[news.newsites] How am I supposed to do this?

sparkie@madnix.UUCP (Mark Horn) (09/21/89)

Excuse my asking a stupid question, but I'd like to get my site
registered.  I've been looking at some of the entries and can determine
what some of the entries are but some I can't.  Is it necessary to enter
all of those fields?  If not, which ones can I get by with not haveing.
Which ones are mandatory?  Thanks in advance.

- sparkie
sparkie@madnix.UUCP

clarke@acheron.uucp (Ed Clarke/10240000) (09/24/89)

From article <881@madnix.UUCP>, by sparkie@madnix.UUCP (Mark Horn):
> Excuse my asking a stupid question, but I'd like to get my site
> registered.  I've been looking at some of the entries and can determine
> what some of the entries are but some I can't.  Is it necessary to enter
> all of those fields?  If not, which ones can I get by with not haveing.

For a detailed answer, see the "README"  entry that was last posted to
comp.mail.maps in early July.  Here's a short extraction from that file:

#N    UUCP name of site
#S    manufacturer machine model; operating system & version
#O    organization name
#C    contact person's name
#E    contact person's electronic mail address
#T    contact person's telephone number
#P    organization's address
#L    latitude / longitude
#R    remarks
#U    netnews neighbors
#W    who last edited the entry ; date edited
#
sitename      .domain
sitename      remote1(FREQUENCY), remote2(FREQUENCY)

You should fill in as much as you can, but omit the "sitename .domain" if
you're only a small private uucp site ( not xxx.com  etc. ).  I was going
to send the complete file, but your upstream feed is also not in the maps.
You've got to get him/her registered also before your entry will do any
good ...

Send the completed entry to "rutgers!uucpmap" ( they connect to uunet or
gatech or ucsd or ames if that helps ).
-- 
Ed Clarke
acheron!clarke