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Path: bloom-beacon.mit.edu!hookup!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!deshaw.com!do-not-use-path-to-reply
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 09:00:27 GMT
Supersedes: <CMqBtt.4Cy@deshaw.com>
Expires: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 09:00:27 GMT
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Approved: netannounce@deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
From: netannounce@deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
Subject: Changes to "Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Usenet"
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Archive-name: usenet-faq/diff
Original-author: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
Comment: enhanced & edited until 5/93 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
Last-change: 23 Mar 1994 by moraes@deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
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Original-author: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
Comment: enhanced & edited until 5/93 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
! Last-change: 15 Mar 1994 by moraes@deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
Frequently Submitted/Asked Items
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Original-author: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
Comment: enhanced & edited until 5/93 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
! Last-change: 23 Mar 1994 by moraes@deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
Frequently Submitted/Asked Items
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postings?
46. I'm on Bitnet -- can I connect to the net?
+ 47. What is a "flame"?
+ 48. What is a mail-server/listserv?
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Sites with Internet access can ftp several versions of empire
! from site g.ms.uky.edu
Also, please note that the wizards' passwords in games like these
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Sites with Internet access can ftp several versions of empire
! from site ftp.ms.uky.edu in the directory pub/games/empire.
Also, please note that the wizards' passwords in games like these
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the List of Lists):
! list-request@host (e.g. xpert-request@expo.lcs.mit.edu)
! list@host (e.g. xpert@expo.lcs.mit.edu)
When you have something for everyone on the mailing list to read,
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the List of Lists):
! list-request@host (e.g. xpert-request@x.org)
! list@host (e.g. xpert@x.org)
When you have something for everyone on the mailing list to read,
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+ 47. What is a "flame"?
+
+ A "flame" usually refers to any message or article that contains
+ strong criticism, usually irrational or highly emotional. Avoid
+ "flames", and if you do get "flamed", relax, calm down and decide
+ if it's really worth "counter-flaming". Usually, it isn't worth
+ it -- a complete waste of bandwidth and time; it also gets you
+ perceived as a "flamer" by the large silent majority of Usenet
+ readers, who will probably start ignoring your articles.
+
+ 48. What is a mail-server/list-server?
+
+ Mail servers are a family of programs that answer email
+ automatically. These programs are also called list servers (or
+ listserv, from the original BITNET LISTSERV list management program)
+ when the automatically maintain mailing lists, or info-servers or
+ netlibs if they permit automatic software retrieval). Most mail
+ servers will tell you all about themselves if you send them
+ a message with no Subject: and the one-line body
+ help
+ (without the indentation, of course!)