Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!motcsd!mcdcup!mcdhup!mcdchg!tellab5!nucsrl!accuvax.nwu.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!ucselx!bionet!lear From: lear@genbank.BIO.NET (Eliot) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.announce Subject: Purpose of this newsgroup Message-ID: Date: 24 Aug 90 00:53:41 GMT Organization: GenBank Online Service Lines: 25 [This message is also serving as a test for the news gateway..] The following is a snippit from a message from rws@expo.lcs.mit.edu on the purpose of xannounce. A new release from the X Consortium Patches from MIT for an X Consortium release Public Review of a proposed X Consortium standard Adoption of a new X Consortium standard Upcoming public X conferences, exhibitions, or meetings A new release of a major public toolkit or application Examples of things xannounce should *not* be used for are: Advertisements for commercial products Announcing patches or modifications to software Questions about anything The list will not be moderated (at least for now), but if you are unsure about whether a posting is acceptable, send it to xannounce-request@expo.lcs.mit.edu and ask that it be forwarded. -- Eliot Lear [lear@turbo.bio.net]