usenet@gatech.edu (05/03/87)
*** old/rules.n Wed Apr 29 19:11:42 1987 --- src/rules.n Sun May 3 13:23:00 1987 *************** *** 1,2 **** ! Newsgroups: mod.announce.newusers Expires: 40days --- 1,2 ---- ! Newsgroups: news.announce.newusers Expires: 40days *************** *** 5,7 **** Original-from: mark@cbosgd.att.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 29 November 1986 by spaf@gatech.edu] --- 5,7 ---- Original-from: mark@cbosgd.att.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 1 May 1987 by sahayman@math.waterloo.edu (Steve Hayman)] *************** *** 25,27 **** you don't know how to use this feature, read "Frequently Submitted ! Items" in another article in mod.announce.newusers. --- 25,27 ---- you don't know how to use this feature, read "Frequently Submitted ! Items" in another article in news.announce.newusers. *************** *** 36,38 **** important that it be of overall benefit to Usenet. Post to the ! appropriate newsgroup -- mod.newprod -- never to a general purpose newsgroup such as "misc.misc". Clearly mark your article as a product --- 36,38 ---- important that it be of overall benefit to Usenet. Post to the ! appropriate newsgroup -- comp.newprod -- never to a general purpose newsgroup such as "misc.misc". Clearly mark your article as a product *************** *** 51,57 **** --------- --------- ------- ! mod.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 --- 51,57 ---- --------- --------- ------- ! news.announce.important cbosgd!announce Important announcements for everyone ! comp.std.c cbosgd!std-c ANSI C standards discussion ! comp.std.unix ut-sally!std-unix ANSI Unix standards discussion ! comp.std.mumps plus5!std-mumps ANSI Mumps standards discussion ! comp.unix cbosgd!unix Discussion of Unix* features and bugs *************** *** 61,78 **** --------- ----- ! mod.announce Moderated, no direct postings, very important things only. ! misc.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. ! rec.humor Clean humor only; anything offensive must be rotated; no ! discussions -- humor only. Discussions go in rec.humor.d ! rec.arts.movies Don't post anything revealing part of a movie without marking ! it (spoiler) in the subject. ! news.groups 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 ! misc.test Use the smallest test group possible, e.g. "test" or "ucb.test". ! Say in the body of the message what you are testing. --- 61,80 ---- --------- ----- ! news.announce.important Moderated, no direct postings, important things only. ! misc.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 ! "comp.sources.wanted" newsgroup. ! rec.humor Clean humor only; anything offensive must be rotated; ! no discussions -- humor only. Discussions go in ! rec.humor.d ! rec.arts.movies Don't post anything revealing part of a movie ! without marking it (spoiler) in the subject. ! news.groups Discussions about new groups: whether to create ! them and what to call them. Don't post yes/no ! votes, mail them to the author ! misc.test Use the smallest test group possible, e.g. ! "test" or "ucb.test". Say in the body of the ! message what you are testing. *************** *** 112 **** --- 114,122 ---- for such material and viewed as rude by other readers. + + If you post an article and remember something you've left out or + realize you've made a factual error, you can cancel the article and (if + cancelled quickly enough) prevent its distribution. Then you can + correct whatever was wrong and post a new copy. In "rn" and + "readnews", an article that you posted can be cancelled with the "C" + command. Be aware, however, that some people may have already read the + incorrect version so the sooner you cancel something, the better.
spaf@arthur.cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) (10/01/87)
*** old/rules.n Tue Sep 15 11:42:16 1987 --- src/rules.n Wed Sep 16 13:34:56 1987 *************** *** 5,7 **** Original-from: mark@cbosgd.att.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 7 September 1987 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] --- 5,7 ---- Original-from: mark@cbosgd.att.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 17 September 1987 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] *************** *** 73,74 **** --- 73,75 ---- without marking it (spoiler) in the subject. + rec.arts.comics Same as movies -- mark spoilers in the subject line. news.groups Discussions about new groups: whether to create -- Gene Spafford Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004 Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf
spaf@arthur.cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) (11/03/87)
*** old/rules.n Thu Oct 1 08:35:27 1987 --- src/rules.n Thu Oct 8 19:20:26 1987 *************** *** 73,75 **** without marking it (spoiler) in the subject. ! rec.arts.comics Same as movies -- mark spoilers in the subject line. news.groups Discussions about new groups: whether to create --- 73,75 ---- without marking it (spoiler) in the subject. ! rec.arts.* Same as movies -- mark spoilers in the subject line. news.groups Discussions about new groups: whether to create -- Gene Spafford Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004 Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf
spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (12/02/87)
*** old/rules.n Mon Nov 2 16:14:33 1987 --- src/rules.n Sun Nov 29 16:35:55 1987 *************** *** 5,7 **** Original-from: mark@cbosgd.att.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 17 September 1987 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] --- 5,7 ---- Original-from: mark@cbosgd.att.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 29 November 1987 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] *************** *** 53,55 **** comp.std.c cbosgd!std-c ANSI C standards discussion ! comp.std.unix ut-sally!std-unix ANSI Unix standards discussion comp.std.mumps plus5!std-mumps ANSI Mumps standards discussion --- 53,55 ---- comp.std.c cbosgd!std-c ANSI C standards discussion ! comp.std.unix uunet!std-unix Unix standards discussion comp.std.mumps plus5!std-mumps ANSI Mumps standards discussion -- Gene Spafford Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004 Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf
spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (01/02/88)
This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to this group, and the version posted a few weeks ago. New users may ignore this posting -- it is intended to enable experienced users to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents. *** old/rules.n Fri Jan 1 15:39:33 1988 --- src/rules.n Thu Dec 10 17:22:31 1987 *************** *** 5,7 **** Original-from: mark@cbosgd.att.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 29 November 1987 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] --- 5,7 ---- Original-from: mark@cbosgd.att.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 10 December 1987 by chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek)] *************** *** 123 **** --- 123,131 ---- incorrect version so the sooner you cancel something, the better. + + If the news system rejects a followup due to "more quoted lines than + new text," please do not use "filler" lines to make up for this. + Instead, if after careful editing, you have more to quote than to + write, change the citation character. For example, in the display + editor vi, you could use the incantation: + :%s/^>/</ + -- Gene Spafford Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004 Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf
spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (02/04/88)
This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to this group, and the version posted a few weeks ago. New users may ignore this posting -- it is intended to enable experienced users to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents. *** old/rules.n Fri Jan 1 15:40:36 1988 --- src/rules.n Wed Jan 13 18:37:26 1988 *************** *** 5,7 **** Original-from: mark@cbosgd.att.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 10 December 1987 by chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek)] --- 5,8 ---- Original-from: mark@cbosgd.att.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 13 January 1988 by msb@sq.com (Mark Brader) & ! weemba@garnet.Berkeley.EDU (Matthew P Wiener)] *************** *** 130,131 **** --- 131,146 ---- :%s/^>/</ + Be careful not to do the very similar: + :%s/>/</ + which will affect >'s that are not being used as the citation + character. (In particular, it will damage the "References" line in the + article header.) + + In preparing an article, be aware that other people's machines are + not the same as yours. The following is a list of things to keep + in mind: + * Except for source, keep your lines under 80 characters. + * Most special control characters will not work for most readers. + * Pictures and diagrams should not use embedded tabs. + * Refer to articles by Message-ID, and never by article number. + * What you think is the previous article is unlikely to be so elsewhere. -- Gene Spafford Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004 Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf
spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (04/04/88)
This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to this group, and the version posted a few weeks ago. New users may ignore this posting -- it is intended to enable experienced users to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents. *** old/rules.n Wed Feb 3 18:18:41 1988 --- src/rules.n Fri Mar 11 20:40:31 1988 *************** *** 5,8 Original-from: mark@cbosgd.att.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 13 January 1988 by msb@sq.com (Mark Brader) & ! weemba@garnet.Berkeley.EDU (Matthew P Wiener)] --- 5,8 ----- Original-from: mark@cbosgd.att.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 11 March 1988 by hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and ! spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] *************** *** 11,12 Some newsgroups are intended for discussions and some for announcements --- 11,13 ----- + Some newsgroups are intended for discussions and some for announcements *************** *** 19,20 Before posting, think about where your article is going. If it's --- 20,22 ----- + Before posting, think about where your article is going. If it's *************** *** 28,29 Don't post announcements regarding major news events (e.g. the space --- 30,32 ----- + Don't post announcements regarding major news events (e.g. the space *************** *** 34,35 Announcement of professional products or services on Usenet is allowed; --- 37,39 ----- + Announcement of professional products or services on Usenet is allowed; *************** *** 46,47 Some newsgroups are moderated. In these groups, you cannot post --- 50,52 ----- + Some newsgroups are moderated. In these groups, you cannot post *************** *** 82,83 It is perfectly legal to reproduce short extracts of a copyrighted work --- 87,89 ----- + It is perfectly legal to reproduce short extracts of a copyrighted work *************** *** 91,92 All opinions or statements made in messages posted to Usenet should be --- 97,99 ----- + All opinions or statements made in messages posted to Usenet should be *************** *** 99,100 Posting of information on Usenet is to be viewed as similar to --- 106,108 ----- + Posting of information on Usenet is to be viewed as similar to *************** *** 105,106 If you have a standard signature you like to append to your articles, --- 113,115 ----- + If you have a standard signature you like to append to your articles, *************** *** 115,117 other graphics in your signature -- it is not the appropriate place ! for such material and viewed as rude by other readers. --- 124,126 ----- other graphics in your signature -- it is not the appropriate place ! for such material and is viewed as rude by other readers. *************** *** 117,118 If you post an article and remember something you've left out or --- 126,128 ----- + If you post an article and remember something you've left out or *************** *** 125,126 If the news system rejects a followup due to "more quoted lines than --- 135,137 ----- + If the news system rejects a followup due to "more quoted lines than *************** *** 137,138 In preparing an article, be aware that other people's machines are --- 148,150 ----- + In preparing an article, be aware that other people's machines are *************** *** 146 --- 158,176 ----- + + In general, when a mailing to somebody fails, DON'T post a message + about it! Think for a moment: you are trying to send something to + someone on ONE system. Your message might go through (at most) TEN + systems on the way there. Posting a message in the news sends it to + over 7800 systems throughout the world! There is no way to justify + adding to the news load of nearly 8000 machines simply because you + cannot determine how to get your mail through. + + If your message is important, contact someone who knows more about the + mail system and who might be able to help you get your message + through. Your local system administrator, for instance, or the admin + of the next site "upstream," might be able to help. You can also send + mail to "postermaster" at one of the backbone sites. Almost all of + these people would rather see an occasional plea for help in their + mailbox than read another broadcast in the news system. If your + message is *really* important, pick up the phone and try to call the + other person. -- Gene Spafford NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center, Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004 Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf
spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (05/09/88)
This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to this group, and the version posted a few weeks ago. New users may ignore this posting -- it is intended to enable experienced users to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents. *** old/rules.n Sun Apr 3 18:44:02 1988 --- src/rules.n Fri Apr 15 00:02:28 1988 *************** *** 4,8 ! Original-from: mark@cbosgd.att.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 11 March 1988 by hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and ! spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] --- 4,7 ----- ! Original-from: mark@att-cb.att.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 14 April 1988 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] *************** *** 57,60 --------- --------- ------- ! news.announce.important cbosgd!announce Important announcements for everyone ! comp.std.c cbosgd!std-c ANSI C standards discussion comp.std.unix uunet!std-unix Unix standards discussion --- 56,59 ----- --------- --------- ------- ! news.announce.important att-cb!announce Important announcements for everyone ! comp.std.c att-cb!std-c ANSI C standards discussion comp.std.unix uunet!std-unix Unix standards discussion *************** *** 61,63 comp.std.mumps plus5!std-mumps ANSI Mumps standards discussion ! comp.unix cbosgd!unix Discussion of Unix* features and bugs --- 60,62 ----- comp.std.mumps plus5!std-mumps ANSI Mumps standards discussion ! comp.unix att-cb!unix Discussion of Unix* features and bugs *************** *** 171,173 of the next site "upstream," might be able to help. You can also send ! mail to "postermaster" at one of the backbone sites. Almost all of these people would rather see an occasional plea for help in their --- 170,172 ----- of the next site "upstream," might be able to help. You can also send ! mail to "postmaster" at one of the backbone sites. Almost all of these people would rather see an occasional plea for help in their -- Gene Spafford NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center, Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004 Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf
spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (05/17/88)
This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to this group, and the version posted a few weeks ago. New users may ignore this posting -- it is intended to enable experienced users to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents. *** old/rules.n Sun May 8 23:36:13 1988 --- src/rules.n Mon May 9 22:09:10 1988 *************** *** 4,7 ! Original-from: mark@att-cb.att.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 14 April 1988 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] --- 4,7 ----- ! Original-from: mark@stargate.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 9 May 1988 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] *************** *** 56,59 --------- --------- ------- ! news.announce.important att-cb!announce Important announcements for everyone ! comp.std.c att-cb!std-c ANSI C standards discussion comp.std.unix uunet!std-unix Unix standards discussion --- 56,58 ----- --------- --------- ------- ! news.announce.important stargate!announce Important announcements for everyone comp.std.unix uunet!std-unix Unix standards discussion *************** *** 60,62 comp.std.mumps plus5!std-mumps ANSI Mumps standards discussion ! comp.unix att-cb!unix Discussion of Unix* features and bugs --- 59,61 ----- comp.std.mumps plus5!std-mumps ANSI Mumps standards discussion ! comp.unix mcdchg!modunix Discussion of Unix* features and bugs -- Gene Spafford NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center, Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004 Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf
spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (07/27/88)
This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to this group, and the version posted a few weeks ago. New users may ignore this posting -- it is intended to enable experienced users to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents. *** old/rules.n Tue May 17 11:46:04 1988 --- src/rules.n Tue Jul 26 16:55:46 1988 *************** *** 5,7 Original-from: mark@stargate.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 9 May 1988 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] --- 5,7 ----- Original-from: mark@stargate.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 26 July 1988 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] *************** *** 151,152 * Except for source, keep your lines under 80 characters. * Most special control characters will not work for most readers. --- 151,157 ----- * Except for source, keep your lines under 80 characters. + (most editors have a fill or format mode that will do this + for you automatically) + * Right justified text may look "prettier" is some sense, but it + is almost always harder to read than leaving ragged right + margins; don't justify your articles. * Most special control characters will not work for most readers. *************** *** 155,156 * What you think is the previous article is unlikely to be so elsewhere. --- 160,163 ----- * What you think is the previous article is unlikely to be so elsewhere. + * Submissions in a single case (all upper or all lower) are + difficult to read. *************** *** 169,171 of the next site "upstream," might be able to help. You can also send ! mail to "postmaster" at one of the backbone sites. Almost all of these people would rather see an occasional plea for help in their --- 176,178 ----- of the next site "upstream," might be able to help. You can also send ! mail to "postmaster" at one of the major Usenet sites. Almost all of these people would rather see an occasional plea for help in their -- Gene Spafford NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center, Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004 Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf
spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (08/18/88)
This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to this group, and the version posted a few weeks ago. New users may ignore this posting -- it is intended to enable experienced users to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents. *** old/rules.n Tue Jul 26 19:55:28 1988 --- src/rules.n Wed Aug 17 23:06:26 1988 *************** *** 5,7 Original-from: mark@stargate.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 26 July 1988 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] --- 5,7 ----- Original-from: mark@stargate.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 17 August 1988 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] *************** *** 150,154 in mind: ! * Except for source, keep your lines under 80 characters. ! (most editors have a fill or format mode that will do this ! for you automatically) * Right justified text may look "prettier" is some sense, but it --- 150,154 ----- in mind: ! * Except for source, keep your lines under 80 characters, and ! under 75 if possible. (most editors have a fill or format ! mode that will do this for you automatically) * Right justified text may look "prettier" is some sense, but it *************** *** 157,158 * Most special control characters will not work for most readers. * Pictures and diagrams should not use embedded tabs. --- 157,161 ----- * Most special control characters will not work for most readers. + In fact, the tab and space characters are about the only ones + you can be sure work consistently, and tabs aren't always the + same from machine to machine. * Pictures and diagrams should not use embedded tabs. -- Gene Spafford NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center, Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004 Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf