Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!fitz From: fitz@mml0.meche.rpi.edu (Brian Fitzgerald) Subject: Re: A couple of questions about Netland Message-ID: Nntp-Posting-Host: mml0.meche.rpi.edu Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY References: <405@rangkom.MY> Date: 2 May 91 05:04:45 GMT Lines: 74 Mohd Hanafiah Abdullah writes: >Hi > >I would like to know who is the controlling body of the whole netland, His name is Jonathan Kamens. His answers to your other questions are in an article that follows this one. ;-) # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # #### # # # # # # # # # # # # # #### #### #### # # # # ##### ##### # # # #### # # # # # # # # ## # # # #### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ### # # # # # # # # # ## # # # # # ##### ##### # # # #### OB answer: Take a peek in the news.announce.newusers newsgroup if you haven't done this already. If the monthly articles have expired at your site and you can ftp, you can get them by anonymous ftp from pit-manager.mit.edu, (courtesy of Jonathan Kamens), in /pub/usenet/news.announce.newusers If you don't have ftp, you can get the same articles by e-mail, and maybe someone else will post how to do it. From the news.announce.newusers Frequently Asked Questions list: 26. What is UUNET? UUNET is a non-profit communications service designed to provide access to USENET news, mail, and various source archives at low cost by obtaining volume discounts. Charges are calculated to recover costs. For more information send your US mail address to info@uunet.uu.net (uunet!info). Other monthly postings that answer many of your questions include: A_Guide_to_Social_Newsgroups_and_Mailing_Lists A_Primer_on_How_to_Work_With_the_Usenet_Community Alternative_Newsgroup_Hierarchies Answers_to_Frequently_Asked_Questions Emily_Postnews_Answers_Your_Questions_on_Netiquette Hints_on_writing_style_for_Usenet How_to_Create_a_New_Newsgroup How_to_Create_a_New_Trial_Newsgroup How_to_Get_Information_about_Networks Introduction_to_news.announce List_of_Active_Newsgroups List_of_Moderators List_of_Periodic_Informational_Postings Publicly_Accessible_Mailing_Lists Regional_Newsgroup_Hierarchies Rules_for_posting_to_Usenet USENET_Software:_History_and_Sources -- We need to secure as many banks in our computer banks as possible. We don't want no one else's help, but yours. Miller's Comsumer Service