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From: drew@genix.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Proposing net.all.newuser
Message-ID: <567@genix.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 3-Apr-84 14:48:00 EST
Article-I.D.: genix.567
Posted: Tue Apr  3 14:48:00 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Apr-84 01:52:55 EST
Organization: Genix, Ltd., Albuquerque, NM
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As a newuser I have a bunch of so far unanswer questions.
I am using some of them to illustrate the need for:

net.all.newuser
	      Moderated varies depending on newsgroup typically includes:
		Name, etc. of moderator.
		Brief statement of the purpose of the newsgroup.
		Ground rules for this newsgroup.
		How to get software discussed in this newsgroup:
		  who to contact, and
		  license requirments.
			Is it possible to get the Berkeley mail or
			the rand MH without a Bell source license?
			I tried asking net.mail about replacing
			v7 /bin/mail as a user interface.  But there
			are still unknowns.
		Standard references required for discussion in this newsgroup:
		  what are they, and
		  how to obtain a copy.
			I tried posting a request about how to get a copy of
			RFC822 to net.mail.headers.  The only response I got
			was from someone in England, who asked me to share
			what I found out.  I don't know if my article failed
			to make it thru the gateway to Arpanet or if Usenetters
			are unwelcome in that discussion :-).
		Gateways to other nets for this newsgroup:
		  technical and "legal" problems concerning:
		    how to post,
		    how to reply,
			I have several news articles I would like to reply
			to but don't know how to figure out a valid return
			address from the header.  readnews tries but fails.
		    is it possible to ftp from outside.
			I have received suggestions to ftp "kermit" from
			COLUMBIA-20.ARPA, but I don't how to do it from
			here, or if I will get in a lot of trouble if I
			find out.
		Brief discussion to the newsgroups frequently asked questions.
		Brief summary of the newsgroups dead horses.
		  All further discussion of these issues
		  should be restricted to:

net.all.deadhorses

	Should be a welcome relief in MANY newsgroups.
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Drew Einhorn {csu-cs,gatech,lanl-a,parsec,pur-ee,ucbvax}!unmvax!genix!drew
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