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"Cass" <cassegrainian@galaxycorp.com> wrote in message news:...
> Below, is another useless post that means nothing, has no authority and is
> made by another netcop wannabe by the name of Chris Bellomy.
>
> Just ignore Chris.
>
> Cass
>
>
> <news-czar@cirr.com> wrote in message
> news:charter-dfw.general-20020316091110@news.cirr.com...
> > [This is an automatic, periodic posting of the charter for]
> > [dfw.general.  All discussion should take place in dfw.usenet.config]
> > [The charters for dfw groups are found at
> http://www.cirr.com/dfw/charters]
> >
> >
> >     For your newsgroups file:
> >
> >    dfw.general
> >           General  discussion  that  do  not  fit  elsewhere in the
dfw.*
> >           hierarchy
> >      _________________________________________________________________
> >
> >   CHARTER
> >
> >     Intended Use of dfw.general
> >
> >          1. Before  posting  to  *any*  newsgroup,  you  should  read
the
> >             articles  in  news.announce.newusers.  These articles
provide
> >             much  insight  into  the  niceties  of  newsgroups,
including
> >             appropriate netiquette when posting.
> >          2. Discussions  that  relate  to the D/FW Metropolitan area
that
> >             don't  fit into the other newsgroups in the dfw hierarchy
are
> >             welcome here.
> >          3. There  are  a  number  of  news groups (those in the
dfw.jobs
> >             groups,   dfw.forsale   and   dfw.personals)  which  are
not
> >             discussion  groups. Discussions relating to articles in
those
> >             groups are welcome here.
> >          4. Discussions  that  are  not  specifically  regional should
be
> >             posted  elsewhere(e.g.  General  state-wide  issues should
be
> >             posted to tx.general).
> >          5. dfw.general is NOT moderated, thus all free speech values
are
> >             intact  within this group. This also means that no one
person
> >             is  in  control  of  who  posts  here,  other than your
local
> >             systems   administrator   (sysadmin/sysop).  The  sysops
are
> >             responsible  for  deciding  which newsgroups to carry
locally
> >             and overseeing the newsgroups and files they choose to
carry.
> >             There  are guidelines for posting that are highly
recommended
> >             and are listed below.
> >
> >     Articles unacceptable in dfw.general:
> >
> >          1. SPAM,   Chain   letters,   MAKE.MONEY.FAST,  posts
promoting
> >             personal   or  commercial  web  sites  or  services  are
not
> >             permitted.
> >          2. For Sale or Wanted ads of any sort.
> >          3. Commercial solicitation of any content.
> >          4. Binaries.   This  is  not  a  binaries  group.  Do  not
post
> >             executables, sound files, image files, etc. in dfw.general.
> >          5. Any  article  over  30K, ~750 lines in length. Please
provide
> >             links to such articles on a web or ftp site.
> >          6. Evangelizing, i.e., promoting any particular point of view
of
> >             a   religious   topic.   Religious   refers   not   only
to
> >             faith/non-faith  in  a  higher being, but to any topic,
e.g.,
> >             the  "best"  text  editor or programming language, subject
to
> >             strong personal beliefs."
> >          7. Personal Ads
> >          8. Personal disputes.
> >          9. Quoting  someone else's entire article just to add one or
two
> >             lines. &quote;Trim the quoted text in your followups."
> >         10. No  political  posts,  or  discussions  of any nature.
Please
> >             direct  these  to  the  appropriate political newsgroup.
This
> >             includes  no cross-posting to or from any political
motivated
> >             newsgroup.
> >
> >    Canceling of Articles and Cross Posting:
> >
> >          1. Crossposting   should   be  used  in  dfw.general  only
when
> >             absolutely  necessary,  and  before  a  reply  is  made to
an
> >             ongoing discussion, the poster should check and eliminate
any
> >             unnecessary  groups  that the thread is being cross-posted
to
> >             and  think  twice before adding additional groups. the
poster
> >             should   also   consider   whether   another  group  is
more
> >             appropriate  for the discussion as it stands now, and
forward
> >             the  discussion  there  though the use of Follow-To:
headers.
> >             Even  if a topic of discussion is about other areas,
regional
> >             internet  groups  should  not be added to the discussion on
a
> >             "FYI" or "maximum coverage" basis.
> >          2. No  more  then three groups should receive any article
placed
> >             in dfw.general, including dfw.general.
> >          3. Unacceptable examples of crossposting to dfw.general,
> >               1. Any flame group.
> >               2. Any group unrelated to the topics under discussion.
> >               3. Cross-posted to more then three (3) groups.
> >               4. Cross-posting  to  cause  a  flame war among the
various
> >                  groups you have posted to.
> >      _________________________________________________________________
> >
> >   Article Format
> >
> >          1. Articles  posted  to  dfw.general  MUST  be  flat-ASCII.
This
> >             means:
> >               1. No Binary postings, uuencoded or base64.
> >               2. No  MIME  encoded  messages. Posts SHOULD be readable
by
> >                  the simplest text-only newsreader.
> >               3. No HTML, although HTML-like emoticons are acceptable.
> >               4. No  characters with a value greater than 127 in any
part
> >                  of the post.
> >          2. Posts SHOULD be shorter than 30K in size. Longer items
SHOULD
> >             be  made  available for FTP or HTTP download and a pointer
to
> >             that file posted.
> >          3. Posts   MUST   contain  a  valid  From  address,  unless
the
> >             ".invalid"  domain  is  used  (see RFC 1036). Spam blocks
are
> >             acceptable.  By  definition USENET newsgroups are a
broadcast
> >             medium.  If you have a post that needs to be anonymous, it
is
> >             not  a  valid  topic  for  dfw.general.  Post  this
material
> >             elsewhere.
> >          4. ROT13  encoding  SHOULD  NOT  be  used  on  any  field in
the
> >             headers. Nor should any attempts, except minimal spam
blocks,
> >             be made to obscure the origins of the posting.
> >          5. Posts     MUST     contain     a    "Abuse-Reports-To:"
or
> >             "X-Complaints-To:"  header  with  a valid email address.
When
> >             RFC1036  is  updated,  this line SHOULD be adjusted to
comply
> >             with  the  latest  specifications.  Adding  or replacing
this
> >             header  is  the  responsibility  of the news server where
the
> >             article was injected.
> >
> >           Failing  to  follow  the  above  formatting  requirements
could
> >           result  in  an  article  being  canceled  instantly and
without
> >           warning by an authorized moderation device (human or
otherwise)
> >           for  the  group  in  question.  Articles  cross-posted to
other
> >           groups  and  dfw.general  must  still  follow  the  criteria
of
> >           dfw.general and be subject to these rules.
> >      _________________________________________________________________
> >
> >    $Id: dfw.general.html,v 1.3 1999/10/17 19:55:05 eric Stable $
> >
> >    Copyright 1999; D. Vondrasek
> >    Copyright 1999, DFW USENET cabal
> >
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