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Article #519New FAQ Submitted
From: Bill Wohler
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 16:35
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 16:35
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Folks,
A new FAQ has been submitted to the pit-manager FAQ server and
should appear soon. For future reference, instructions for
obtaining the faq via anonymous ftp and mail are included at the end
of this message.
Things of note:
o patches and sources are now relegated to end of faq in hopes of
making the faq more accessible.
o ftp sites substantially updated, but could still use work (with
your help!).
Changed questions
Viewing This Article
Mention that dates of last update are now added.
2. What is the current version/status of nn?
Talk about upcoming patch 19 and Peter's new address.
3. Where can I get nn?
4. What references exist for nn?
Updated ftp and mail server sites.
11. Is it possible to restrict the groups that users have access to?
Added warning about it not working with NNTP.
24. Can all non-selected subjects be automatically placed in my kill file?
Means of obtaining source to do this provided.
32. Can I use my mailer to send mail?
Bit about aliases moved into its own question.
34. Can I choose newsgroups as I do articles, ie. with a menu?
Pointer to new question "How can I see which newsgroups are
available?" given.
New questions
48. How do I search for an author in a menu?
49. Can nn use aliases when sending mail?
50. How can I see which newsgroups are available?
64. Why do I get "cannot open 'x' file"
The following new appendices used to appear within the text of the
faq. I've pulled them out to make the text more readable.
pack_date.c
news.c
nn-use-mh
nn_elm
nnalias
Obtaining the FAQ
By anonymous ftp:
pit-manager.mit.edu [18.72.1.58] /pub/usenet/news.answers/mh-faq
/pub/usenet/news.answers/nn-faq
ftp.uu.net [137.39.1.9] /archive/usenet/news.answers/mh-faq.Z
/archive/usenet/news.answers/nn-faq.Z
By uucp:
uunet!/archive/usenet/news.answers/mh-faq.Z
uunet!/archive/usenet/news.answers/nn-faq.Z
By mail:
Send mail to mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu containing one (or
both) of the following:
send usenet/news.answers/mh-faq
send usenet/news.answers/nn-faq
--bw
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