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From: J.COOK@ENS.Prime.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Welcome message -- comments invited
Message-ID: <166000020@ENS.Prime.COM>
Date: 14 Mar 90 18:01:00 GMT
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Nf-From: ENS.Prime.COM!J.COOK    Mar 14 18:01:00 1990


Geoff@pmafile.UUCP asked:
>Here is a first draft of a welcome message which would be posted
>regularly to comp.sys.mac.  Its purpose is to help folks understand the
>various Macintosh-related Usenet groups, and (hopefully) reduce some of
>the misplaced traffic in comp.sys.mac.
>
>I invite your comments on this draft.  E-mail is preferred,...

Well, my email bounced (retry limit exceeded), so my comments are to
add answers to the following questions:

1. How do I send mail to addresses listed as "george@phoenix.uucp"?
   When I send mail to there over the internet, there is not enough
   routing information for the message to make it there.  Is there
   any help?  (I obviously don't know the answer to this one either).

2. Format to post stuff in.
   (80 char./line, each line terminated with a <CR>).

3. How do I translate a IP name to an IP number?
   (i.e. lut.fi is 128.214.25.8).

4. Those perennial (daily) favorites:
     - Where is the cheapest, reliable memory SIMMs?
     - What speed should I get?
     - Will faster memory help?

     - What modem should I get?

     - What kind of disk should I get?
     - Where is the cheapest place to get it?

Hope this makes it to you.

Jim Cook
<J.COOK@ENS.PRIME.COM>
Prime Computer, Inc.
500 Old Conn. Path, Framingham, Mass.  01748
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