zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) (02/02/91)
Instructions for Submissions
as of January 9, 1991.
This file gives instructions on how to make submissions to
the comp.sys.amiga.announce newsgroup.
This group distributes announcements of import to people
using the Commodore brand Amiga computers. Announcements
may contain any important information, but most likely will
deal with new products, disk library releases, software
updates, uploads to archives, reports of major bugs or
dangerous viruses, notices of meetings or upcoming events,
and so on. Information should come from reliable sources.
The most favored source is an official representative of the
company discussed in the announcement.
This group is not an advertising forum. Product
announcements may not contain hype or comparisons with
existing products. Announcements of products should contain
only a straightforward description. A look at the "news" or
"new products" section of a computer magazine should give an
idea of the proper presentation.
This group is moderated. You can not post directly to a
moderated group. Instead, you need to send your submission
to the moderator of the group, and the moderator will post
your submission for you. The most typical way to send the
submission is through electronic mail, but other methods are
possible. More on this later.
Product announcements should include at least the following
information:
1. Short description of product.
a. Overview
b. List of features.
2. Compatibility with:
a. Amiga 3000
b. Workbench/Kickstart 2.0
3. Price.
4. Release date.
5. Method to contact the company. This can be a phone/FAX
number, e-mail address, or paper mail address.
Software announcements should also include the following
information:
1. Special hardware/peripherals required (if any).
2. Workbench/Kickstart versions required.
3. Usable RAM required.
4. Copy protection (Is it HD installable? Does it multitask
politely?).
Hardware announcements should include the following
information as appropriate:
1. Power requirements.
2. Which models the product works with: 500/1000/2000/3000,
NTSC/PAL.
3. Software required/included.
Announcements may include additional information.
Once you have your announcement ready, you should submit it
to the moderator. The primary moderator is Dan Zerkle. The
preferred method for submitting announcements is via
electronic mail. Send your submissions to
announce@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu. You may send paper mail to
Dan Zerkle
Division of Computer Science
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
Other methods of submission are possible. For instance, if
your company mails out press kits, the moderator can
transcribe them. Please contact Dan at the e-mail address
shown above or call (916) 754-0240 to make other
arrangements. Assuming you send your announcement through
electronic mail, an acknowledgement will be sent within two
days. This may take longer to reach you due to the slowness
of certain mail distribution systems such as UUCP. If you
receive no acknowledgement after a reasonable wait, send the
announcement again. This time, you should include your
telephone number in case there is some trouble getting e-
mail to you. If you still get no acknowledgement, either
call the number above or use the backup moderator (see
below).
If there are no problems with the announcement, it will be
posted immediately. The moderator may make minor edits for
spelling, grammar, or clarity, but their presence will be
noted. If there is some problem with the announcement, it
will be returned with a note about the problem, so you can
fix it. Likely reasons for rejection are inappropriateness
for this group, incomplete information about a product, or
too much selling hype.
There is a backup moderator. He serves as the moderator
when the primary moderator can not, due to absence or
technical difficulties. Also, if you have a dispute with
the primary moderator (He refuses to post something you
think is ok), you can submit it to the backup moderator.
The backup moderator is Mike Meyer. His e-mail address is
mwm@decwrl.dec.com.
There is a file containing warnings and disclaimers about
this group. It is posted separately. One thing mentioned
in that file is that by submitting announcements to the
moderator, you implicitly release them into the public
domain. This is so the moderators or other people can use
the information in other ways, such as compiling or
summarizing it. If you don't want your announcements to be
released into the public domain, you should attach sections
to them stating that the information is copyrighted, and
what uses of the information are permissible.
Finally, if you have any questions about this group or
making submissions you may contact the moderator at his
personal e-mail box. The address is
zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu. Do not send submissions to
this address, or they will be returned unposted.
--
Please see monthly postings for the disclaimer, the introduction, the charter,
and submission instructions. Comments to zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu.
Submissions to announce@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu. Flames to /dev/null.zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) (03/09/91)
Instructions for Submissions
as of January 9, 1991.
This file gives instructions on how to make submissions to
the comp.sys.amiga.announce newsgroup.
This group distributes announcements of import to people
using the Commodore brand Amiga computers. Announcements
may contain any important information, but most likely will
deal with new products, disk library releases, software
updates, uploads to archives, reports of major bugs or
dangerous viruses, notices of meetings or upcoming events,
and so on. Information should come from reliable sources.
The most favored source is an official representative of the
company discussed in the announcement.
This group is not an advertising forum. Product
announcements may not contain hype or comparisons with
existing products. Announcements of products should contain
only a straightforward description. A look at the "news" or
"new products" section of a computer magazine should give an
idea of the proper presentation.
This group is moderated. You can not post directly to a
moderated group. Instead, you need to send your submission
to the moderator of the group, and the moderator will post
your submission for you. The most typical way to send the
submission is through electronic mail, but other methods are
possible. More on this later.
Product announcements should include at least the following
information:
1. Short description of product.
a. Overview
b. List of features.
2. Compatibility with:
a. Amiga 3000
b. Workbench/Kickstart 2.0
3. Price.
4. Release date.
5. Method to contact the company. This can be a phone/FAX
number, e-mail address, or paper mail address.
Software announcements should also include the following
information:
1. Special hardware/peripherals required (if any).
2. Workbench/Kickstart versions required.
3. Usable RAM required.
4. Copy protection (Is it HD installable? Does it multitask
politely?).
Hardware announcements should include the following
information as appropriate:
1. Power requirements.
2. Which models the product works with: 500/1000/2000/3000,
NTSC/PAL.
3. Software required/included.
Announcements may include additional information.
Once you have your announcement ready, you should submit it
to the moderator. The primary moderator is Dan Zerkle. The
preferred method for submitting announcements is via
electronic mail. Send your submissions to
announce@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu. You may send paper mail to
Dan Zerkle
Division of Computer Science
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
Other methods of submission are possible. For instance, if
your company mails out press kits, the moderator can
transcribe them. Please contact Dan at the e-mail address
shown above or call (916) 754-0240 to make other
arrangements. Assuming you send your announcement through
electronic mail, an acknowledgement will be sent within two
days. This may take longer to reach you due to the slowness
of certain mail distribution systems such as UUCP. If you
receive no acknowledgement after a reasonable wait, send the
announcement again. This time, you should include your
telephone number in case there is some trouble getting e-
mail to you. If you still get no acknowledgement, either
call the number above or use the backup moderator (see
below).
If there are no problems with the announcement, it will be
posted immediately. The moderator may make minor edits for
spelling, grammar, or clarity, but their presence will be
noted. If there is some problem with the announcement, it
will be returned with a note about the problem, so you can
fix it. Likely reasons for rejection are inappropriateness
for this group, incomplete information about a product, or
too much selling hype.
There is a backup moderator. He serves as the moderator
when the primary moderator can not, due to absence or
technical difficulties. Also, if you have a dispute with
the primary moderator (He refuses to post something you
think is ok), you can submit it to the backup moderator.
The backup moderator is Mike Meyer. His e-mail address is
mwm@decwrl.dec.com.
There is a file containing warnings and disclaimers about
this group. It is posted separately. One thing mentioned
in that file is that by submitting announcements to the
moderator, you implicitly release them into the public
domain. This is so the moderators or other people can use
the information in other ways, such as compiling or
summarizing it. If you don't want your announcements to be
released into the public domain, you should attach section
to them stating that the information is copyrighted, and
what uses of the information are permissible.
Finally, if you have any questions about this group or
making submissions you may contact the moderator at his
personal e-mail box. The address is
zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu. Do not send submissions to
this address, or they will be returned unposted.
--
Please see monthly postings for the disclaimer, the introduction, the charter,
and submission instructions. Comments to zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu.
Submissions to announce@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu. Flames to /dev/null.zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) (04/08/91)
[ I made a couple of minor changes in these instructions. ]
[ If you plan on submitting something, please re-read ]
[ this message. -Dan ]
Instructions for Submissions
as of April 5, 1991.
This file gives instructions on how to make submissions to
the comp.sys.amiga.announce newsgroup. Possibly revised
editions are posted monthly.
This group distributes announcements of import to people
using the Commodore brand Amiga computers. Announcements
may contain any important information, but most likely will
deal with new products, disk library releases, software
updates, uploads to archives, reports of major bugs or
dangerous viruses, notices of meetings or upcoming events,
and so on.
Information should come from reliable sources. The most
favored source is an official representative of the company
discussed in the announcement. Please do not submit
something you read in a magazine or newspaper. Instead, ask
the company or individual mentioned in the publication to
submit an announcement, or submit something directly from
them.
This group is not an advertising forum. Product
announcements may not contain hype or comparisons with
competing products. Announcements of products should
contain only a straightforward description. A look at the
"news" or "new products" section of a computer magazine
should give an idea of the proper presentation.
This group is moderated. You can not post directly to a
moderated group. Instead, you need to send your submission
to the moderator of the group, and the moderator will post
your submission for you. The most typical way to send the
submission is through electronic mail, but other methods are
possible. More on this later.
Product announcements should include at least the following
information:
1. Short description of product.
a. Overview
b. List of features.
2. Compatibility with:
a. Amiga 3000
b. Workbench/Kickstart 2.0
3. Price.
4. Release date.
5. Method to contact the company. This can be a phone/FAX
number, e-mail address, or paper mail address.
Software announcements should also include the following
information:
1. Special hardware/peripherals required (if any).
2. Workbench/Kickstart versions required.
3. Usable RAM required.
4. Copy protection (Is it HD installable? Does it multitask
politely?).
Hardware announcements should include the following
information as appropriate:
1. Power requirements.
2. Which models the product works with: 500/1000/2000/3000,
NTSC/PAL.
3. Software required/included.
Announcements may include additional information.
If you are announcing that something is available via ftp or
otherwise, make sure you give the name of the author of
whatever you have uploaded. Also, make sure you give the
file names and locations and the full Internet address of
the archive. Otherwise, this should be like any other
software announcement.
If you are announcing a meeting or convention, make sure you
list what will happen at the meeting, with names, topics,
and so on. Give detailed travel directions to the meeting
place so that anybody can find it.
Once you have your announcement ready, you should submit it
to the moderator. The primary moderator is Dan Zerkle. The
preferred method for submitting announcements is via
electronic mail. Send your submissions to
announce@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu. Please do NOT make
submissions by simply posting them. Some systems will
forward these to the moderator, but often the return address
will get mangled, and this will foul up any forwarding
mechanism if a backup moderator is serving. You may send
paper mail to
Dan Zerkle
Division of Computer Science
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
Other methods of submission are possible. For instance, if
your company mails out press kits, the moderator can
transcribe them. Please contact Dan at the e-mail address
shown above or call (916) 754-0240 to make other
arrangements.
Assuming you send your announcement through electronic mail,
an acknowledgement will be sent within two days. This may
take longer to reach you due to the slowness of certain mail
distribution systems such as UUCP. If you receive no
acknowledgement after a reasonable wait, send the
announcement again. This time, you should include your
telephone number in case there is some trouble getting e-
mail to you. If you still get no acknowledgement, either
call the number above or use the backup moderator (see
below).
If there are no problems with the announcement, it will be
posted immediately. The moderator may make minor edits for
spelling, grammar, or clarity, but their presence will be
noted. If there is some problem with the announcement, it
will be returned with a note about the problem, so you can
fix it. Likely reasons for rejection are inappropriateness
for this group, incomplete information about a product, or
too much selling hype.
There is a backup moderator. He serves as the moderator
when the primary moderator can not, due to absence or
technical difficulties. Also, if you have a dispute with
the primary moderator (He refuses to post something you
think is ok), you can submit it to the backup moderator.
The backup moderator is Mike Meyer. His e-mail address is
mwm@decwrl.dec.com.
There is a file containing warnings and disclaimers about
this group. It is posted separately. One thing mentioned
in that file is that by submitting announcements to the
moderator, you implicitly release them into the public
domain. This is so the moderators or other people can use
the information in other ways, such as compiling or
summarizing it. If you don't want your announcements to be
released into the public domain, you should attach section
to them stating that the information is copyrighted, and
what uses of the information are permissible.
Finally, if you have any questions about this group or
making submissions you may contact the moderator at his
personal e-mail box. The address is
zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu. Do not send submissions to
this address, or they will be returned unposted.
--
Please see monthly postings for the disclaimer, the introduction, the charter,
and submission instructions. Comments to zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu.
ALL SUBMISSIONS TO announce@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu (don't auto-post).zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) (05/06/91)
Instructions for Submissions
as of April 5, 1991.
This file gives instructions on how to make submissions to
the comp.sys.amiga.announce newsgroup. Possibly revised
editions are posted monthly.
This group distributes announcements of import to people
using the Commodore brand Amiga computers. Announcements
may contain any important information, but most likely will
deal with new products, disk library releases, software
updates, uploads to archives, reports of major bugs or
dangerous viruses, notices of meetings or upcoming events,
and so on.
Information should come from reliable sources. The most
favored source is an official representative of the company
discussed in the announcement. Please do not submit
something you read in a magazine or newspaper. Instead, ask
the company or individual mentioned in the publication to
submit an announcement, or submit something directly from
them.
This group is not an advertising forum. Product
announcements may not contain hype or comparisons with
competing products. Announcements of products should
contain only a straightforward description. A look at the
"news" or "new products" section of a computer magazine
should give an idea of the proper presentation.
This group is moderated. You can not post directly to a
moderated group. Instead, you need to send your submission
to the moderator of the group, and the moderator will post
your submission for you. The most typical way to send the
submission is through electronic mail, but other methods are
possible. More on this later.
Product announcements should include at least the following
information:
1. Short description of product.
a. Overview
b. List of features.
2. Compatibility with:
a. Amiga 3000
b. Workbench/Kickstart 2.0
3. Price.
4. Release date.
5. Method to contact the company. This can be a phone/FAX
number, e-mail address, or paper mail address.
Software announcements should also include the following
information:
1. Special hardware/peripherals required (if any).
2. Workbench/Kickstart versions required.
3. Usable RAM required.
4. Copy protection (Is it HD installable? Does it multitask
politely?).
Hardware announcements should include the following
information as appropriate:
1. Power requirements.
2. Which models the product works with: 500/1000/2000/3000,
NTSC/PAL.
3. Software required/included.
Announcements may include additional information.
If you are announcing that something is available via ftp or
otherwise, make sure you give the name of the author of
whatever you have uploaded. Also, make sure you give the
file names and locations and the full Internet address of
the archive. Otherwise, this should be like any other
software announcement.
If you are announcing a meeting or convention, make sure you
list what will happen at the meeting, with names, topics,
and so on. Give detailed travel directions to the meeting
place so that anybody can find it.
Once you have your announcement ready, you should submit it
to the moderator. The primary moderator is Dan Zerkle. The
preferred method for submitting announcements is via
electronic mail. Send your submissions to
announce@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu. Please do NOT make
submissions by simply posting them. Some systems will
forward these to the moderator, but often the return address
will get mangled, and this will foul up any forwarding
mechanism if a backup moderator is serving. You may send
paper mail to
Dan Zerkle
Division of Computer Science
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
Other methods of submission are possible. For instance, if
your company mails out press kits, the moderator can
transcribe them. Please contact Dan at the e-mail address
shown above or call (916) 754-0240 to make other
arrangements.
Assuming you send your announcement through electronic mail,
an acknowledgement will be sent within two days. This may
take longer to reach you due to the slowness of certain mail
distribution systems such as UUCP. If you receive no
acknowledgement after a reasonable wait, send the
announcement again. This time, you should include your
telephone number in case there is some trouble getting e-
mail to you. If you still get no acknowledgement, either
call the number above or use the backup moderator (see
below).
If there are no problems with the announcement, it will be
posted immediately. The moderator may make minor edits for
spelling, grammar, or clarity, but their presence will be
noted. If there is some problem with the announcement, it
will be returned with a note about the problem, so you can
fix it. Likely reasons for rejection are inappropriateness
for this group, incomplete information about a product, or
too much selling hype.
There is a backup moderator. He serves as the moderator
when the primary moderator can not, due to absence or
technical difficulties. Also, if you have a dispute with
the primary moderator (He refuses to post something you
think is ok), you can submit it to the backup moderator.
The backup moderator is Mike Meyer. His e-mail address is
mwm@decwrl.dec.com.
There is a file containing warnings and disclaimers about
this group. It is posted separately. One thing mentioned
in that file is that by submitting announcements to the
moderator, you implicitly release them into the public
domain. This is so the moderators or other people can use
the information in other ways, such as compiling or
summarizing it. If you don't want your announcements to be
released into the public domain, you should attach section
to them stating that the information is copyrighted, and
what uses of the information are permissible.
Finally, if you have any questions about this group or
making submissions you may contact the moderator at his
personal e-mail box. The address is
zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu. Do not send submissions to
this address, or they will be returned unposted.
--
Please see monthly postings for the disclaimer, the introduction, the charter,
and submission instructions. Comments to zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu.
MAIL ALL SUBMISSIONS TO announce@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu (don't auto-post).