[news.newusers.questions] Local newsgroups

harelb@daisy.uchicago.edu (Harel Barzilai) (01/16/90)

Is there a way of posting to local newsgroups at other sights? In
particular I'm interested in local newsgroups at other colleges and
universities (the equiv. of the newsgroups here of the form "uc.*")

Can I just post directly to those names? If not, what else does one
need?; and if so, how can I find out their names (one can guess *some*
of them)

Thanks,
Harel B.

dveditz@dbase.A-T.COM (Dan Veditz) (01/20/90)

In article <7221@tank.uchicago.edu> harelb@daisy.UUCP (Harel Barzilai) writes:
>
>Is there a way of posting to local newsgroups at other sights? In
>particular I'm interested in local newsgroups at other colleges and
>universities (the equiv. of the newsgroups here of the form "uc.*")
>
>Can I just post directly to those names? If not, what else does one
>need?; and if so, how can I find out their names (one can guess *some*
>of them)
>

I don't know the official answer, but just recently I crossposted a
test message with misc.test and at.test, one of our local Ashton-Tate
groups.  I got a response from the AT&T host saying that crossposting
between public groups and private AT&T groups was not allowed.  (Their
local groups must be at.* also, although I would have expected att.*)

So I'd say give it a try.  As to finding the names, there's probably 
no way to find out short of asking someone at the site in question.
You could try mail to the postmaster or root, or read news until you
find someone from that site and then send them mail and ask them.

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