postann@cbosgd.UUCP (06/04/84)
This message describes some of the rules of conduct on Usenet. The rules vary depending on the newsgroup. Some newsgroups are intended for discussions and some for announcements or queries. It is not usually a good idea to carry on discussions in newsgroups that are designated otherwise. It is never a good idea to carry on "meta-discussions" about whether a given discussion is appropriate - such traffic mushrooms until nobody can find articles that belong. If you are unhappy with what some user said, send them mail, don't post it. Before posting, think about where your article is going. If it's posted to a "net." newsgroup, it will go to the USA, Canada, Europe, and Australia. Certain articles are only of local interest (e.g. used car ads) and it is inappropriate to post them to the whole world. Use the "Distribution" feature to restrict distribution to your local area. Announcement of professional products or services on Usenet is allowed; however, since someone else is paying the phone bills for this, it is important that it be of overall benefit to Usenet. Post to an appropriate newsgroup, never a general purpose newsgroup such as net.general. Clearly mark your article as a product announcement in the subject. Never repeat these - one article per product at the most; preferably group everything into one article. Advertising hype is especially frowned upon - stick to technical facts. Obnoxious or inappropriate announcements, or articles violating this policy, are very serious and cause for removing your machine from Usenet. This policy is, of course, subject to change if it becomes a problem. Some newsgroups are moderated. In these groups, you cannot post directly, either by convention or because the software prevents it. To post to these newsgroups, send mail to the moderator. Newsgroup Moderator Purpose net.announce cbosgd!announce Important announcements for everyone on the net Some newsgroups have special purpose rules: Newsgroup Rules net.announce Moderated, no direct postings. net.general Announcements only, no discussions net.followup Followups to net.general, results of surveys (no discussions) net.wanted Queries, "I want an x", "Anyone want my x?". No discussions. Don't post to more than one xxx.wanted net.flame Normal standards of courtesy are not observed here. net.jokes Clean jokes only; anything offensive must be rotated; no discussions - jokes only. Discussions go in net.jokes.d net.movies Don't post anything revealing part of a movie without marking it (spoiler) in the subject. net.news.group Discussions about new groups: whether to create them and what to call them. Don't post yes/no votes, mail them to the author net.sources Big files such as source code net.test Use the smallest test group possible, e.g. "test" or "ucb.test". Say in the body what you are testing. net.women.only Men are discouraged from participating, and are forbidden from criticizing a topic or person in this newsgroup.
postann@cbosgd.UUCP (08/07/84)
This message describes some of the rules of conduct on Usenet. The rules vary depending on the newsgroup. Some newsgroups are intended for discussions and some for announcements or queries. It is not usually a good idea to carry on discussions in newsgroups that are designated otherwise. It is never a good idea to carry on "meta-discussions" about whether a given discussion is appropriate - such traffic mushrooms until nobody can find articles that belong. If you are unhappy with what some user said, send them mail, don't post it. Before posting, think about where your article is going. If it's posted to a "net." newsgroup, it will probably go to the USA, Canada, Europe, Korea, and Australia. Certain articles are only of local interest (e.g. used car ads) and it is inappropriate to post them to the whole world. Use the "Distribution" feature to restrict distribution to your local area. If you don't know how to use this feature, read "Frequently Submitted Items" in another article in net.announce.newusers. Announcement of professional products or services on Usenet is allowed; however, since someone else is paying the phone bills for this, it is important that it be of overall benefit to Usenet. Post to an appropriate newsgroup, never a general purpose newsgroup such as net.general. Clearly mark your article as a product announcement in the subject. Never repeat these - one article per product at the most; preferably group everything into one article. Advertising hype is especially frowned upon - stick to technical facts. Obnoxious or inappropriate announcements, or articles violating this policy, are very serious and cause for removing your machine from Usenet. This policy is, of course, subject to change if it becomes a problem. Some newsgroups are moderated. In these groups, you cannot post directly, either by convention or because the software prevents it. To post to these newsgroups, send mail to the moderator. Newsgroup Moderator Purpose net.announce cbosgd!announce Important announcements for everyone on the net mod.ber harpo!ber Summaries of other newsgroups Some newsgroups have special purpose rules: Newsgroup Rules net.announce Moderated, no direct postings, very important things only. net.general Announcements only, no discussions, very important things only. net.followup Followups to net.general, results of surveys (no discussions) net.wanted Queries, "I want an x", "Anyone want my x?". No discussions. Don't post to more than one xxx.wanted. Use the smallest appropriate wanted (e.g. used car ads to nj.wanted.) net.flame Normal standards of courtesy are not observed here. net.jokes Clean jokes only; anything offensive must be rotated; no discussions - jokes only. Discussions go in net.jokes.d net.movies Don't post anything revealing part of a movie without marking it (spoiler) in the subject. net.news.group Discussions about new groups: whether to create them and what to call them. Don't post yes/no votes, mail them to the author net.sources Big files such as source code, no discussions. net.test Use the smallest test group possible, e.g. "test" or "ucb.test". Say in the body of the message what you are testing. net.women.only Men are discouraged from participating, and are forbidden from criticizing a topic or person in this newsgroup. It is perfectly legal to reproduce short extracts of a copyrighted work for critical purposes, but reproduction in whole is strictly and explicitly forbidden. Otherwise, there would be no way for the artist to make money, and there would thus be less motive for people to go to the trouble of making their art available at all. The crime of theft is as serious in this context as any other, even though you may not have to pick locks, mask your face, or conceal merchandise. All opinions or statements made in messages posted to Usenet should be taken as the opinions of the person who wrote the message. They do not necessarily represent the opinions of the employer of that person, the owner of the computer from which the message was posted, or anyone involved with Usenet or the underlying networks of which Usenet is made up. All responsibility for statements made in Usenet messages rests with the individual posting the message.
postann@cbosgd.UUCP (10/01/84)
This message describes some of the rules of conduct on Usenet. The rules vary depending on the newsgroup. Some newsgroups are intended for discussions and some for announcements or queries. It is not usually a good idea to carry on discussions in newsgroups that are designated otherwise. It is never a good idea to carry on "meta-discussions" about whether a given discussion is appropriate - such traffic mushrooms until nobody can find articles that belong. If you are unhappy with what some user said, send them mail, don't post it. Before posting, think about where your article is going. If it's posted to a "net." newsgroup, it will probably go to the USA, Canada, Europe, Korea, and Australia. Certain articles are only of local interest (e.g. used car ads) and it is inappropriate to post them to the whole world. Use the "Distribution" feature to restrict distribution to your local area. If you don't know how to use this feature, read "Frequently Submitted Items" in another article in net.announce.newusers. Announcement of professional products or services on Usenet is allowed; however, since someone else is paying the phone bills for this, it is important that it be of overall benefit to Usenet. Post to an appropriate newsgroup, never a general purpose newsgroup such as net.general. Clearly mark your article as a product announcement in the subject. Never repeat these - one article per product at the most; preferably group everything into one article. Advertising hype is especially frowned upon - stick to technical facts. Obnoxious or inappropriate announcements, or articles violating this policy, are very serious and cause for removing your machine from Usenet. This policy is, of course, subject to change if it becomes a problem. Some newsgroups are moderated. In these groups, you cannot post directly, either by convention or because the software prevents it. To post to these newsgroups, send mail to the moderator. Newsgroup Moderator Purpose net.announce cbosgd!announce Important announcements for everyone on the net mod.ber harpo!ber Summaries of other newsgroups mod.std.c hou2d!osd C standards discussion mod.std.mumps plus5!hokey ANSI Mumps standards discussion Some newsgroups have special purpose rules: Newsgroup Rules net.announce Moderated, no direct postings, very important things only. net.general Announcements only, no discussions, very important things only. net.followup Followups to net.general, results of surveys (no discussions) net.wanted Queries, "I want an x", "Anyone want my x?". No discussions. Don't post to more than one xxx.wanted. Use the smallest appropriate wanted (e.g. used car ads to nj.wanted.) net.flame Normal standards of courtesy are not observed here. net.jokes Clean jokes only; anything offensive must be rotated; no discussions - jokes only. Discussions go in net.jokes.d net.movies Don't post anything revealing part of a movie without marking it (spoiler) in the subject. net.news.group Discussions about new groups: whether to create them and what to call them. Don't post yes/no votes, mail them to the author net.sources Big files such as source code, no discussions. net.test Use the smallest test group possible, e.g. "test" or "ucb.test". Say in the body of the message what you are testing. net.women.only Men are discouraged from participating, and are forbidden from criticizing a topic or person in this newsgroup. It is perfectly legal to reproduce short extracts of a copyrighted work for critical purposes, but reproduction in whole is strictly and explicitly forbidden. Otherwise, there would be no way for the artist to make money, and there would thus be less motive for people to go to the trouble of making their art available at all. The crime of theft is as serious in this context as any other, even though you may not have to pick locks, mask your face, or conceal merchandise. All opinions or statements made in messages posted to Usenet should be taken as the opinions of the person who wrote the message. They do not necessarily represent the opinions of the employer of that person, the owner of the computer from which the message was posted, or anyone involved with Usenet or the underlying networks of which Usenet is made up. All responsibility for statements made in Usenet messages rests with the individual posting the message. Posting of information on Usenet is to be viewed as similar to publication. Because of this, do not post instructions for how to do some illegal act (such as jamming radar or obtaining cable TV service illegally); also do not ask how to do illegal acts by posting to the net. If you have a standard signature you like to append to your articles, put it in a file called .signature in your home directory. postnews and inews will automatically append it to your article. Please keep your signatures concise, as people do not appreciate seeing lengthy signatures, nor paying the phone bills to repeatedly transmit them. 2 or 3 lines is usually plenty for a signature, longer signatures are frowned upon.
usenet@gatech.UUCP (11/01/84)
Original-from: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) This message describes some of the rules of conduct on Usenet. The rules vary depending on the newsgroup. Some newsgroups are intended for discussions and some for announcements or queries. It is not usually a good idea to carry on discussions in newsgroups that are designated otherwise. It is never a good idea to carry on "meta-discussions" about whether a given discussion is appropriate -- such traffic mushrooms until nobody can find articles that belong. If you are unhappy with what some user said, send him/her mail, don't post it. Before posting, think about where your article is going. If it's posted to a "net." newsgroup, it will probably go to the USA, Canada, Europe, Korea, and Australia. Certain articles are only of local interest (e.g. used car ads) and it is inappropriate to post them to the whole world. Use the "Distribution" feature to restrict distribution to your local area. If you don't know how to use this feature, read "Frequently Submitted Items" in another article in net.announce.newusers. Announcement of professional products or services on Usenet is allowed; however, since someone else is paying the phone bills for this, it is important that it be of overall benefit to Usenet. Post to an appropriate newsgroup, never a general purpose newsgroup such as "net.general". Clearly mark your article as a product announcement in the subject. Never repeat these -- one article per product at the most; preferably group everything into one article. Advertising hype is especially frowned upon -- stick to technical facts. Obnoxious or inappropriate announcements or articles violating this policy are very serious and cause for removing your machine from Usenet. This policy is, of course, subject to change if it becomes a problem. Some newsgroups are moderated. In these groups, you cannot post directly, either by convention or because the software prevents it. To post to these newsgroups, send mail to the moderator. Newsgroup Moderator Purpose --------- --------- ------- net.announce cbosgd!announce Important announcements for everyone on the net mod.ber harpo!ber Summaries of other newsgroups mod.std.c hou2d!osd C standards discussion mod.std.mumps plus5!hokey ANSI Mumps standards discussion Some newsgroups have special purpose rules: Newsgroup Rules --------- ----- net.announce Moderated, no direct postings, very important things only. net.general Announcements only, no discussions, very important things only. net.followup Followups to net.general, results of surveys (no discussions) net.wanted Queries, "I want an x", "Anyone want my x?". No discussions. Don't post to more than one xxx.wanted. Use the smallest appropriate wanted (e.g. used car ads to nj.wanted.) Requests for sources, termcaps, etc. should go to the "net.wanted.sources" newsgroup. net.flame Normal standards of courtesy are not observed here. net.jokes Clean jokes only; anything offensive must be rotated; no discussions -- jokes only. Discussions go in net.jokes.d net.movies Don't post anything revealing part of a movie without marking it (spoiler) in the subject. net.news.group Discussions about new groups: whether to create them and what to call them. Don't post yes/no votes, mail them to the author net.sources Big files such as source code, no discussions. Bugs and fixes get posted to net.sources.bugs net.test Use the smallest test group possible, e.g. "test" or "ucb.test". Say in the body of the message what you are testing. net.women.only Men are discouraged from participating, and are forbidden from criticizing a topic or person in this newsgroup. It is perfectly legal to reproduce short extracts of a copyrighted work for critical purposes, but reproduction in whole is strictly and explicitly forbidden by US and international copyright law. (Otherwise, there would be no way for the artist to make money, and there would thus be less motive for people to go to the trouble of making their art available at all. The crime of theft is as serious in this context as any other, even though you may not have to pick locks, mask your face, or conceal merchandise.) All opinions or statements made in messages posted to Usenet should be taken as the opinions of the person who wrote the message. They do not necessarily represent the opinions of the employer of that person, the owner of the computer from which the message was posted, or anyone involved with Usenet or the underlying networks of which Usenet is made up. All responsibility for statements made in Usenet messages rests with the individual posting the message. Posting of information on Usenet is to be viewed as similar to publication. Because of this, do not post instructions for how to do some illegal act (such as jamming radar or obtaining cable TV service illegally); also do not ask how to do illegal acts by posting to the net. If you have a standard signature you like to append to your articles, put it in a file called .signature in your home directory. "postnews" and "inews" will automatically append it to your article. Please keep your signatures concise, as people do not appreciate seeing lengthy signatures, nor paying the phone bills to repeatedly transmit them. 2 or 3 lines is usually plenty for a signature, longer signatures are frowned upon. -- Super User
usenet@gatech.UUCP (12/01/84)
Original-from: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton)
[Most recent change: 11/14/84 spaf]
This message describes some of the rules of conduct on Usenet. The rules
vary depending on the newsgroup.
Some newsgroups are intended for discussions and some for announcements
or queries. It is not usually a good idea to carry on discussions in
newsgroups that are designated otherwise. It is never a good idea to
carry on "meta-discussions" about whether a given discussion is
appropriate -- such traffic mushrooms until nobody can find articles
that belong. If you are unhappy with what some user said, send him/her
mail, don't post it.
Before posting, think about where your article is going. If it's
posted to a "net." newsgroup, it will probably go to the USA, Canada,
Europe, Korea, and Australia. Certain articles are only of local
interest (e.g. used car ads) and it is inappropriate to post them to
the whole world. Use the "Distribution" feature to restrict
distribution to your local area. If you don't know how to use this
feature, read "Frequently Submitted Items" in another article in
net.announce.newusers.
Announcement of professional products or services on Usenet is allowed;
however, since someone else is paying the phone bills for this, it is
important that it be of overall benefit to Usenet. Post to an
appropriate newsgroup, never a general purpose newsgroup such as
"net.general". Clearly mark your article as a product announcement in
the subject. Never repeat these -- one article per product at the
most; preferably group everything into one article. Advertising hype
is especially frowned upon -- stick to technical facts. Obnoxious or
inappropriate announcements or articles violating this policy are very
serious and cause for removing your machine from Usenet. This policy
is, of course, subject to change if it becomes a problem.
Some newsgroups are moderated. In these groups, you cannot post
directly, either by convention or because the software prevents it. To
post to these newsgroups, send mail to the moderator. Examples:
Newsgroup Moderator Purpose
--------- --------- -------
net.announce cbosgd!announce Important announcements for everyone on the net
mod.std.c cbosgd!std-c standards discussion
mod.std.mumps plus5!std-mumps ANSI Mumps standards discussion
Some newsgroups have special purpose rules:
Newsgroup Rules
--------- -----
net.announce Moderated, no direct postings, very important things only.
net.general Announcements only, no discussions, very important things only.
net.followup Followups to net.general, results of surveys (no discussions)
net.wanted Queries, "I want an x", "Anyone want my x?". No discussions.
Don't post to more than one xxx.wanted. Use the smallest
appropriate wanted (e.g. used car ads to nj.wanted.)
Requests for sources, termcaps, etc. should go to the
"net.wanted.sources" newsgroup.
net.flame Normal standards of courtesy are not observed here.
net.jokes Clean jokes only; anything offensive must be rotated; no
discussions -- jokes only. Discussions go in net.jokes.d
net.movies Don't post anything revealing part of a movie without marking
it (spoiler) in the subject.
net.news.group Discussions about new groups: whether to create them and what
to call them. Don't post yes/no votes, mail them to the author
net.sources Big files such as source code, no discussions.
Bugs and fixes get posted to net.sources.bugs
net.test Use the smallest test group possible, e.g. "test" or "ucb.test".
Say in the body of the message what you are testing.
from criticizing a topic or person in this newsgroup.
It is perfectly legal to reproduce short extracts of a copyrighted work
for critical purposes, but reproduction in whole is strictly and
explicitly forbidden by US and international copyright law. (Otherwise,
there would be no way for the artist to make money, and there would
thus be less motive for people to go to the trouble of making their art
available at all. The crime of theft is as serious in this context as
any other, even though you may not have to pick locks, mask your face,
or conceal merchandise.)
All opinions or statements made in messages posted to Usenet should be
taken as the opinions of the person who wrote the message. They do not
necessarily represent the opinions of the employer of that person, the
owner of the computer from which the message was posted, or anyone
involved with Usenet or the underlying networks of which Usenet is made
up. All responsibility for statements made in Usenet messages rests
with the individual posting the message.
Posting of information on Usenet is to be viewed as similar to
publication. Because of this, do not post instructions for how to do
some illegal act (such as jamming radar or obtaining cable TV service
illegally); also do not ask how to do illegal acts by posting to the
net.
If you have a standard signature you like to append to your articles,
put it in a file called .signature in your home directory. "postnews"
and "inews" will automatically append it to your article. Please keep
your signatures concise, as people do not appreciate seeing lengthy
signatures, nor paying the phone bills to repeatedly transmit them. 2
or 3 lines is usually plenty for a signature, longer signatures are
frowned upon.
--
Gene "8 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!spafusenet@gatech.UUCP (01/01/85)
Original-from: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton)
[Most recent change: 5 December 1984 by spaf]
This message describes some of the rules of conduct on Usenet. The rules
vary depending on the newsgroup.
Some newsgroups are intended for discussions and some for announcements
or queries. It is not usually a good idea to carry on discussions in
newsgroups that are designated otherwise. It is never a good idea to
carry on "meta-discussions" about whether a given discussion is
appropriate -- such traffic mushrooms until nobody can find articles
that belong. If you are unhappy with what some user said, send him/her
mail, don't post it.
Before posting, think about where your article is going. If it's
posted to a "net." newsgroup, it will probably go to the USA, Canada,
Europe, Korea, and Australia. Certain articles are only of local
interest (e.g. used car ads) and it is inappropriate to post them to
the whole world. Use the "Distribution" feature to restrict
distribution to your local area. If you don't know how to use this
feature, read "Frequently Submitted Items" in another article in
net.announce.newusers.
Announcement of professional products or services on Usenet is allowed;
however, since someone else is paying the phone bills for this, it is
important that it be of overall benefit to Usenet. Post to an
appropriate newsgroup, never a general purpose newsgroup such as
"net.general". Clearly mark your article as a product announcement in
the subject. Never repeat these -- one article per product at the
most; preferably group everything into one article. Advertising hype
is especially frowned upon -- stick to technical facts. Obnoxious or
inappropriate announcements or articles violating this policy are very
serious and cause for removing your machine from Usenet. This policy
is, of course, subject to change if it becomes a problem.
Some newsgroups are moderated. In these groups, you cannot post
directly, either by convention or because the software prevents it. To
post to these newsgroups, send mail to the moderator. Examples:
Newsgroup Moderator Purpose
--------- --------- -------
net.announce cbosgd!announce Important announcements for everyone on the net
mod.std.c cbosgd!std-c standards discussion
mod.std.mumps plus5!std-mumps ANSI Mumps standards discussion
Some newsgroups have special purpose rules:
Newsgroup Rules
--------- -----
net.announce Moderated, no direct postings, very important things only.
net.general Announcements only, no discussions, very important things only.
net.followup Followups to net.general, results of surveys (no discussions)
net.wanted Queries, "I want an x", "Anyone want my x?". No discussions.
Don't post to more than one xxx.wanted. Use the smallest
appropriate wanted (e.g. used car ads to nj.wanted.)
Requests for sources, termcaps, etc. should go to the
"net.wanted.sources" newsgroup.
net.flame Normal standards of courtesy are not observed here.
net.jokes Clean jokes only; anything offensive must be rotated; no
discussions -- jokes only. Discussions go in net.jokes.d
net.movies Don't post anything revealing part of a movie without marking
it (spoiler) in the subject.
net.news.group Discussions about new groups: whether to create them and what
to call them. Don't post yes/no votes, mail them to the author
net.sources Big files such as source code, no discussions.
Bugs and fixes get posted to net.sources.bugs
net.test Use the smallest test group possible, e.g. "test" or "ucb.test".
Say in the body of the message what you are testing.
from criticizing a topic or person in this newsgroup.
It is perfectly legal to reproduce short extracts of a copyrighted work
for critical purposes, but reproduction in whole is strictly and
explicitly forbidden by US and international copyright law. (Otherwise,
there would be no way for the artist to make money, and there would
thus be less motive for people to go to the trouble of making their art
available at all. The crime of theft is as serious in this context as
any other, even though you may not have to pick locks, mask your face,
or conceal merchandise.)
All opinions or statements made in messages posted to Usenet should be
taken as the opinions of the person who wrote the message. They do not
necessarily represent the opinions of the employer of that person, the
owner of the computer from which the message was posted, or anyone
involved with Usenet or the underlying networks of which Usenet is made
up. All responsibility for statements made in Usenet messages rests
with the individual posting the message.
Posting of information on Usenet is to be viewed as similar to
publication. Because of this, do not post instructions for how to do
some illegal act (such as jamming radar or obtaining cable TV service
illegally); also do not ask how to do illegal acts by posting to the
net.
If you have a standard signature you like to append to your articles,
put it in a file called .signature in your home directory. "postnews"
and "inews" will automatically append it to your article. Please keep
your signatures concise, as people do not appreciate seeing lengthy
signatures, nor paying the phone bills to repeatedly transmit them. 2
or 3 lines are usually plenty. Sometimes it is also appropriate to add
another line or two for addresses on other major networks where you can
be reached (e.g., DARPA, CSnet, Bitnet). Long signatures are
definitely frowned upon.
--
Gene "7 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!spafusenet@gatech.UUCP (02/01/85)
Original-from: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton)
[Most recent change: 5 December 1984 by spaf]
This message describes some of the rules of conduct on Usenet. The rules
vary depending on the newsgroup.
Some newsgroups are intended for discussions and some for announcements
or queries. It is not usually a good idea to carry on discussions in
newsgroups that are designated otherwise. It is never a good idea to
carry on "meta-discussions" about whether a given discussion is
appropriate -- such traffic mushrooms until nobody can find articles
that belong. If you are unhappy with what some user said, send him/her
mail, don't post it.
Before posting, think about where your article is going. If it's
posted to a "net." newsgroup, it will probably go to the USA, Canada,
Europe, Korea, and Australia. Certain articles are only of local
interest (e.g. used car ads) and it is inappropriate to post them to
the whole world. Use the "Distribution" feature to restrict
distribution to your local area. If you don't know how to use this
feature, read "Frequently Submitted Items" in another article in
net.announce.newusers.
Announcement of professional products or services on Usenet is allowed;
however, since someone else is paying the phone bills for this, it is
important that it be of overall benefit to Usenet. Post to an
appropriate newsgroup, never a general purpose newsgroup such as
"net.general". Clearly mark your article as a product announcement in
the subject. Never repeat these -- one article per product at the
most; preferably group everything into one article. Advertising hype
is especially frowned upon -- stick to technical facts. Obnoxious or
inappropriate announcements or articles violating this policy are very
serious and cause for removing your machine from Usenet. This policy
is, of course, subject to change if it becomes a problem.
Some newsgroups are moderated. In these groups, you cannot post
directly, either by convention or because the software prevents it. To
post to these newsgroups, send mail to the moderator. Examples:
Newsgroup Moderator Purpose
--------- --------- -------
net.announce cbosgd!announce Important announcements for everyone on the net
mod.std.c cbosgd!std-c standards discussion
mod.std.mumps plus5!std-mumps ANSI Mumps standards discussion
Some newsgroups have special purpose rules:
Newsgroup Rules
--------- -----
net.announce Moderated, no direct postings, very important things only.
net.general Announcements only, no discussions, very important things only.
net.followup Followups to net.general, results of surveys (no discussions)
net.wanted Queries, "I want an x", "Anyone want my x?". No discussions.
Don't post to more than one xxx.wanted. Use the smallest
appropriate wanted (e.g. used car ads to nj.wanted.)
Requests for sources, termcaps, etc. should go to the
"net.wanted.sources" newsgroup.
net.flame Normal standards of courtesy are not observed here.
net.jokes Clean jokes only; anything offensive must be rotated; no
discussions -- jokes only. Discussions go in net.jokes.d
net.movies Don't post anything revealing part of a movie without marking
it (spoiler) in the subject.
net.news.group Discussions about new groups: whether to create them and what
to call them. Don't post yes/no votes, mail them to the author
net.sources Big files such as source code, no discussions.
Bugs and fixes get posted to net.sources.bugs
net.test Use the smallest test group possible, e.g. "test" or "ucb.test".
Say in the body of the message what you are testing.
from criticizing a topic or person in this newsgroup.
It is perfectly legal to reproduce short extracts of a copyrighted work
for critical purposes, but reproduction in whole is strictly and
explicitly forbidden by US and international copyright law. (Otherwise,
there would be no way for the artist to make money, and there would
thus be less motive for people to go to the trouble of making their art
available at all. The crime of theft is as serious in this context as
any other, even though you may not have to pick locks, mask your face,
or conceal merchandise.)
All opinions or statements made in messages posted to Usenet should be
taken as the opinions of the person who wrote the message. They do not
necessarily represent the opinions of the employer of that person, the
owner of the computer from which the message was posted, or anyone
involved with Usenet or the underlying networks of which Usenet is made
up. All responsibility for statements made in Usenet messages rests
with the individual posting the message.
Posting of information on Usenet is to be viewed as similar to
publication. Because of this, do not post instructions for how to do
some illegal act (such as jamming radar or obtaining cable TV service
illegally); also do not ask how to do illegal acts by posting to the
net.
If you have a standard signature you like to append to your articles,
put it in a file called .signature in your home directory. "postnews"
and "inews" will automatically append it to your article. Please keep
your signatures concise, as people do not appreciate seeing lengthy
signatures, nor paying the phone bills to repeatedly transmit them. 2
or 3 lines are usually plenty. Sometimes it is also appropriate to add
another line or two for addresses on other major networks where you can
be reached (e.g., DARPA, CSnet, Bitnet). Long signatures are
definitely frowned upon.
--
Gene "6 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!spafusenet@gatech.UUCP (03/01/85)
Original-from: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton)
[Most recent change: 5 December 1984 by spaf]
This message describes some of the rules of conduct on Usenet. The rules
vary depending on the newsgroup.
Some newsgroups are intended for discussions and some for announcements
or queries. It is not usually a good idea to carry on discussions in
newsgroups that are designated otherwise. It is never a good idea to
carry on "meta-discussions" about whether a given discussion is
appropriate -- such traffic mushrooms until nobody can find articles
that belong. If you are unhappy with what some user said, send him/her
mail, don't post it.
Before posting, think about where your article is going. If it's
posted to a "net." newsgroup, it will probably go to the USA, Canada,
Europe, Korea, and Australia. Certain articles are only of local
interest (e.g. used car ads) and it is inappropriate to post them to
the whole world. Use the "Distribution" feature to restrict
distribution to your local area. If you don't know how to use this
feature, read "Frequently Submitted Items" in another article in
net.announce.newusers.
Announcement of professional products or services on Usenet is allowed;
however, since someone else is paying the phone bills for this, it is
important that it be of overall benefit to Usenet. Post to an
appropriate newsgroup, never a general purpose newsgroup such as
"net.general". Clearly mark your article as a product announcement in
the subject. Never repeat these -- one article per product at the
most; preferably group everything into one article. Advertising hype
is especially frowned upon -- stick to technical facts. Obnoxious or
inappropriate announcements or articles violating this policy are very
serious and cause for removing your machine from Usenet. This policy
is, of course, subject to change if it becomes a problem.
Some newsgroups are moderated. In these groups, you cannot post
directly, either by convention or because the software prevents it. To
post to these newsgroups, send mail to the moderator. Examples:
Newsgroup Moderator Purpose
--------- --------- -------
net.announce cbosgd!announce Important announcements for everyone on the net
mod.std.c cbosgd!std-c standards discussion
mod.std.mumps plus5!std-mumps ANSI Mumps standards discussion
Some newsgroups have special purpose rules:
Newsgroup Rules
--------- -----
net.announce Moderated, no direct postings, very important things only.
net.general Announcements only, no discussions, very important things only.
net.followup Followups to net.general, results of surveys (no discussions)
net.wanted Queries, "I want an x", "Anyone want my x?". No discussions.
Don't post to more than one xxx.wanted. Use the smallest
appropriate wanted (e.g. used car ads to nj.wanted.)
Requests for sources, termcaps, etc. should go to the
"net.wanted.sources" newsgroup.
net.flame Normal standards of courtesy are not observed here.
net.jokes Clean jokes only; anything offensive must be rotated; no
discussions -- jokes only. Discussions go in net.jokes.d
net.movies Don't post anything revealing part of a movie without marking
it (spoiler) in the subject.
net.news.group Discussions about new groups: whether to create them and what
to call them. Don't post yes/no votes, mail them to the author
net.sources Big files such as source code, no discussions.
Bugs and fixes get posted to net.sources.bugs
net.test Use the smallest test group possible, e.g. "test" or "ucb.test".
Say in the body of the message what you are testing.
from criticizing a topic or person in this newsgroup.
It is perfectly legal to reproduce short extracts of a copyrighted work
for critical purposes, but reproduction in whole is strictly and
explicitly forbidden by US and international copyright law. (Otherwise,
there would be no way for the artist to make money, and there would
thus be less motive for people to go to the trouble of making their art
available at all. The crime of theft is as serious in this context as
any other, even though you may not have to pick locks, mask your face,
or conceal merchandise.)
All opinions or statements made in messages posted to Usenet should be
taken as the opinions of the person who wrote the message. They do not
necessarily represent the opinions of the employer of that person, the
owner of the computer from which the message was posted, or anyone
involved with Usenet or the underlying networks of which Usenet is made
up. All responsibility for statements made in Usenet messages rests
with the individual posting the message.
Posting of information on Usenet is to be viewed as similar to
publication. Because of this, do not post instructions for how to do
some illegal act (such as jamming radar or obtaining cable TV service
illegally); also do not ask how to do illegal acts by posting to the
net.
If you have a standard signature you like to append to your articles,
put it in a file called .signature in your home directory. "postnews"
and "inews" will automatically append it to your article. Please keep
your signatures concise, as people do not appreciate seeing lengthy
signatures, nor paying the phone bills to repeatedly transmit them. 2
or 3 lines are usually plenty. Sometimes it is also appropriate to add
another line or two for addresses on other major networks where you can
be reached (e.g., DARPA, CSnet, Bitnet). Long signatures are
definitely frowned upon.
--
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!spafusenet@gatech.CSNET (04/02/85)
Original-from: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) [Most recent change: 5 December 1984 by spaf] This message describes some of the rules of conduct on Usenet. The rules vary depending on the newsgroup. Some newsgroups are intended for discussions and some for announcements or queries. It is not usually a good idea to carry on discussions in newsgroups that are designated otherwise. It is never a good idea to carry on "meta-discussions" about whether a given discussion is appropriate -- such traffic mushrooms until nobody can find articles that belong. If you are unhappy with what some user said, send him/her mail, don't post it. Before posting, think about where your article is going. If it's posted to a "net." newsgroup, it will probably go to the USA, Canada, Europe, Korea, and Australia. Certain articles are only of local interest (e.g. used car ads) and it is inappropriate to post them to the whole world. Use the "Distribution" feature to restrict distribution to your local area. If you don't know how to use this feature, read "Frequently Submitted Items" in another article in net.announce.newusers. Announcement of professional products or services on Usenet is allowed; however, since someone else is paying the phone bills for this, it is important that it be of overall benefit to Usenet. Post to an appropriate newsgroup, never a general purpose newsgroup such as "net.general". Clearly mark your article as a product announcement in the subject. Never repeat these -- one article per product at the most; preferably group everything into one article. Advertising hype is especially frowned upon -- stick to technical facts. Obnoxious or inappropriate announcements or articles violating this policy are very serious and cause for removing your machine from Usenet. This policy is, of course, subject to change if it becomes a problem. Some newsgroups are moderated. In these groups, you cannot post directly, either by convention or because the software prevents it. To post to these newsgroups, send mail to the moderator. Examples: Newsgroup Moderator Purpose --------- --------- ------- net.announce cbosgd!announce Important announcements for everyone on the net mod.std.c cbosgd!std-c standards discussion mod.std.mumps plus5!std-mumps ANSI Mumps standards discussion Some newsgroups have special purpose rules: Newsgroup Rules --------- ----- net.announce Moderated, no direct postings, very important things only. net.general Announcements only, no discussions, very important things only. net.followup Followups to net.general, results of surveys (no discussions) net.wanted Queries, "I want an x", "Anyone want my x?". No discussions. Don't post to more than one xxx.wanted. Use the smallest appropriate wanted (e.g. used car ads to nj.wanted.) Requests for sources, termcaps, etc. should go to the "net.wanted.sources" newsgroup. net.flame Normal standards of courtesy are not observed here. net.jokes Clean jokes only; anything offensive must be rotated; no discussions -- jokes only. Discussions go in net.jokes.d net.movies Don't post anything revealing part of a movie without marking it (spoiler) in the subject. net.news.group Discussions about new groups: whether to create them and what to call them. Don't post yes/no votes, mail them to the author net.sources Big files such as source code, no discussions. Bugs and fixes get posted to net.sources.bugs net.test Use the smallest test group possible, e.g. "test" or "ucb.test". Say in the body of the message what you are testing. from criticizing a topic or person in this newsgroup. It is perfectly legal to reproduce short extracts of a copyrighted work for critical purposes, but reproduction in whole is strictly and explicitly forbidden by US and international copyright law. (Otherwise, there would be no way for the artist to make money, and there would thus be less motive for people to go to the trouble of making their art available at all. The crime of theft is as serious in this context as any other, even though you may not have to pick locks, mask your face, or conceal merchandise.) All opinions or statements made in messages posted to Usenet should be taken as the opinions of the person who wrote the message. They do not necessarily represent the opinions of the employer of that person, the owner of the computer from which the message was posted, or anyone involved with Usenet or the underlying networks of which Usenet is made up. All responsibility for statements made in Usenet messages rests with the individual posting the message. Posting of information on Usenet is to be viewed as similar to publication. Because of this, do not post instructions for how to do some illegal act (such as jamming radar or obtaining cable TV service illegally); also do not ask how to do illegal acts by posting to the net. If you have a standard signature you like to append to your articles, put it in a file called .signature in your home directory. "postnews" and "inews" will automatically append it to your article. Please keep your signatures concise, as people do not appreciate seeing lengthy signatures, nor paying the phone bills to repeatedly transmit them. 2 or 3 lines are usually plenty. Sometimes it is also appropriate to add another line or two for addresses on other major networks where you can be reached (e.g., DARPA, CSnet, Bitnet). Long signatures are definitely frowned upon.
usenet@gatech.CSNET (05/01/85)
Original-from: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton)
[Most recent change: 16 April 1985 by spaf]
This message describes some of the rules of conduct on Usenet. The rules
vary depending on the newsgroup.
Some newsgroups are intended for discussions and some for announcements
or queries. It is not usually a good idea to carry on discussions in
newsgroups that are designated otherwise. It is never a good idea to
carry on "meta-discussions" about whether a given discussion is
appropriate -- such traffic mushrooms until nobody can find articles
that belong. If you are unhappy with what some user said, send him/her
mail, don't post it.
Before posting, think about where your article is going. If it's
posted to a "net." newsgroup, it will probably go to the USA, Canada,
Europe, Korea, and Australia. Certain articles are only of local
interest (e.g. used car ads) and it is inappropriate to post them to
the whole world. Use the "Distribution" feature to restrict
distribution to your local area. If you don't know how to use this
feature, read "Frequently Submitted Items" in another article in
net.announce.newusers.
Announcement of professional products or services on Usenet is allowed;
however, since someone else is paying the phone bills for this, it is
important that it be of overall benefit to Usenet. Post to an
appropriate newsgroup, never a general purpose newsgroup such as
"net.general". Clearly mark your article as a product announcement in
the subject. Never repeat these -- one article per product at the
most; preferably group everything into one article. Advertising hype
is especially frowned upon -- stick to technical facts. Obnoxious or
inappropriate announcements or articles violating this policy are very
serious and cause for removing your machine from Usenet. This policy
is, of course, subject to change if it becomes a problem.
Some newsgroups are moderated. In these groups, you cannot post
directly, either by convention or because the software prevents it. To
post to these newsgroups, send mail to the moderator. Examples:
Newsgroup Moderator Purpose
--------- --------- -------
net.announce cbosgd!announce Important announcements for everyone on the net
mod.std.c cbosgd!std-c standards discussion
mod.std.mumps plus5!std-mumps ANSI Mumps standards discussion
Some newsgroups have special purpose rules:
Newsgroup Rules
--------- -----
net.announce Moderated, no direct postings, very important things only.
net.general Announcements only, no discussions, very important things only.
net.followup Followups to net.general, results of surveys (no discussions)
net.wanted Queries, "I want an x", "Anyone want my x?". No discussions.
Don't post to more than one xxx.wanted. Use the smallest
appropriate wanted (e.g. used car ads to nj.wanted.)
Requests for sources, termcaps, etc. should go to the
"net.wanted.sources" newsgroup.
net.flame Normal standards of courtesy are not observed here.
net.jokes Clean jokes only; anything offensive must be rotated; no
discussions -- jokes only. Discussions go in net.jokes.d
net.movies Don't post anything revealing part of a movie without marking
it (spoiler) in the subject.
net.news.group Discussions about new groups: whether to create them and what
to call them. Don't post yes/no votes, mail them to the author
net.sources Big files such as source code, no discussions.
Bugs and fixes get posted to net.sources.bugs
net.test Use the smallest test group possible, e.g. "test" or "ucb.test".
Say in the body of the message what you are testing.
It is perfectly legal to reproduce short extracts of a copyrighted work
for critical purposes, but reproduction in whole is strictly and
explicitly forbidden by US and international copyright law. (Otherwise,
there would be no way for the artist to make money, and there would
thus be less motive for people to go to the trouble of making their art
available at all. The crime of theft is as serious in this context as
any other, even though you may not have to pick locks, mask your face,
or conceal merchandise.)
All opinions or statements made in messages posted to Usenet should be
taken as the opinions of the person who wrote the message. They do not
necessarily represent the opinions of the employer of that person, the
owner of the computer from which the message was posted, or anyone
involved with Usenet or the underlying networks of which Usenet is made
up. All responsibility for statements made in Usenet messages rests
with the individual posting the message.
Posting of information on Usenet is to be viewed as similar to
publication. Because of this, do not post instructions for how to do
some illegal act (such as jamming radar or obtaining cable TV service
illegally); also do not ask how to do illegal acts by posting to the
net.
If you have a standard signature you like to append to your articles,
put it in a file called .signature in your home directory. "postnews"
and "inews" will automatically append it to your article. Please keep
your signatures concise, as people do not appreciate seeing lengthy
signatures, nor paying the phone bills to repeatedly transmit them. 2
or 3 lines are usually plenty. Sometimes it is also appropriate to add
another line or two for addresses on other major networks where you can
be reached (e.g., DARPA, CSnet, Bitnet). Long signatures are
definitely frowned upon.
--
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!spafusenet@gatech.CSNET (06/01/85)
Original-from: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton)
[Most recent change: 2 May 1985 by spaf]
This message describes some of the rules of conduct on Usenet. The rules
vary depending on the newsgroup.
Some newsgroups are intended for discussions and some for announcements
or queries. It is not usually a good idea to carry on discussions in
newsgroups that are designated otherwise. It is never a good idea to
carry on "meta-discussions" about whether a given discussion is
appropriate -- such traffic mushrooms until nobody can find articles
that belong. If you are unhappy with what some user said, send him/her
mail, don't post it.
Before posting, think about where your article is going. If it's
posted to a "net." newsgroup, it will probably go to the USA, Canada,
Europe, Korea, and Australia. Certain articles are only of local
interest (e.g. used car ads) and it is inappropriate to post them to
the whole world. Use the "Distribution" feature to restrict
distribution to your local area. If you don't know how to use this
feature, read "Frequently Submitted Items" in another article in
net.announce.newusers.
Announcement of professional products or services on Usenet is allowed;
however, since someone else is paying the phone bills for this, it is
important that it be of overall benefit to Usenet. Post to an
appropriate newsgroup, never a general purpose newsgroup such as
"net.general". Clearly mark your article as a product announcement in
the subject. Never repeat these -- one article per product at the
most; preferably group everything into one article. Advertising hype
is especially frowned upon -- stick to technical facts. Obnoxious or
inappropriate announcements or articles violating this policy are very
serious and cause for removing your machine from Usenet. This policy
is, of course, subject to change if it becomes a problem.
Some newsgroups are moderated. In these groups, you cannot post
directly, either by convention or because the software prevents it. To
post to these newsgroups, send mail to the moderator. Examples:
Newsgroup Moderator Purpose
--------- --------- -------
net.announce cbosgd!announce Important announcements for everyone on the net
mod.std.c cbosgd!std-c ANSI C standards discussion
mod.std.mumps plus5!std-mumps ANSI Mumps standards discussion
mod.unix cbosgd!unix Moderated discussion of Unix* features and bugs
Some newsgroups have special purpose rules:
Newsgroup Rules
--------- -----
net.announce Moderated, no direct postings, very important things only.
net.general Announcements only, no discussions, very important things only.
net.followup Followups to net.general, results of surveys (no discussions)
net.wanted Queries, "I want an x", "Anyone want my x?". No discussions.
Don't post to more than one xxx.wanted. Use the smallest
appropriate wanted (e.g. used car ads to nj.wanted.)
Requests for sources, termcaps, etc. should go to the
"net.wanted.sources" newsgroup.
net.flame Normal standards of courtesy are not observed here.
net.jokes Clean jokes only; anything offensive must be rotated; no
discussions -- jokes only. Discussions go in net.jokes.d
net.movies Don't post anything revealing part of a movie without marking
it (spoiler) in the subject.
net.news.group Discussions about new groups: whether to create them and what
to call them. Don't post yes/no votes, mail them to the author
net.sources Big files such as source code, no discussions.
Bugs and fixes get posted to net.sources.bugs
net.test Use the smallest test group possible, e.g. "test" or "ucb.test".
Say in the body of the message what you are testing.
It is perfectly legal to reproduce short extracts of a copyrighted work
for critical purposes, but reproduction in whole is strictly and
explicitly forbidden by US and international copyright law. (Otherwise,
there would be no way for the artist to make money, and there would
thus be less motive for people to go to the trouble of making their art
available at all. The crime of theft is as serious in this context as
any other, even though you may not have to pick locks, mask your face,
or conceal merchandise.)
All opinions or statements made in messages posted to Usenet should be
taken as the opinions of the person who wrote the message. They do not
necessarily represent the opinions of the employer of that person, the
owner of the computer from which the message was posted, or anyone
involved with Usenet or the underlying networks of which Usenet is made
up. All responsibility for statements made in Usenet messages rests
with the individual posting the message.
Posting of information on Usenet is to be viewed as similar to
publication. Because of this, do not post instructions for how to do
some illegal act (such as jamming radar or obtaining cable TV service
illegally); also do not ask how to do illegal acts by posting to the
net.
If you have a standard signature you like to append to your articles,
put it in a file called .signature in your home directory. "postnews"
and "inews" will automatically append it to your article. Please keep
your signatures concise, as people do not appreciate seeing lengthy
signatures, nor paying the phone bills to repeatedly transmit them. 2
or 3 lines are usually plenty. Sometimes it is also appropriate to add
another line or two for addresses on other major networks where you can
be reached (e.g., DARPA, CSnet, Bitnet). Long signatures are
definitely frowned upon.
--
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!spafusenet@gatech.CSNET (07/01/85)
Original-from: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton)
[Most recent change: 1 July 1985 by spaf]
This message describes some of the rules of conduct on Usenet. The rules
vary depending on the newsgroup.
Some newsgroups are intended for discussions and some for announcements
or queries. It is not usually a good idea to carry on discussions in
newsgroups that are designated otherwise. It is never a good idea to
carry on "meta-discussions" about whether a given discussion is
appropriate -- such traffic mushrooms until nobody can find articles
that belong. If you are unhappy with what some user said, send him/her
mail, don't post it.
Before posting, think about where your article is going. If it's
posted to a "net." newsgroup, it will probably go to the USA, Canada,
Europe, Korea, and Australia. Certain articles are only of local
interest (e.g. used car ads) and it is inappropriate to post them to
the whole world. Use the "Distribution" feature to restrict
distribution to your local area. If you don't know how to use this
feature, read "Frequently Submitted Items" in another article in
net.announce.newusers.
Announcement of professional products or services on Usenet is allowed;
however, since someone else is paying the phone bills for this, it is
important that it be of overall benefit to Usenet. Post to an
appropriate newsgroup, never a general purpose newsgroup such as
"net.general". Clearly mark your article as a product announcement in
the subject. Never repeat these -- one article per product at the
most; preferably group everything into one article. Advertising hype
is especially frowned upon -- stick to technical facts. Obnoxious or
inappropriate announcements or articles violating this policy are very
serious and cause for removing your machine from Usenet. This policy
is, of course, subject to change if it becomes a problem.
Some newsgroups are moderated. In these groups, you cannot post
directly, either by convention or because the software prevents it. To
post to these newsgroups, send mail to the moderator. Examples:
Newsgroup Moderator Purpose
--------- --------- -------
net.announce cbosgd!announce Important announcements for everyone on the net
mod.std.c cbosgd!std-c ANSI C standards discussion
mod.std.unix ut-sally!jsq ANSI Unix standards discussion
mod.std.mumps plus5!std-mumps ANSI Mumps standards discussion
mod.unix cbosgd!unix Moderated discussion of Unix* features and bugs
Some newsgroups have special purpose rules:
Newsgroup Rules
--------- -----
net.announce Moderated, no direct postings, very important things only.
net.general Announcements only, no discussions, very important things only.
net.followup Followups to net.general, results of surveys (no discussions)
net.wanted Queries, "I want an x", "Anyone want my x?". No discussions.
Don't post to more than one xxx.wanted. Use the smallest
appropriate wanted (e.g. used car ads to nj.wanted.)
Requests for sources, termcaps, etc. should go to the
"net.wanted.sources" newsgroup.
net.flame Normal standards of courtesy are not observed here.
net.jokes Clean jokes only; anything offensive must be rotated; no
discussions -- jokes only. Discussions go in net.jokes.d
net.movies Don't post anything revealing part of a movie without marking
it (spoiler) in the subject.
net.news.group Discussions about new groups: whether to create them and what
to call them. Don't post yes/no votes, mail them to the author
net.sources Big files such as source code, no discussions.
Bugs and fixes get posted to net.sources.bugs
net.test Use the smallest test group possible, e.g. "test" or "ucb.test".
Say in the body of the message what you are testing.
It is perfectly legal to reproduce short extracts of a copyrighted work
for critical purposes, but reproduction in whole is strictly and
explicitly forbidden by US and international copyright law. (Otherwise,
there would be no way for the artist to make money, and there would
thus be less motive for people to go to the trouble of making their art
available at all. The crime of theft is as serious in this context as
any other, even though you may not have to pick locks, mask your face,
or conceal merchandise.)
All opinions or statements made in messages posted to Usenet should be
taken as the opinions of the person who wrote the message. They do not
necessarily represent the opinions of the employer of that person, the
owner of the computer from which the message was posted, or anyone
involved with Usenet or the underlying networks of which Usenet is made
up. All responsibility for statements made in Usenet messages rests
with the individual posting the message.
Posting of information on Usenet is to be viewed as similar to
publication. Because of this, do not post instructions for how to do
some illegal act (such as jamming radar or obtaining cable TV service
illegally); also do not ask how to do illegal acts by posting to the
net.
If you have a standard signature you like to append to your articles,
put it in a file called .signature in your home directory. "postnews"
and "inews" will automatically append it to your article. Please keep
your signatures concise, as people do not appreciate seeing lengthy
signatures, nor paying the phone bills to repeatedly transmit them. 2
or 3 lines are usually plenty. Sometimes it is also appropriate to add
another line or two for addresses on other major networks where you can
be reached (e.g., DARPA, CSnet, Bitnet). Long signatures are
definitely frowned upon.
--
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!spafusenet@gatech.CSNET (09/01/85)
Original-from: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) [Most recent change: 1 July 1985 by spaf] This message describes some of the rules of conduct on Usenet. The rules vary depending on the newsgroup. Some newsgroups are intended for discussions and some for announcements or queries. It is not usually a good idea to carry on discussions in newsgroups that are designated otherwise. It is never a good idea to carry on "meta-discussions" about whether a given discussion is appropriate -- such traffic mushrooms until nobody can find articles that belong. If you are unhappy with what some user said, send him/her mail, don't post it. Before posting, think about where your article is going. If it's posted to a "net." newsgroup, it will probably go to the USA, Canada, Europe, Korea, and Australia. Certain articles are only of local interest (e.g. used car ads) and it is inappropriate to post them to the whole world. Use the "Distribution" feature to restrict distribution to your local area. If you don't know how to use this feature, read "Frequently Submitted Items" in another article in net.announce.newusers. Announcement of professional products or services on Usenet is allowed; however, since someone else is paying the phone bills for this, it is important that it be of overall benefit to Usenet. Post to an appropriate newsgroup, never a general purpose newsgroup such as "net.general". Clearly mark your article as a product announcement in the subject. Never repeat these -- one article per product at the most; preferably group everything into one article. Advertising hype is especially frowned upon -- stick to technical facts. Obnoxious or inappropriate announcements or articles violating this policy are very serious and cause for removing your machine from Usenet. This policy is, of course, subject to change if it becomes a problem. Some newsgroups are moderated. In these groups, you cannot post directly, either by convention or because the software prevents it. To post to these newsgroups, send mail to the moderator. Examples: Newsgroup Moderator Purpose --------- --------- ------- net.announce cbosgd!announce Important announcements for everyone on the net mod.std.c cbosgd!std-c ANSI C standards discussion mod.std.unix ut-sally!std-unix ANSI Unix standards discussion mod.std.mumps plus5!std-mumps ANSI Mumps standards discussion mod.unix cbosgd!unix Moderated discussion of Unix* features and bugs Some newsgroups have special purpose rules: Newsgroup Rules --------- ----- net.announce Moderated, no direct postings, very important things only. net.general Announcements only, no discussions, very important things only. net.followup Followups to net.general, results of surveys (no discussions) net.wanted Queries, "I want an x", "Anyone want my x?". No discussions. Don't post to more than one xxx.wanted. Use the smallest appropriate wanted (e.g. used car ads to nj.wanted.) Requests for sources, termcaps, etc. should go to the "net.wanted.sources" newsgroup. net.flame Normal standards of courtesy are not observed here. net.jokes Clean jokes only; anything offensive must be rotated; no discussions -- jokes only. Discussions go in net.jokes.d net.movies Don't post anything revealing part of a movie without marking it (spoiler) in the subject. net.news.group Discussions about new groups: whether to create them and what to call them. Don't post yes/no votes, mail them to the author net.sources Big files such as source code, no discussions. Bugs and fixes get posted to net.sources.bugs net.test Use the smallest test group possible, e.g. "test" or "ucb.test". Say in the body of the message what you are testing. It is perfectly legal to reproduce short extracts of a copyrighted work for critical purposes, but reproduction in whole is strictly and explicitly forbidden by US and international copyright law. (Otherwise, there would be no way for the artist to make money, and there would thus be less motive for people to go to the trouble of making their art available at all. The crime of theft is as serious in this context as any other, even though you may not have to pick locks, mask your face, or conceal merchandise.) All opinions or statements made in messages posted to Usenet should be taken as the opinions of the person who wrote the message. They do not necessarily represent the opinions of the employer of that person, the owner of the computer from which the message was posted, or anyone involved with Usenet or the underlying networks of which Usenet is made up. All responsibility for statements made in Usenet messages rests with the individual posting the message. Posting of information on Usenet is to be viewed as similar to publication. Because of this, do not post instructions for how to do some illegal act (such as jamming radar or obtaining cable TV service illegally); also do not ask how to do illegal acts by posting to the net. If you have a standard signature you like to append to your articles, put it in a file called .signature in your home directory. "postnews" and "inews" will automatically append it to your article. Please keep your signatures concise, as people do not appreciate seeing lengthy signatures, nor paying the phone bills to repeatedly transmit them. 2 or 3 lines are usually plenty. Sometimes it is also appropriate to add another line or two for addresses on other major networks where you can be reached (e.g., DARPA, CSnet, Bitnet). Long signatures are definitely frowned upon.
usenet@gatech.CSNET (11/01/85)
Original-from: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) [Most recent change: 23 September 1985 by spaf] This message describes some of the rules of conduct on Usenet. The rules vary depending on the newsgroup. Some newsgroups are intended for discussions and some for announcements or queries. It is not usually a good idea to carry on discussions in newsgroups that are designated otherwise. It is never a good idea to carry on "meta-discussions" about whether a given discussion is appropriate -- such traffic mushrooms until nobody can find articles that belong. If you are unhappy with what some user said, send him/her mail, don't post it. Before posting, think about where your article is going. If it's posted to a "net." newsgroup, it will probably go to the USA, Canada, Europe, Korea, and Australia. Certain articles are only of local interest (e.g. used car ads) and it is inappropriate to post them to the whole world. Use the "Distribution" feature to restrict distribution to your local area. If you don't know how to use this feature, read "Frequently Submitted Items" in another article in net.announce.newusers. Announcement of professional products or services on Usenet is allowed; however, since someone else is paying the phone bills for this, it is important that it be of overall benefit to Usenet. Post to an appropriate newsgroup, never a general purpose newsgroup such as "net.general". Clearly mark your article as a product announcement in the subject. Never repeat these -- one article per product at the most; preferably group everything into one article. Advertising hype is especially frowned upon -- stick to technical facts. Obnoxious or inappropriate announcements or articles violating this policy are very serious and cause for removing your machine from Usenet. This policy is, of course, subject to change if it becomes a problem. Some newsgroups are moderated. In these groups, you cannot post directly, either by convention or because the software prevents it. To post to these newsgroups, send mail to the moderator. Examples: Newsgroup Moderator Purpose --------- --------- ------- net.announce cbosgd!announce Important announcements for everyone on the net mod.std.c cbosgd!std-c ANSI C standards discussion mod.std.unix ut-sally!std-unix ANSI Unix standards discussion mod.std.mumps plus5!std-mumps ANSI Mumps standards discussion mod.unix cbosgd!unix Moderated discussion of Unix* features and bugs Some newsgroups have special purpose rules: Newsgroup Rules --------- ----- net.announce Moderated, no direct postings, very important things only. net.general Announcements only, no discussions, very important things only. net.followup Followups to net.general, results of surveys (no discussions) net.wanted Queries, "I want an x", "Anyone want my x?". No discussions. Don't post to more than one xxx.wanted. Use the smallest appropriate wanted (e.g. used car ads to nj.wanted.) Requests for sources, termcaps, etc. should go to the "net.wanted.sources" newsgroup. net.flame Normal standards of courtesy are not observed here. net.jokes Clean jokes only; anything offensive must be rotated; no discussions -- jokes only. Discussions go in net.jokes.d net.movies Don't post anything revealing part of a movie without marking it (spoiler) in the subject. net.news.group Discussions about new groups: whether to create them and what to call them. Don't post yes/no votes, mail them to the author net.sources Big files such as source code, no discussions. Bugs and fixes get posted to net.sources.bugs net.test Use the smallest test group possible, e.g. "test" or "ucb.test". Say in the body of the message what you are testing. It is perfectly legal to reproduce short extracts of a copyrighted work for critical purposes, but reproduction in whole is strictly and explicitly forbidden by US and international copyright law. (Otherwise, there would be no way for the artist to make money, and there would thus be less motive for people to go to the trouble of making their art available at all. The crime of theft is as serious in this context as any other, even though you may not have to pick locks, mask your face, or conceal merchandise.) All opinions or statements made in messages posted to Usenet should be taken as the opinions of the person who wrote the message. They do not necessarily represent the opinions of the employer of that person, the owner of the computer from which the message was posted, or anyone involved with Usenet or the underlying networks of which Usenet is made up. All responsibility for statements made in Usenet messages rests with the individual posting the message. Posting of information on Usenet is to be viewed as similar to publication. Because of this, do not post instructions for how to do some illegal act (such as jamming radar or obtaining cable TV service illegally); also do not ask how to do illegal acts by posting to the net. If you have a standard signature you like to append to your articles, put it in a file called .signature in your home directory. "postnews" and "inews" will automatically append it to your article. Please keep your signatures concise, as people do not appreciate seeing lengthy signatures, nor paying the phone bills to repeatedly transmit them. 2 or 3 lines are usually plenty. Sometimes it is also appropriate to add another line or two for addresses on other major networks where you can be reached (e.g., DARPA, CSnet, Bitnet). Long signatures are definitely frowned upon. DO NOT include drawings, pictures, maps, or other graphics in your signature -- it is not the appropriate place for such material and viewed as rude by other readers.
usenet@gatech.CSNET (01/01/86)
Original-from: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) [Most recent change: 29 November 1985 by spaf] This message describes some of the rules of conduct on Usenet. The rules vary depending on the newsgroup. Some newsgroups are intended for discussions and some for announcements or queries. It is not usually a good idea to carry on discussions in newsgroups that are designated otherwise. It is never a good idea to carry on "meta-discussions" about whether a given discussion is appropriate -- such traffic mushrooms until nobody can find articles that belong. If you are unhappy with what some user said, send him/her mail, don't post it. Before posting, think about where your article is going. If it's posted to a "net." newsgroup, it will probably go to the USA, Canada, Europe, Korea, and Australia. Certain articles are only of local interest (e.g. used car ads) and it is inappropriate to post them to the whole world. Use the "Distribution" feature to restrict distribution to your local area. If you don't know how to use this feature, read "Frequently Submitted Items" in another article in net.announce.newusers. Announcement of professional products or services on Usenet is allowed; however, since someone else is paying the phone bills for this, it is important that it be of overall benefit to Usenet. Post to an appropriate newsgroup, never a general purpose newsgroup such as "net.general". Clearly mark your article as a product announcement in the subject. Never repeat these -- one article per product at the most; preferably group everything into one article. Advertising hype is especially frowned upon -- stick to technical facts. Obnoxious or inappropriate announcements or articles violating this policy are very serious and cause for removing your machine from Usenet. This policy is, of course, subject to change if it becomes a problem. Some newsgroups are moderated. In these groups, you cannot post directly, either by convention or because the software prevents it. To post to these newsgroups, send mail to the moderator. Examples: Newsgroup Moderator Purpose --------- --------- ------- net.announce cbosgd!announce Important announcements for everyone on the net mod.std.c cbosgd!std-c ANSI C standards discussion mod.std.unix ut-sally!std-unix ANSI Unix standards discussion mod.std.mumps plus5!std-mumps ANSI Mumps standards discussion mod.unix cbosgd!unix Moderated discussion of Unix* features and bugs Some newsgroups have special purpose rules: Newsgroup Rules --------- ----- net.announce Moderated, no direct postings, very important things only. net.general Announcements only, no discussions, very important things only. net.followup Followups to net.general, results of surveys (no discussions) net.wanted Queries, "I want an x", "Anyone want my x?". No discussions. Don't post to more than one xxx.wanted. Use the smallest appropriate wanted (e.g. used car ads to nj.wanted.) Requests for sources, termcaps, etc. should go to the "net.wanted.sources" newsgroup. net.jokes Clean jokes only; anything offensive must be rotated; no discussions -- jokes only. Discussions go in net.jokes.d net.movies Don't post anything revealing part of a movie without marking it (spoiler) in the subject. net.news.group Discussions about new groups: whether to create them and what to call them. Don't post yes/no votes, mail them to the author net.sources Big files such as source code, no discussions. Bugs and fixes get posted to net.sources.bugs net.test Use the smallest test group possible, e.g. "test" or "ucb.test". Say in the body of the message what you are testing. It is perfectly legal to reproduce short extracts of a copyrighted work for critical purposes, but reproduction in whole is strictly and explicitly forbidden by US and international copyright law. (Otherwise, there would be no way for the artist to make money, and there would thus be less motive for people to go to the trouble of making their art available at all. The crime of theft is as serious in this context as any other, even though you may not have to pick locks, mask your face, or conceal merchandise.) All opinions or statements made in messages posted to Usenet should be taken as the opinions of the person who wrote the message. They do not necessarily represent the opinions of the employer of that person, the owner of the computer from which the message was posted, or anyone involved with Usenet or the underlying networks of which Usenet is made up. All responsibility for statements made in Usenet messages rests with the individual posting the message. Posting of information on Usenet is to be viewed as similar to publication. Because of this, do not post instructions for how to do some illegal act (such as jamming radar or obtaining cable TV service illegally); also do not ask how to do illegal acts by posting to the net. If you have a standard signature you like to append to your articles, put it in a file called .signature in your home directory. "postnews" and "inews" will automatically append it to your article. Please keep your signatures concise, as people do not appreciate seeing lengthy signatures, nor paying the phone bills to repeatedly transmit them. 2 or 3 lines are usually plenty. Sometimes it is also appropriate to add another line or two for addresses on other major networks where you can be reached (e.g., ARPA, CSnet, Bitnet). Long signatures are definitely frowned upon. DO NOT include drawings, pictures, maps, or other graphics in your signature -- it is not the appropriate place for such material and viewed as rude by other readers.
usenet@gatech.UUCP (02/01/86)
Original-from: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) [Most recent change: 13 January 1986 by spaf] This message describes some of the rules of conduct on Usenet. The rules vary depending on the newsgroup. Some newsgroups are intended for discussions and some for announcements or queries. It is not usually a good idea to carry on discussions in newsgroups that are designated otherwise. It is never a good idea to carry on "meta-discussions" about whether a given discussion is appropriate -- such traffic mushrooms until nobody can find articles that belong. If you are unhappy with what some user said, send him/her mail, don't post it. Before posting, think about where your article is going. If it's posted to a "net." newsgroup, it will probably go to the USA, Canada, Europe, Korea, and Australia. Certain articles are only of local interest (e.g. used car ads) and it is inappropriate to post them to the whole world. Use the "Distribution" feature to restrict distribution to your local area. If you don't know how to use this feature, read "Frequently Submitted Items" in another article in net.announce.newusers. Announcement of professional products or services on Usenet is allowed; however, since someone else is paying the phone bills for this, it is important that it be of overall benefit to Usenet. Post to an appropriate newsgroup, never a general purpose newsgroup such as "net.general". Clearly mark your article as a product announcement in the subject. Never repeat these -- one article per product at the most; preferably group everything into one article. Advertising hype is especially frowned upon -- stick to technical facts. Obnoxious or inappropriate announcements or articles violating this policy are very serious and cause for removing your machine from Usenet. This policy is, of course, subject to change if it becomes a problem. Some newsgroups are moderated. In these groups, you cannot post directly, either by convention or because the software prevents it. To post to these newsgroups, send mail to the moderator. Examples: Newsgroup Moderator Purpose --------- --------- ------- net.announce cbosgd!announce Important announcements for everyone on the net mod.std.c cbosgd!std-c ANSI C standards discussion mod.std.unix ut-sally!std-unix ANSI Unix standards discussion mod.std.mumps plus5!std-mumps ANSI Mumps standards discussion mod.os.unix cbosgd!unix Moderated discussion of Unix* features and bugs Some newsgroups have special purpose rules: Newsgroup Rules --------- ----- net.announce Moderated, no direct postings, very important things only. net.general Announcements only, no discussions, very important things only. net.followup Followups to net.general, results of surveys (no discussions) net.wanted Queries, "I want an x", "Anyone want my x?". No discussions. Don't post to more than one xxx.wanted. Use the smallest appropriate wanted (e.g. used car ads to nj.wanted.) Requests for sources, termcaps, etc. should go to the "net.wanted.sources" newsgroup. net.jokes Clean jokes only; anything offensive must be rotated; no discussions -- jokes only. Discussions go in net.jokes.d net.movies Don't post anything revealing part of a movie without marking it (spoiler) in the subject. net.news.group Discussions about new groups: whether to create them and what to call them. Don't post yes/no votes, mail them to the author net.sources Big files such as source code, no discussions. Bugs and fixes get posted to net.sources.bugs net.test Use the smallest test group possible, e.g. "test" or "ucb.test". Say in the body of the message what you are testing. It is perfectly legal to reproduce short extracts of a copyrighted work for critical purposes, but reproduction in whole is strictly and explicitly forbidden by US and international copyright law. (Otherwise, there would be no way for the artist to make money, and there would thus be less motive for people to go to the trouble of making their art available at all. The crime of theft is as serious in this context as any other, even though you may not have to pick locks, mask your face, or conceal merchandise.) All opinions or statements made in messages posted to Usenet should be taken as the opinions of the person who wrote the message. They do not necessarily represent the opinions of the employer of that person, the owner of the computer from which the message was posted, or anyone involved with Usenet or the underlying networks of which Usenet is made up. All responsibility for statements made in Usenet messages rests with the individual posting the message. Posting of information on Usenet is to be viewed as similar to publication. Because of this, do not post instructions for how to do some illegal act (such as jamming radar or obtaining cable TV service illegally); also do not ask how to do illegal acts by posting to the net. If you have a standard signature you like to append to your articles, put it in a file called .signature in your home directory. "postnews" and "inews" will automatically append it to your article. Please keep your signatures concise, as people do not appreciate seeing lengthy signatures, nor paying the phone bills to repeatedly transmit them. 2 or 3 lines are usually plenty. Sometimes it is also appropriate to add another line or two for addresses on other major networks where you can be reached (e.g., ARPA, CSnet, Bitnet). Long signatures are definitely frowned upon. DO NOT include drawings, pictures, maps, or other graphics in your signature -- it is not the appropriate place for such material and viewed as rude by other readers.