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From: Lee_-_Wells@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: use the news
Message-ID: <4446@cup.portal.com>
Date: 13 Apr 88 00:59:12 GMT
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well i can only call myself a 'small time' user of usenet in fact this
will be the first time i have successfully posted a message (i hope)
i don't even have a unix system (i do have a pdp11/23 i am trying to
get unix for however) i personally cannot even find the fabled usenet tape!
i mean someone besides mike horton is bound to have one right? i mean how
can people use the news if they can't get the program for the news??? i
don't know if 'stargate' puts usenet on shortwave or if i am just dreaming
all this.....
I know someone is going to say there is a group for just what i need to know
news.admin.setup or something...but i can't even find it...i don't know
if portal gets all the groups, i don't understand the commands, and i don't
even know if usenet is user friendly or not (but i do know one cannot type
help anywhere and expect to get it)

in short i think the best way to get people to use the news is to make it
useable (i have very little trouble with VAX VMS) and maybe just maybe
tell people where they can find the usenet tape, and you might open up
a few more nodes.