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Article #30Changes to A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community
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Date: Sat, 01 Nov 1986 21:49
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 1986 21:49
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Original-from: chuq@sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
! [Most recent change: 13 July 1986 by weemba@brahms.berkeley.edu]
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Original-from: chuq@sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
! [Most recent change: 15 October 1986 by spaf@gatech.edu]
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! It is considered bad form to post both to net.general, net.misc, net.net-
! people, or net.wanted and to some other newsgroup. If it belongs in that
! other newsgroup, it does not belong in net.general, net.misc, net.net-
! people, or net.wanted. It is important that no unnecessary messages be
! sent to net.general. If it gets overloaded, people will start unsubscrib-
! ing to it and its usefulness will be impaired.
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! It is considered bad form to post both to misc.misc, soc.net-people,
! or misc.wanted and to some other newsgroup. If it belongs in that
! other newsgroup, it does not belong in misc.misc, soc.net-people,
! or misc.wanted.
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If you want to try a test of something, do not use a net-wide newsgroup!
! Messages in net.general that say "This is a test" are likely to cause
large numbers of caustic messages to flow into your mailbox. There are
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If you want to try a test of something, do not use a net-wide newsgroup!
! Messages in misc.misc that say "This is a test" are likely to cause
large numbers of caustic messages to flow into your mailbox. There are
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can tell you how the software on your system works, or you can use the
! Unix command "tr [a-z][A-Z] [n-z][a-m][N-Z][A-M]" (note that some versions
! of Unix don't require the [] in he "tr" command).
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can tell you how the software on your system works, or you can use the
! Unix command "tr [a-z][A-Z] [n-z][a-m][N-Z][A-M]". (Note that some versions
! of Unix don't require the [] in the "tr" command. In fact, some systems
! will get upset if you use them in an unquoted manner. The following should
! work for everyone, but may be shortened on some systems:
! tr '[a-m][n-z][A-M][N-Z]' '[n-z][a-m][N-Z][A-M]'
! Don't forget the single quotes!)
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!rutgers!clyde!cbatt!cbosgd!gatech!usenet From: usenet@gatech.EDU Newsgroups: mod.announce.newusers Subject: Changes to A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community Message-ID: <5512@gatech.EDU> Date: Sat, 1-Nov-86 16:49:39 EST Article-I.D.: gatech.5512 Posted: Sat Nov 1 16:49:39 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Nov-86 00:42:21 EST Sender: spaf@gatech.EDU Lines: 52 Approved: spaf@gatech.CSNET