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- From: mdw@TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh)
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- Subject: [comp.os.linux.announce] Welcome to comp.os.linux.announce!
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- Date: 12 Jun 1993 10:51:46 -0400
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- Archive-name: linux-faq/announce/intro
- Last-modified: 26 Mar 93
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- WELCOME TO COMP.OS.LINUX.ANNOUNCE!
-
- Comp.os.linux.announce (which has a nifty acronym: "c.o.l.a") is a
- newsgroup for announcements, important information, and software patches
- for the Linux operating system, a free UNIX clone for i386 and i486 based
- machines. This group is a moderated companion to comp.os.linux, which is
- the group for discussions, questions, and general information about Linux.
-
- This group has been created to provide a separate group in which to crosspost
- important information about Linux, since these postings are often lost in
- the heavy bandwidth of comp.os.linux. In general, postings to c.o.l.a
- will not be crossposted to comp.os.linux, excepting "very important"
- announcements such as new kernel releases.
-
- The moderators for this group are myself (Matt Welsh, mdw@tc.cornell.edu) and
- Lars Wirzenius (wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi). We will be sharing the moderator
- duty, and backing each other up to make sure that postings to this group will
- be approved as soon as possible after they're submitted.
-
- Submissions to this group should be mailed to the address:
- linux-announce@tc.cornell.edu
-
- If you have any problems or questions about c.o.l.a, please send mail to the
- moderators at
- linux-announce-request@tc.cornell.edu
- Or simply mail us directly. This is not a request address for mailing list
- subscription; see below.
-
- A separate posting details the guidelines for submitting to this group.
- I plan to approve just about anything that's posted to this group, except for
- questions or discussions about Linux. So, please, post away. :)
-
- There are also archives of comp.os.linux.announce available at a number of
- Linux FTP sites: check sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/docs.
-
- There is a mailing list gateway of the comp.os.linux.announce newsgroup;
- to join, send mail to
- linux-activists-request@niksula.hut.fi
- With the line
- X-Mn-Admin: join ANNOUNCE
- at the top of the body (not in the subject). Approved postings to c.o.l.a
- will automatically be mailed to this mailing list channel.
-
- Matt Welsh, comp.os.linux.announce moderator
-
- --
- Matt Welsh, mdw@tc.cornell.edu
- "I never patronize bunny rabbits."
-