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[white moreon]This area is a newsgroup conference, which is similar
to an `EchoMail' area, but the conference originates in the Internet,
not in Fidonet. Messages in this area will be sent to other bulletin
boards participating in this conference. There may be a large number
of systems hooked up to this particular area (and some possibly
overseas!), so you should try to stay on-topic. This should NOT be
used for sending private messages to friends; private messages aren't
permitted in newsgroup areas. In addition, the conference moderator
may get upset if you post off-topic material.
There are some special considerations for posting in
newsgroup areas. First, if the BBS does not offer you the option to
post messages in this area, it may be that the newsgroup is moderated,
and you'll have to send any replies to the conference moderator via
netmail (contact the sysop for more information). Second, if you are
allowed to post here, and if you are replying to a message and quoting
a portion of that message, put a line containing ONLY the characters
[yellow]%R [white](just those two characters) on a line just above your first quoted
line. This will be expanded by the software to a line that reads:
[lightcyan]In article [yellow]<message-ID> [lightcyan]dated [yellow]<date>[lightcyan], [yellow]<user> [lightcyan]wrote:
[white]...where the information in the angle brackets is taken from the
message you are replying to. This is considered good form in
newsgroup conferences, and will save you a lot of manual typing, BUT
it ONLY WORKS ON REPLIES, when you've chosen the [yellow]R[lightcyan])eply to message
[white]option from the message menu. It does NOT work if you enter the
message any other way! Also note that this expansion of the [yellow]%R
[white]macro will not happen until some time after you log off, so don't
panic when it doesn't change in front of your eyes.[goto next]