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!spafspaf@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!spafspaf@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!spafspaf@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!spafspaf@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!spafspaf@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!spafspaf@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!spafspaf@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!spafspaf@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!spafspaf@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