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From: bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Info on newsgroup charters?
Keywords: newsgroup charter
Message-ID: <1989Sep8.072906.4693@twwells.com>
Date: 8 Sep 89 07:29:06 GMT
References: <23376@louie.udel.EDU>
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In article <23376@louie.udel.EDU> rsmith@udel.EDU (R. Timothy Smith) writes:
: How can I find out the original charter of an established newsgroup
: that's been around for quite a while (such that earlier postings
: have long since disappeared from the machine here at UofD)?  Thanks ...

There is no general way. Monthly there is posted a list of
newsgroups with a one line summary. If that isn't enough, the best
you can do is post in the newsgroup (and news.groups as well)
asking if anyone has saved the charter.

You may be told that there was never one....

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