Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!gatech!usenet From: usenet@gatech.CSNET Newsgroups: mod.announce.newusers Subject: Changes to Introduction to mod.announce Message-ID: <4440@gatech.CSNET> Date: Mon, 1-Sep-86 00:21:34 EDT Article-I.D.: gatech.4440 Posted: Mon Sep 1 00:21:34 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Sep-86 04:56:42 EDT Expires: Sat, 11-Oct-86 03:58:13 EDT Sender: spaf@gatech.CSNET Organization: School of ICS, Georgia Tech Lines: 116 Approved: spaf@gatech.CSNET *** old/intro.n Tue Jul 1 00:15:12 1986 --- src/intro.n Wed Jul 2 08:37:12 1986 *************** *** 5,7 Original-from: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 3 July 1985 by spaf] --- 5,7 ----- Original-from: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 2 July 1986 by spaf] *************** *** 7,9 ! "net.announce" is a newsgroup for important announcements. It is intended to be read by everyone on Usenet, although nobody is forced to --- 7,9 ----- ! "mod.announce" is a newsgroup for important announcements. It is intended to be read by everyone on Usenet, although nobody is forced to *************** *** 9,11 intended to be read by everyone on Usenet, although nobody is forced to ! subscribe. To post to net.announce, send mail to the moderator at "cbosgd!announce". Some netnews implementations will automatically --- 9,11 ----- intended to be read by everyone on Usenet, although nobody is forced to ! subscribe. To post to mod.announce, send mail to the moderator at "cbosgd!announce". Some netnews implementations will automatically *************** *** 16,18 ! Discussions in net.announce are explicitly forbidden, and the volume of traffic will be kept low enough to keep people from feeling a need to --- 16,18 ----- ! Discussions in mod.announce are explicitly forbidden, and the volume of traffic will be kept low enough to keep people from feeling a need to *************** *** 19,21 unsubscribe. Usenet administrators for each site should make a point ! of reading net.announce. --- 19,21 ----- unsubscribe. Usenet administrators for each site should make a point ! of reading mod.announce. *************** *** 22,24 Some messages will be repeated every month, in order to reach all ! newcomers. These messages will be placed in net.announce.newusers, which is also moderated. This makes it safe for experienced users who --- 22,24 ----- Some messages will be repeated every month, in order to reach all ! newcomers. These messages will be placed in mod.announce.newusers, which is also moderated. This makes it safe for experienced users who *************** *** 24,28 which is also moderated. This makes it safe for experienced users who ! have already read these messages to unsubscribe to net.announce.newusers ! without missing anything new in net.announce. If you aren't familiar ! with the netnews guidelines in net.announce.newusers, please read them carefully. Your understanding of these rules will assure that you don't --- 24,28 ----- which is also moderated. This makes it safe for experienced users who ! have already read these messages to unsubscribe to mod.announce.newusers ! without missing anything new in mod.announce. If you aren't familiar ! with the netnews guidelines in mod.announce.newusers, please read them carefully. Your understanding of these rules will assure that you don't *************** *** 31,33 ! The current policy is that net.announce submissions must be: --- 31,33 ----- ! The current policy is that mod.announce submissions must be: *************** *** 36,38 net. The posting should be more of benefit to the net than to the poster. ! (c) not posted to any other newsgroup - net.announce by itself is supposed to be sufficient to reach everybody, and nobody should have to read --- 36,38 ----- net. The posting should be more of benefit to the net than to the poster. ! (c) not posted to any other newsgroup - mod.announce by itself is supposed to be sufficient to reach everybody, and nobody should have to read *************** *** 43,45 The moderation mechanism is working. You would not believe how many people ! have posted a followup to net.announce, including an entire article, followed by only "REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE." These get mailed --- 43,45 ----- The moderation mechanism is working. You would not believe how many people ! have posted a followup to mod.announce, including an entire article, followed by only "REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE." These get mailed *************** *** 48,50 Mark Horton Gene Spafford ! net.announce moderator net.announce.newusers moderator cbosgd!mark gatech!spaf --- 48,50 ----- Mark Horton Gene Spafford ! mod.announce moderator mod.announce.newusers moderator cbosgd!mark gatech!spaf