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Changes to A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community
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Author: usenet
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1986 05:22
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--- src/etiquette.n	Sat Nov 29 18:06:59 1986
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  Expires: 40days
! Approved: spaf@gatech.CSNET
  
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  Expires: 40days
! Approved: spaf@gatech.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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  Original-from: chuq@sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
! [Most recent change: 29 November 1986 by spaf@gatech.edu]
  
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                A Primer on How to Work With the USENET Community
!                         Chuq Von Rospach (nsc!chuqui)
  
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                A Primer on How to Work With the USENET Community
!                              Chuq Von Rospach 
  
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    detailed technical documentation.  This message describes the Usenet
!   culture and customs which have developed over time.  All new users should
!   read this message to find out how Usenet works. *** *** (Old users could
!   read it, too, to refresh their memories.)  ***
  
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    detailed technical documentation.  This message describes the Usenet
!   culture and customs that have developed over time.  All new users should
!   read this message to find out how Usenet works. ***
!   *** (Old users could read it, too, to refresh their memories.)  ***
  
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    what the article is about before they read it.  A title like "Car for
!   Sale" to net.auto does not help as much as "66 MG Midget for sale:
    Beaverton OR." Don't expect people to read your article to find out what
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    what the article is about before they read it.  A title like "Car for
!   Sale" to rec.autos does not help as much as "66 MG Midget for sale:
    Beaverton OR." Don't expect people to read your article to find out what
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!   When you post an article, think about the people you are trying to reach.
!   Asking UNIX(*) questions on net.auto will not reach as many of the people
!   you want to reach as if you asked them on net.unix or net.unix-wizards.
!   Try to get the most appropriate audience for your message, not the widest.
  
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!   When you post an article, think about the people you are trying to
!   reach.  Asking UNIX(*) questions on rec.autos will not reach as many
!   of the people you want to reach as if you asked them on
!   comp.unix.questions or comp.unix.wizards.  Try to get the most
!   appropriate audience for your message, not the widest.
  
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    message to your local area.  Some areas have special newsgroups with
!   geographical limitations, and the newer versions of the news software
!   allow you to limit the distribution of material sent to net-wide
    newsgroups.  Check with your system administrator to see what newsgroups
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    message to your local area.  Some areas have special newsgroups with
!   geographical limitations, and the recent versions of the news software
!   allow you to limit the distribution of material sent to world-wide
    newsgroups.  Check with your system administrator to see what newsgroups
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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
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!   If you want to try a test of something, do not use a world-wide newsgroup!
    Messages in misc.misc that say "This is a test" are likely to cause
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    newsgroups that are local to your computer or area that should be used.
!   Your system administrator can tell you what they are.  There is a
!   newsgroup called net.test, but it is there for the system administrators
!   to use to test the network software and should not be used by anyone else.
  
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    newsgroups that are local to your computer or area that should be used.
!   Your system administrator can tell you what they are.  
  
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!   Avoid posting messages to more than one newsgroup unless you are sure it
!   is appropriate.  If you do post to multiple newsgroups, do not post to
!   each group separately.  Instead, specify all the groups on a single copy
!   of the message.  This reduces network overhead and lets people who
!   subscribe to more than one of those groups see the message once instead of
!   having to wade through each copy.
  
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!   Avoid posting messages to more than one newsgroup unless you are sure
!   it is appropriate.  If you do post to multiple newsgroups, do not
!   post to each group separately.  Instead, specify all the groups on a
!   single copy of the message.  This reduces network overhead and lets
!   people who subscribe to more than one of those groups see the message
!   once instead of having to wade through each copy.
  
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!   Certain newsgroups (such as net.jokes) have messages in them that may be
!   offensive to some people.  To make sure that these messages are not read
!   unless they are explicitly requested, these messages should be encrypted.
!   The standard encryption method is to rotate each letter by thirteen
!   characters so that an "a" becomes an "n".  This is known on the network as
!   "rot13" and when you rotate a message the word "rot13" should be in the
!   "Subject:" line.  Most of the software used to read usenet articles have
!   some way of encrypting and decrypting messages.  Your system administrator
!   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]'
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!   Certain newsgroups (such as rec.humor) have messages in them that may
!   be offensive to some people.  To make sure that these messages are
!   not read unless they are explicitly requested, these messages should
!   be encrypted.  The standard encryption method is to rotate each
!   letter by thirteen characters so that an "a" becomes an "n".  This is
!   known on the network as "rot13" and when you rotate a message the
!   word "rot13" should be in the "Subject:" line.  Most of the software
!   used to read usenet articles have some way of encrypting and
!   decrypting messages.  Your system administrator 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]'
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!   One of the biggest problems we have on the network is that, when someone
    asks a question, many people send out identical answers.  When this
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!   One of the biggest problems we have on the network is that when someone
    asks a question, many people send out identical answers.  When this
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