Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!rutgers!gatech!usenet From: usenet@gatech.edu Newsgroups: news.announce.newusers Subject: Changes to Rules for posting to Usenet Message-ID: <15226@gatech.gatech.edu> Date: Sun, 3-May-87 16:15:41 EDT Article-I.D.: gatech.15226 Posted: Sun May 3 16:15:41 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 3-May-87 21:41:32 EDT Expires: Fri, 12-Jun-87 16:15:39 EDT Sender: spaf@gatech.edu Lines: 106 Approved: spaf@gatech.EDU *** old/rules.n Wed Apr 29 19:11:42 1987 --- src/rules.n Sun May 3 13:23:00 1987 *************** *** 1,2 **** ! Newsgroups: mod.announce.newusers Expires: 40days --- 1,2 ---- ! Newsgroups: news.announce.newusers Expires: 40days *************** *** 5,7 **** Original-from: mark@cbosgd.att.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 29 November 1986 by spaf@gatech.edu] --- 5,7 ---- Original-from: mark@cbosgd.att.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 1 May 1987 by sahayman@math.waterloo.edu (Steve Hayman)] *************** *** 25,27 **** you don't know how to use this feature, read "Frequently Submitted ! Items" in another article in mod.announce.newusers. --- 25,27 ---- you don't know how to use this feature, read "Frequently Submitted ! Items" in another article in news.announce.newusers. *************** *** 36,38 **** important that it be of overall benefit to Usenet. Post to the ! appropriate newsgroup -- mod.newprod -- never to a general purpose newsgroup such as "misc.misc". Clearly mark your article as a product --- 36,38 ---- important that it be of overall benefit to Usenet. Post to the ! appropriate newsgroup -- comp.newprod -- never to a general purpose newsgroup such as "misc.misc". Clearly mark your article as a product *************** *** 51,57 **** --------- --------- ------- ! mod.announce cbosgd!announce Important announcements for everyone on the net ! mod.std.c cbosgd!std-c ANSI C standards discussion ! mod.std.unix ut-sally!std-unix ANSI Unix standards discussion ! mod.std.mumps plus5!std-mumps ANSI Mumps standards discussion ! mod.os.unix cbosgd!unix Moderated discussion of Unix* features and bugs --- 51,57 ---- --------- --------- ------- ! news.announce.important cbosgd!announce Important announcements for everyone ! comp.std.c cbosgd!std-c ANSI C standards discussion ! comp.std.unix ut-sally!std-unix ANSI Unix standards discussion ! comp.std.mumps plus5!std-mumps ANSI Mumps standards discussion ! comp.unix cbosgd!unix Discussion of Unix* features and bugs *************** *** 61,78 **** --------- ----- ! mod.announce Moderated, no direct postings, very important things only. ! misc.wanted Queries, "I want an x", "Anyone want my x?". No discussions. ! Don't post to more than one xxx.wanted. Use the smallest ! appropriate wanted (e.g. used car ads to nj.wanted.) Requests for sources, termcaps, etc. should go to the ! "net.wanted.sources" newsgroup. ! rec.humor Clean humor only; anything offensive must be rotated; no ! discussions -- humor only. Discussions go in rec.humor.d ! rec.arts.movies Don't post anything revealing part of a movie without marking ! it (spoiler) in the subject. ! news.groups Discussions about new groups: whether to create them and what ! to call them. Don't post yes/no votes, mail them to the author ! net.sources Big files such as source code, no discussions. ! Bugs and fixes get posted to net.sources.bugs ! misc.test Use the smallest test group possible, e.g. "test" or "ucb.test". ! Say in the body of the message what you are testing. --- 61,80 ---- --------- ----- ! news.announce.important Moderated, no direct postings, important things only. ! misc.wanted Queries, "I want an x", "Anyone want my x?". No ! discussions. Don't post to more than one xxx.wanted. ! Use the smallest appropriate wanted (e.g. used car ! ads to nj.wanted.) Requests for sources, termcaps, etc. should go to the ! "comp.sources.wanted" newsgroup. ! rec.humor Clean humor only; anything offensive must be rotated; ! no discussions -- humor only. Discussions go in ! rec.humor.d ! rec.arts.movies Don't post anything revealing part of a movie ! without marking it (spoiler) in the subject. ! news.groups Discussions about new groups: whether to create ! them and what to call them. Don't post yes/no ! votes, mail them to the author ! misc.test Use the smallest test group possible, e.g. ! "test" or "ucb.test". Say in the body of the ! message what you are testing. *************** *** 112 **** --- 114,122 ---- for such material and viewed as rude by other readers. + + If you post an article and remember something you've left out or + realize you've made a factual error, you can cancel the article and (if + cancelled quickly enough) prevent its distribution. Then you can + correct whatever was wrong and post a new copy. In "rn" and + "readnews", an article that you posted can be cancelled with the "C" + command. Be aware, however, that some people may have already read the + incorrect version so the sooner you cancel something, the better.