usenet@gatech.CSNET (07/01/86)
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! Newsgroups: net.announce.newusers
Expires: 40days
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! Newsgroups: mod.announce.newusers
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Original-from: chuq@sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
! [Most recent change: 14 October 1984 by spaf]
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Original-from: chuq@sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
! [Most recent change: 19 June 1986 by weemba@brahms.uucp]
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humor or satire, it is safer to remind people that you are being funny.
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humor or satire, it is safer to remind people that you are being funny.
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+ But also be aware that quite frequently satire is posted without any
+ explicit indications. If an article outrages you strongly, you
+ should ask yourself if it just may have been unmarked satire.
+ Several self-proclaimed connoisseurs refuse to use smiley faces, so
+ take heed or you may make a temporary net.fool of yourself.
usenet@gatech.CSNET (09/01/86)
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Original-from: chuq@sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
! [Most recent change: 19 June 1986 by weemba@brahms.uucp]
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Original-from: chuq@sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
! [Most recent change: 13 July 1986 by weemba@brahms.berkeley.edu]
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can tell you how the software on your system works, or you can use the
! Unix command "tr [a-z][A-Z] [n-z][a-m][N-Z][A-M]".
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can tell you how the software on your system works, or you can use the
! Unix command "tr [a-z][A-Z] [n-z][a-m][N-Z][A-M]" (note that some versions
! of Unix don't require the [] in he "tr" command).
usenet@gatech.EDU (11/02/86)
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Original-from: chuq@sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
! [Most recent change: 13 July 1986 by weemba@brahms.berkeley.edu]
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Original-from: chuq@sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
! [Most recent change: 15 October 1986 by spaf@gatech.edu]
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! It is considered bad form to post both to net.general, net.misc, net.net-
! people, or net.wanted and to some other newsgroup. If it belongs in that
! other newsgroup, it does not belong in net.general, net.misc, net.net-
! people, or net.wanted. It is important that no unnecessary messages be
! sent to net.general. If it gets overloaded, people will start unsubscrib-
! ing to it and its usefulness will be impaired.
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! It is considered bad form to post both to misc.misc, soc.net-people,
! or misc.wanted and to some other newsgroup. If it belongs in that
! other newsgroup, it does not belong in misc.misc, soc.net-people,
! or misc.wanted.
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If you want to try a test of something, do not use a net-wide newsgroup!
! Messages in net.general that say "This is a test" are likely to cause
large numbers of caustic messages to flow into your mailbox. There are
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If you want to try a test of something, do not use a net-wide newsgroup!
! Messages in misc.misc that say "This is a test" are likely to cause
large numbers of caustic messages to flow into your mailbox. There are
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can tell you how the software on your system works, or you can use the
! Unix command "tr [a-z][A-Z] [n-z][a-m][N-Z][A-M]" (note that some versions
! of Unix don't require the [] in he "tr" command).
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can tell you how the software on your system works, or you can use the
! Unix command "tr [a-z][A-Z] [n-z][a-m][N-Z][A-M]". (Note that some versions
! of Unix don't require the [] in the "tr" command. In fact, some systems
! will get upset if you use them in an unquoted manner. The following should
! work for everyone, but may be shortened on some systems:
! tr '[a-m][n-z][A-M][N-Z]' '[n-z][a-m][N-Z][A-M]'
! Don't forget the single quotes!)
usenet@gatech.EDU (12/01/86)
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! Approved: spaf@gatech.CSNET
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Expires: 40days
! Approved: spaf@gatech.EDU
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Original-from: chuq@sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
! [Most recent change: 15 October 1986 by spaf@gatech.edu]
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Original-from: chuq@sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
! [Most recent change: 29 November 1986 by spaf@gatech.edu]
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A Primer on How to Work With the USENET Community
! Chuq Von Rospach (nsc!chuqui)
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A Primer on How to Work With the USENET Community
! Chuq Von Rospach
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detailed technical documentation. This message describes the Usenet
! culture and customs which have developed over time. All new users should
! read this message to find out how Usenet works. *** *** (Old users could
! read it, too, to refresh their memories.) ***
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detailed technical documentation. This message describes the Usenet
! culture and customs that have developed over time. All new users should
! read this message to find out how Usenet works. ***
! *** (Old users could read it, too, to refresh their memories.) ***
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what the article is about before they read it. A title like "Car for
! Sale" to net.auto does not help as much as "66 MG Midget for sale:
Beaverton OR." Don't expect people to read your article to find out what
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what the article is about before they read it. A title like "Car for
! Sale" to rec.autos does not help as much as "66 MG Midget for sale:
Beaverton OR." Don't expect people to read your article to find out what
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! When you post an article, think about the people you are trying to reach.
! Asking UNIX(*) questions on net.auto will not reach as many of the people
! you want to reach as if you asked them on net.unix or net.unix-wizards.
! Try to get the most appropriate audience for your message, not the widest.
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! When you post an article, think about the people you are trying to
! reach. Asking UNIX(*) questions on rec.autos will not reach as many
! of the people you want to reach as if you asked them on
! comp.unix.questions or comp.unix.wizards. Try to get the most
! appropriate audience for your message, not the widest.
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message to your local area. Some areas have special newsgroups with
! geographical limitations, and the newer versions of the news software
! allow you to limit the distribution of material sent to net-wide
newsgroups. Check with your system administrator to see what newsgroups
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message to your local area. Some areas have special newsgroups with
! geographical limitations, and the recent versions of the news software
! allow you to limit the distribution of material sent to world-wide
newsgroups. Check with your system administrator to see what newsgroups
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! If you want to try a test of something, do not use a net-wide newsgroup!
Messages in misc.misc that say "This is a test" are likely to cause
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! If you want to try a test of something, do not use a world-wide newsgroup!
Messages in misc.misc that say "This is a test" are likely to cause
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newsgroups that are local to your computer or area that should be used.
! Your system administrator can tell you what they are. There is a
! newsgroup called net.test, but it is there for the system administrators
! to use to test the network software and should not be used by anyone else.
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newsgroups that are local to your computer or area that should be used.
! Your system administrator can tell you what they are.
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! Avoid posting messages to more than one newsgroup unless you are sure it
! is appropriate. If you do post to multiple newsgroups, do not post to
! each group separately. Instead, specify all the groups on a single copy
! of the message. This reduces network overhead and lets people who
! subscribe to more than one of those groups see the message once instead of
! having to wade through each copy.
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! Avoid posting messages to more than one newsgroup unless you are sure
! it is appropriate. If you do post to multiple newsgroups, do not
! post to each group separately. Instead, specify all the groups on a
! single copy of the message. This reduces network overhead and lets
! people who subscribe to more than one of those groups see the message
! once instead of having to wade through each copy.
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! Certain newsgroups (such as net.jokes) have messages in them that may be
! offensive to some people. To make sure that these messages are not read
! unless they are explicitly requested, these messages should be encrypted.
! The standard encryption method is to rotate each letter by thirteen
! characters so that an "a" becomes an "n". This is known on the network as
! "rot13" and when you rotate a message the word "rot13" should be in the
! "Subject:" line. Most of the software used to read usenet articles have
! some way of encrypting and decrypting messages. Your system administrator
! can tell you how the software on your system works, or you can use the
! Unix command "tr [a-z][A-Z] [n-z][a-m][N-Z][A-M]". (Note that some versions
! of Unix don't require the [] in the "tr" command. In fact, some systems
! will get upset if you use them in an unquoted manner. The following should
! work for everyone, but may be shortened on some systems:
tr '[a-m][n-z][A-M][N-Z]' '[n-z][a-m][N-Z][A-M]'
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! Certain newsgroups (such as rec.humor) have messages in them that may
! be offensive to some people. To make sure that these messages are
! not read unless they are explicitly requested, these messages should
! be encrypted. The standard encryption method is to rotate each
! letter by thirteen characters so that an "a" becomes an "n". This is
! known on the network as "rot13" and when you rotate a message the
! word "rot13" should be in the "Subject:" line. Most of the software
! used to read usenet articles have some way of encrypting and
! decrypting messages. Your system administrator can tell you how the
! software on your system works, or you can use the Unix command "tr
! [a-z][A-Z] [n-z][a-m][N-Z][A-M]". (Note that some versions of Unix
! don't require the [] in the "tr" command. In fact, some systems will
! get upset if you use them in an unquoted manner. The following
! should work for everyone, but may be shortened on some systems:
tr '[a-m][n-z][A-M][N-Z]' '[n-z][a-m][N-Z][A-M]'
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! One of the biggest problems we have on the network is that, when someone
asks a question, many people send out identical answers. When this
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! One of the biggest problems we have on the network is that when someone
asks a question, many people send out identical answers. When thisusenet@gatech.UUCP (01/01/87)
*** old/etiquette.n Mon Dec 1 00:17:01 1986 --- src/etiquette.n Sun Dec 7 22:23:36 1986 *************** *** 5,7 **** Original-from: chuq@sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) ! [Most recent change: 29 November 1986 by spaf@gatech.edu] --- 5,7 ---- Original-from: chuq@sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) ! [Most recent change: 7 December 1986 by spaf@gatech.edu] *************** *** 275,280 **** ! ! ! ! ! --- 275,278 ---- ! ----------- ! This document is in the public domain and may be reproduced or ! excerpted by anyone wishing to do so.