lotridge@charlie.amd.bnl.gov (Charlie Lotridge) (01/21/90)
Hello all, I'm a new user and I'm not completely convinced my posts are reaching the world. If you read this within, say, 24 hours of the post time, could you email me telling me so? Thanx in advance. BTW, if this is not the correct newsgroup to post this kind of article, I'll make it more legitimate by asking: What is the correct newsgroup to do this in? - Charlie
lotridge@charlie.amd.bnl.gov (Charlie Lotridge) (01/21/90)
In article <1649@bnlux0.bnl.gov> I wrote: >Hello all, > I'm a new user and I'm not completely convinced my posts are reaching >the world. If you read this within, say, 24 hours of the post time, could you >email me telling me so? Thanx in advance. Several people have responded, thanks to all... > BTW, if this is not the correct newsgroup to post this kind of article, >I'll make it more legitimate by asking: What is the correct newsgroup to do >this in? > - Charlie Many people have made mention of the 'test' groups which I should have used. Well, I did have a question...:-) - Charlie
pa1027@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (John C. Fowler) (01/21/90)
In article <1649@bnlux0.bnl.gov> lotridge@charlie.amd.bnl.gov (Charlie Lotridge) writes: > I'm a new user and I'm not completely convinced my posts are reaching >the world. If you read this within, say, 24 hours of the post time, could you >email me telling me so? Thanx in advance. > BTW, if this is not the correct newsgroup to post this kind of article, >I'll make it more legitimate by asking: What is the correct newsgroup to do >this in? No, this is not the correct newsgroup, but it is better than most because some of the people reading it will forgive you, considering you're a new user. The correct place to post test messages (such as those asking, "Is this getting out, and how quickly?") is in one of the "test" groups. There are various names for them depending on what kind of newsfeed you get, but the official Usenet test group is misc.test. A number of systems have automatic mailers linked to this (and other test groups), and they will send you E-mail upon receipt, so you know the extent your message has reached, roughly. Be sure to limit the distribution to the minimum possible, though. There's no reason to get E-Mail receipts from around the world if you just wanted to see if your message would get out at all. -- John C. Fowler, jfowler@ucsd.edu