get "net.announce.newusers" then send me mail and I will try to obtain copies of those articles for you. What is appropriate to post to net.general? The only articles appropriate to net.general are articles of general interest and importance to *EVERYONE* on the net. This includes readers of the net in Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada, and the USA -- readers at over 1100 sites around the world. Announcements of items for sale, test messages, announcements of local seminars, postings of sources or bugs, enquiries as to the whereabouts of old friends, and the like are *NOT* to be posted to net.general. Followups to articles in net.general are also NOT supposed to go to net.general; there is a "net.followup" specifically for that purpose. By convention, anything posted to net.general should *NOT* be posted to any other "net" group, except perhaps "net.announce" (which is a moderated group). Where do I post those articles then? Look for a local or regional group first, and use the distribution feature of "postnews" (see the "man" page for postnews and/or the articles in "net.announce.newusers" for specifics on how to do this). For instance, a car for sale could be mentioned in an article in the "net.auto" group BUT ONLY with the distribution set to an appropriate value, like "nj" or "ca" -- very few people in Australia or Denmark will want to read about a Chevy for sale in Chicago. They also don't want to pay the phone costs to transmit the article overseas. Test messages should go to your local "test" newsgroup. Test messages that MUST be broadcast to the entire world should be put in "net.test". Please don't send tests to sites on four continents just to make sure that your link with a single neighbor works; use an appropriate distribution on net.test , or create a "to" newsgroup for such tests. If you are trying to locate someone, post to "net.net-people". Most "wanted" requests should go to either "net.wanted" or "net.wanted.sources". Where do I post something if I can't figure out where to post it? Well, if you aren't sure where to post it, it definitely does NOT belong in net.general. If it doesn't seem to fit in any newsgroup as described in the list of active groups posted to net.announce.newusers, you should post it to the "net.misc" group -- or not post it at all. Where do I go to get more information about newsgroups and posting? See the articles in "net.announce.newusers". I post a number of articles there every month which list all active newsgroups and their purposes. I also post updated articles on Usenet rules and conventions. Every Usenet user should familiarlize himself or herself with the contents of those articles. You can also ask an "old-timer" for advice or help. Try sending mail to me (spaf@gatech.uucp), Mark Horton (mark@cbosgd.uucp), Rick Adams (rick@seismo.uucp) or Chuq Von Rospach (chuqui@nsc.uucp). We'll be happy to try to answer your questions -- just don't post them to the net first! Usenet continues to function due to the co-operative efforts of its users. Please co-operate and use net.general for its intended purpose. -- Gene "5 months and counting" Spafford The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332 CSNet: Spaf @ GATech ARPA: Spaf%GATech.CSNet @ CSNet-Relay.ARPA uucp: ...!{akgua,allegra,hplabs,ihnp4,linus,seismo,ulysses}!gatech!spaf
usenet@gatech.CSNET (04/02/85)
Original from Gene Spafford (gatech!spaf) [Most recent change: 19 February 1985 by spaf] This is a short introduction to the proper use of the "net.general" newsgroup. The "rules" for Usenet are based on convention, common sense, and tradition. More detail on these rules, and on effective and proper use of the Usenet in general may be found in the regular monthly postings in the "net.announce.newusers" newsgroup. If you have not yet read those postings, do so, soon! If your system does not get "net.announce.newusers" then send me mail and I will try to obtain copies of those articles for you. What is appropriate to post to net.general? The only articles appropriate to net.general are articles of general interest and importance to *EVERYONE* on the net. This includes readers of the net in Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada, and the USA -- readers at over 1100 sites around the world. Announcements of items for sale, test messages, announcements of local seminars, postings of sources or bugs, enquiries as to the whereabouts of old friends, and the like are *NOT* to be posted to net.general. Followups to articles in net.general are also NOT supposed to go to net.general; there is a "net.followup" specifically for that purpose. By convention, anything posted to net.general should *NOT* be posted to any other "net" group, except perhaps "net.announce" (which is a moderated group). Where do I post those articles then? Look for a local or regional group first, and use the distribution feature of "postnews" (see the "man" page for postnews and/or the articles in "net.announce.newusers" for specifics on how to do this). For instance, a car for sale could be mentioned in an article in the "net.auto" group BUT ONLY with the distribution set to an appropriate value, like "nj" or "ca" -- very few people in Australia or Denmark will want to read about a Chevy for sale in Chicago. They also don't want to pay the phone costs to transmit the article overseas. Test messages should go to your local "test" newsgroup. Test messages that MUST be broadcast to the entire world should be put in "net.test". Please don't send tests to sites on four continents just to make sure that your link with a single neighbor works; use an appropriate distribution on net.test , or create a "to" newsgroup for such tests. If you are trying to locate someone, post to "net.net-people". Most "wanted" requests should go to either "net.wanted" or "net.wanted.sources". Where do I post something if I can't figure out where to post it? Well, if you aren't sure where to post it, it definitely does NOT belong in net.general. If it doesn't seem to fit in any newsgroup as described in the list of active groups posted to net.announce.newusers, you should post it to the "net.misc" group -- or not post it at all. Where do I go to get more information about newsgroups and posting? See the articles in "net.announce.newusers". I post a number of articles there every month which list all active newsgroups and their purposes. I also post updated articles on Usenet rules and conventions. Every Usenet user should familiarlize himself or herself with the contents of those articles. You can also ask an "old-timer" for advice or help. Try sending mail to me (spaf@gatech.uucp), Mark Horton (mark@cbosgd.uucp), Rick Adams (rick@seismo.uucp) or Chuq Von Rospach (chuqui@nsc.uucp). We'll be happy to try to answer your questions -- just don't post them to the net first! Usenet continues to function due to the co-operative efforts of its users. Please co-operate and use net.general for its intended purpose.
usenet@gatech.CSNET (07/01/85)
Original from Gene Spafford (gatech!spaf) [Most recent change: 19 February 1985 by spaf] This is a short introduction to the proper use of the "net.general" newsgroup. The "rules" for Usenet are based on convention, common sense, and tradition. More detail on these rules, and on effective and proper use of the Usenet in general may be found in the regular monthly postings in the "net.announce.newusers" newsgroup. If you have not yet read those postings, do so, soon! If your system does not get "net.announce.newusers" then send me mail and I will try to obtain copies of those articles for you. What is appropriate to post to net.general? The only articles appropriate to net.general are articles of general interest and importance to *EVERYONE* on the net. This includes readers of the net in Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada, and the USA -- readers at over 1100 sites around the world. Announcements of items for sale, test messages, announcements of local seminars, postings of sources or bugs, enquiries as to the whereabouts of old friends, and the like are *NOT* to be posted to net.general. Followups to articles in net.general are also NOT supposed to go to net.general; there is a "net.followup" specifically for that purpose. By convention, anything posted to net.general should *NOT* be posted to any other "net" group, except perhaps "net.announce" (which is a moderated group). Where do I post those articles then? Look for a local or regional group first, and use the distribution feature of "postnews" (see the "man" page for postnews and/or the articles in "net.announce.newusers" for specifics on how to do this). For instance, a car for sale could be mentioned in an article in the "net.auto" group BUT ONLY with the distribution set to an appropriate value, like "nj" or "ca" -- very few people in Australia or Denmark will want to read about a Chevy for sale in Chicago. They also don't want to pay the phone costs to transmit the article overseas. Test messages should go to your local "test" newsgroup. Test messages that MUST be broadcast to the entire world should be put in "net.test". Please don't send tests to sites on four continents just to make sure that your link with a single neighbor works; use an appropriate distribution on net.test , or create a "to" newsgroup for such tests. If you are trying to locate someone, post to "net.net-people". Most "wanted" requests should go to either "net.wanted" or "net.wanted.sources". Where do I post something if I can't figure out where to post it? Well, if you aren't sure where to post it, it definitely does NOT belong in net.general. If it doesn't seem to fit in any newsgroup as described in the list of active groups posted to net.announce.newusers, you should post it to the "net.misc" group -- or not post it at all. Where do I go to get more information about newsgroups and posting? See the articles in "net.announce.newusers". I post a number of articles there every month which list all active newsgroups and their purposes. I also post updated articles on Usenet rules and conventions. Every Usenet user should familiarlize himself or herself with the contents of those articles. You can also ask an "old-timer" for advice or help. Try sending mail to me (spaf@gatech.uucp), Mark Horton (mark@cbosgd.uucp), Rick Adams (rick@seismo.uucp) or Chuq Von Rospach (chuqui@nsc.uucp). We'll be happy to try to answer your questions -- just don't post them to the net first! Usenet continues to function due to the co-operative efforts of its users. Please co-operate and use net.general for its intended purpose. -- Gene "3 months and holding" Spafford The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332 CSNet: Spaf @ GATech ARPA: Spaf%GATech.CSNet @ CSNet-Relay.ARPA uucp: ...!{akgua,allegra,hplabs,ihnp4,linus,seismo,ulysses}!gatech!spaf
usenet@gatech.CSNET (11/01/85)
Original-from: Gene Spafford (gatech!spaf) [Most recent change: 19 February 1985 by spaf] This is a short introduction to the proper use of the "net.general" newsgroup. The "rules" for Usenet are based on convention, common sense, and tradition. More detail on these rules, and on effective and proper use of the Usenet in general may be found in the regular monthly postings in the "net.announce.newusers" newsgroup. If you have not yet read those postings, do so, soon! If your system does not get "net.announce.newusers" then send me mail and I will try to obtain copies of those articles for you. What is appropriate to post to net.general? The only articles appropriate to net.general are articles of general interest and importance to *EVERYONE* on the net. This includes readers of the net in Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada, and the USA -- readers at over 1100 sites around the world. Announcements of items for sale, test messages, announcements of local seminars, postings of sources or bugs, enquiries as to the whereabouts of old friends, and the like are *NOT* to be posted to net.general. Followups to articles in net.general are also NOT supposed to go to net.general; there is a "net.followup" specifically for that purpose. By convention, anything posted to net.general should *NOT* be posted to any other "net" group, except perhaps "net.announce" (which is a moderated group). Where do I post those articles then? Look for a local or regional group first, and use the distribution feature of "postnews" (see the "man" page for postnews and/or the articles in "net.announce.newusers" for specifics on how to do this). For instance, a car for sale could be mentioned in an article in the "net.auto" group BUT ONLY with the distribution set to an appropriate value, like "nj" or "ca" -- very few people in Australia or Denmark will want to read about a Chevy for sale in Chicago. They also don't want to pay the phone costs to transmit the article overseas. Test messages should go to your local "test" newsgroup. Test messages that MUST be broadcast to the entire world should be put in "net.test". Please don't send tests to sites on four continents just to make sure that your link with a single neighbor works; use an appropriate distribution on net.test , or create a "to" newsgroup for such tests. If you are trying to locate someone, post to "net.net-people". Most "wanted" requests should go to either "net.wanted" or "net.wanted.sources". Where do I post something if I can't figure out where to post it? Well, if you aren't sure where to post it, it definitely does NOT belong in net.general. If it doesn't seem to fit in any newsgroup as described in the list of active groups posted to net.announce.newusers, you should post it to the "net.misc" group -- or not post it at all. Where do I go to get more information about newsgroups and posting? See the articles in "net.announce.newusers". I post a number of articles there every month which list all active newsgroups and their purposes. I also post updated articles on Usenet rules and conventions. Every Usenet user should familiarlize himself or herself with the contents of those articles. You can also ask an "old-timer" for advice or help. Try sending mail to me (spaf@gatech.uucp), Mark Horton (mark@cbosgd.uucp), Rick Adams (rick@seismo.uucp) or Chuq Von Rospach (chuqui@nsc.uucp). We'll be happy to try to answer your questions -- just don't post them to the net first! Usenet continues to function due to the co-operative efforts of its users. Please co-operate and use net.general for its intended purpose.
usenet@gatech.CSNET (12/01/85)
Original-from: Gene Spafford (gatech!spaf) [Most recent change: 6 November 1985 by spaf] This is a short introduction to the proper use of the "net.general" newsgroup. The "rules" for Usenet are based on convention, common sense, and tradition. More detail on these rules, and on effective and proper use of the Usenet in general may be found in the regular monthly postings in the "net.announce.newusers" newsgroup. If you have not yet read those postings, do so, soon! If your system does not get "net.announce.newusers" then send me mail and I will try to obtain copies of those articles for you. What is appropriate to post to net.general? The only articles appropriate to net.general are articles of general interest and importance to *EVERYONE* on the net. This includes readers of the net in Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada, and the USA -- readers at over 1100 sites around the world. Announcements of items for sale, test messages, announcements of local seminars, postings of sources or bugs, enquiries as to the whereabouts of old friends, and the like are *NOT* to be posted to net.general. Followups to articles in net.general are also NOT supposed to go to net.general; there is a "net.followup" specifically for that purpose. By convention, anything posted to net.general should *NOT* be posted to any other "net" group, except perhaps "net.announce" (which is a moderated group). Where do I post those articles then? Look for a local or regional group first, and use the distribution feature of "postnews" (see the "man" page for postnews and/or the articles in "net.announce.newusers" for specifics on how to do this). For instance, a car for sale could be mentioned in an article in the "net.auto" group BUT ONLY with the distribution set to an appropriate value, like "nj" or "ca" -- very few people in Australia or Denmark will want to read about a Chevy for sale in Chicago. They also don't want to pay the phone costs to transmit the article overseas. Test messages should go to your local "test" newsgroup. Test messages that MUST be broadcast to the entire world should be put in "net.test". Please don't send tests to sites on four continents just to make sure that your link with a single neighbor works; use an appropriate distribution on net.test, or create a "to" newsgroup for such tests. If you are trying to locate someone, post to "net.net-people". Most "wanted" requests should go to either "net.wanted" or "net.wanted.sources". Where do I post something if I can't figure out where to post it? Well, if you aren't sure where to post it, it definitely does NOT belong in net.general. If it doesn't seem to fit in any newsgroup as described in the list of active groups posted to net.announce.newusers, you should post it to the "net.misc" group -- or not post it at all. Where do I go to get more information about newsgroups and posting? See the articles in "net.announce.newusers". I post a number of articles there every month which list all active newsgroups and their purposes. I also post updated articles on Usenet rules and conventions. Every Usenet user should familiarlize himself or herself with the contents of those articles. You can also ask an "old-timer" for advice or help. Try sending mail to me (spaf@gatech.uucp), Mark Horton (mark@cbosgd.uucp), Rick Adams (rick@seismo.uucp) or Chuq Von Rospach (chuq@sun.uucp). We'll be happy to try to answer your questions -- just don't post them to the net first! Usenet continues to function due to the co-operative efforts of its users. Please co-operate and use net.general for its intended purpose.
usenet@gatech.CSNET (04/01/86)
Original-from: Gene Spafford (gatech!spaf) [Most recent change: 3 December 1985 by spaf] This is a short introduction to the proper use of the "net.general" newsgroup. The "rules" for Usenet are based on convention, common sense, and tradition. More detail on these rules, and on effective and proper use of the Usenet in general may be found in the regular monthly postings in the "net.announce.newusers" newsgroup. If you have not yet read those postings, do so, soon! If your system does not get "net.announce.newusers" then send me mail and I will try to obtain copies of those articles for you. What is appropriate to post to net.general? The only articles appropriate to net.general are articles of general interest and importance to *EVERYONE* on the net. This includes readers of the net in Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada, and the USA -- readers at over 1100 sites around the world. Announcements of items for sale, test messages, announcements of local seminars, postings of sources or bugs, enquiries as to the whereabouts of old friends, and the like are *NOT* to be posted to net.general. Followups to articles in net.general are also NOT supposed to go to net.general; there is a "net.followup" specifically for that purpose. By convention, anything posted to net.general should *NOT* be posted to any other "net" group, except perhaps "net.announce" (which is a moderated group). Where do I post those articles then? Look for a local or regional group first, and use the distribution feature of "postnews" (see the "man" page for postnews and/or the articles in "net.announce.newusers" for specifics on how to do this). For instance, a car for sale could be mentioned in an article in the "net.auto" group BUT ONLY with the distribution set to an appropriate value, like "nj" or "ca" -- very few people in Australia or Denmark will want to read about a Chevy for sale in Chicago. They also don't want to pay the phone costs to transmit the article overseas. Test messages should go to your local "test" newsgroup. Test messages that MUST be broadcast to the entire world should be put in "net.test". Please don't send tests to sites on four continents just to make sure that your link with a single neighbor works; use an appropriate distribution on net.test, or create a "to" newsgroup for such tests. If you are trying to locate someone, post to "net.net-people". Most "wanted" requests should go to either "net.wanted" or "net.wanted.sources". Where do I post something if I can't figure out where to post it? Well, if you aren't sure where to post it, it definitely does NOT belong in net.general. If it doesn't seem to fit in any newsgroup as described in the list of active groups posted to net.announce.newusers, you should post it to the "net.misc" group -- or not post it at all. Where do I go to get more information about newsgroups and posting? See the articles in "net.announce.newusers". I post a number of articles there every month which list all active newsgroups and their purposes. I also post updated articles on Usenet rules and conventions. Every Usenet user should familiarlize himself or herself with the contents of those articles. You can also ask an "old-timer" for advice or help. Try sending mail to me (spaf@gatech.uucp), Mark Horton (mark@cbosgd.uucp), Rick Adams (rick@seismo.css.gov), Frederick Avolio (avolio@decuac.uucp) or Chuq Von Rospach (chuq@sun.uucp). We'll be happy to try to answer your questions -- just don't post them to the net first! Usenet continues to function due to the co-operative efforts of its users. Please co-operate and use net.general for its intended purpose.