Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!think!bloom-beacon!gatech!purdue!spaf From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) Newsgroups: news.announce.newusers Subject: Changes to Rules for posting to Usenet Message-ID: <3734@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> Date: 3 Apr 88 23:45:29 GMT Expires: 13 May 88 23:45:28 GMT Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ. Lines: 167 Approved: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU Supersedes: <3124@arthur.cs.purdue.edu> This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to this group, and the version posted a few weeks ago. New users may ignore this posting -- it is intended to enable experienced users to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents. *** old/rules.n Wed Feb 3 18:18:41 1988 --- src/rules.n Fri Mar 11 20:40:31 1988 *************** *** 5,8 Original-from: mark@cbosgd.att.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 13 January 1988 by msb@sq.com (Mark Brader) & ! weemba@garnet.Berkeley.EDU (Matthew P Wiener)] --- 5,8 ----- Original-from: mark@cbosgd.att.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 11 March 1988 by hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and ! spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] *************** *** 11,12 Some newsgroups are intended for discussions and some for announcements --- 11,13 ----- + Some newsgroups are intended for discussions and some for announcements *************** *** 19,20 Before posting, think about where your article is going. If it's --- 20,22 ----- + Before posting, think about where your article is going. If it's *************** *** 28,29 Don't post announcements regarding major news events (e.g. the space --- 30,32 ----- + Don't post announcements regarding major news events (e.g. the space *************** *** 34,35 Announcement of professional products or services on Usenet is allowed; --- 37,39 ----- + Announcement of professional products or services on Usenet is allowed; *************** *** 46,47 Some newsgroups are moderated. In these groups, you cannot post --- 50,52 ----- + Some newsgroups are moderated. In these groups, you cannot post *************** *** 82,83 It is perfectly legal to reproduce short extracts of a copyrighted work --- 87,89 ----- + It is perfectly legal to reproduce short extracts of a copyrighted work *************** *** 91,92 All opinions or statements made in messages posted to Usenet should be --- 97,99 ----- + All opinions or statements made in messages posted to Usenet should be *************** *** 99,100 Posting of information on Usenet is to be viewed as similar to --- 106,108 ----- + Posting of information on Usenet is to be viewed as similar to *************** *** 105,106 If you have a standard signature you like to append to your articles, --- 113,115 ----- + If you have a standard signature you like to append to your articles, *************** *** 115,117 other graphics in your signature -- it is not the appropriate place ! for such material and viewed as rude by other readers. --- 124,126 ----- other graphics in your signature -- it is not the appropriate place ! for such material and is viewed as rude by other readers. *************** *** 117,118 If you post an article and remember something you've left out or --- 126,128 ----- + If you post an article and remember something you've left out or *************** *** 125,126 If the news system rejects a followup due to "more quoted lines than --- 135,137 ----- + If the news system rejects a followup due to "more quoted lines than *************** *** 137,138 In preparing an article, be aware that other people's machines are --- 148,150 ----- + In preparing an article, be aware that other people's machines are *************** *** 146 --- 158,176 ----- + + In general, when a mailing to somebody fails, DON'T post a message + about it! Think for a moment: you are trying to send something to + someone on ONE system. Your message might go through (at most) TEN + systems on the way there. Posting a message in the news sends it to + over 7800 systems throughout the world! There is no way to justify + adding to the news load of nearly 8000 machines simply because you + cannot determine how to get your mail through. + + If your message is important, contact someone who knows more about the + mail system and who might be able to help you get your message + through. Your local system administrator, for instance, or the admin + of the next site "upstream," might be able to help. You can also send + mail to "postermaster" at one of the backbone sites. Almost all of + these people would rather see an occasional plea for help in their + mailbox than read another broadcast in the news system. If your + message is *really* important, pick up the phone and try to call the + other person. -- Gene Spafford NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center, Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004 Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf