Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!mailrus!purdue!spaf
From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newusers
Subject: Changes to Rules for posting to Usenet
Message-ID: <4540@medusa.cs.purdue.edu>
Date: 27 Jul 88 00:56:55 GMT
Expires: 5 Sep 88 00:56:53 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ.
Lines: 55
Approved: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU
Supersedes: <4126@medusa.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	Tue May 17 11:46:04 1988
--- src/rules.n	Tue Jul 26 16:55:46 1988
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*** 5,7
  Original-from: mark@stargate.com (Mark Horton)
! [Most recent change: 9 May 1988 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
  

--- 5,7 -----
  Original-from: mark@stargate.com (Mark Horton)
! [Most recent change: 26 July 1988 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
  
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*** 151,152
   * Except for source, keep your lines under 80 characters.
   * Most special control characters will not work for most readers.

--- 151,157 -----
   * Except for source, keep your lines under 80 characters.
+    (most editors have a fill or format mode that will do this
+     for you automatically)
+  * Right justified text may look "prettier" is some sense, but it
+    is almost always harder to read than leaving ragged right
+    margins; don't justify your articles.
   * Most special control characters will not work for most readers.
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*** 155,156
   * What you think is the previous article is unlikely to be so elsewhere.
  

--- 160,163 -----
   * What you think is the previous article is unlikely to be so elsewhere.
+  * Submissions in a single case (all upper or all lower) are
+    difficult to read.
  
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*** 169,171
  of the next site "upstream," might be able to help. You can also send
! mail to "postmaster" at one of the backbone sites.  Almost all of
  these people would rather see an occasional plea for help in their

--- 176,178 -----
  of the next site "upstream," might be able to help. You can also send
! mail to "postmaster" at one of the major Usenet sites.  Almost all of
  these people would rather see an occasional plea for help in their
-- 
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