Newsgroups: comp.archives.admin Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!stanford.edu!msi.umn.edu!cs.umn.edu!alberti From: alberti@cs.umn.edu (Albatross) Subject: Re: review of comp.archives in BOARDWATCH magazine May 1991 Message-ID: <1991Jun4.164026.22665@cs.umn.edu> Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept. References: Date: Tue, 4 Jun 91 16:40:26 GMT Lines: 35 In emv@msen.com (Ed Vielmetti) writes: >"Another resource of interest is Usenet News Groups. These act >somewhat like Fidonet Echomail conferences on BBS systems. Like saying that a 767 acts "somewhat like" a Piper Cub. >The >difference is that there are now over 20000 of them. Of what, Fido Conferences, news groups, or what? Where did this figure come from? >A program titled >Read News is used to access them and again the interface is terrible. This from a Fidonet afficionado? Ever hear of Net News Reader (for one)? >The first news group you will want to access is news.lists. This is >an updated index of what news groups are available....The second >newsgroup you want to look at is comp.archives. This one provides a >couple thousand messages where individuals describe what file >collections they have available for anonymous FTP and what the address >and directory is to locate them." Spoken like a true Fido user. "Hey duDez, warez the warez?" >Boardwatch Magazine, 5970 South Vivian Street, Littleton CO 80127. >Subscriptions $28/yr for 12 issues. Internet jack.rickard@csn.org Why? -- Bob Alberti Micro and Wkstn Networks Ctr, U of MN // aka: Albatross| Unitar- Internet: alberti@boombox.micro.UMN.EDU \\// Images BBS| ian/ Disclaimer: My employer does not mean what I say. // (612) 884-7951| Univer- Ingredients: 30% header, 30% quote, 10% content, 30% cutesy signature.| salist!