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- From: mughal@alumni.caltech.edu (Asim Mughal)
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- Subject: PNS-L FAQ: Pakistan News Service Discussion (bit.listserv.pns-l)
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- Date: 17 Feb 1997 11:19:48 GMT
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- Summary: This posting contains Frequently Asked Questions for
- bit.listserv.pns-l.[Pakistan News Service Discussions]
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- Archive-name: bit-pns-l-faq
- Last-modified: 1996/01/10
- Version: 1.6
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- Copyright 1993,1994,1995,1996
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- Asim Mughal (mughal@caltech.edu)
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- ***** ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS *********
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- READ THIS BEFORE YOU POST A QUERY.
-
- This message is automatically posted once a month to provide
- answers to commonly asked questions on this forum.
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-
- Contents:
-
-
- 1) About bit.listserv.pns-l
- 2) Introduction to Pakistan News Service Discussions (PNS-L)
- 3) Editorial Policies for PNS-L
- 4) History/Data on PNS-L
- 5) Auto DIGEST setup for PNS-L
- 6) Where to Send Contributions?
- 7) PNS-L Staff & how to contact them
- 8) How to subscribe to PNS-L
- 9) For Information on Pakistan
- 10) Archived Digests
- 11) WWW Home Page
- 12) This FAQ- Archive Info, History & Credits.
-
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- Subject: 1) About bit.listserv.pns-l
-
- The newsgroup 'bit.listserv.pns-l' is distribution of
- BITnet LISTs "PNS-L@PSUVM" (Pakistan News Service Discussions)
-
- The gateway established at American Univ. is bi-directioal.
- This allows digest/newsletter posted by the editors on LISTSERV
- to appear on USENET 'bit.listserv.pns-l.'
-
- Any submission sent to 'bit.listserv.pns-l' is routed to the
- editors of PNS-L automatically.
-
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- Subject: 2) Introduction to Pakistan News Service Discussions.
-
-
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- In the name of ALLAH, the Beneficent, the Merciful
-
-
- P N S - L
-
- Pakistan News Service Discussion
-
-
-
- Vol. 1 No. INAUG 15 Rabbi-us-sani 1414 Hijri Saturday October 02, 1993
- ________________________________________________________________________________
- Editor: Asim Mughal Pakistan@psuvm.psu.edu
- ________________________________________________________________________________
-
-
- Asaalaam O Alaikum (Greetings)
-
- The Pakistan News Service (PNS) is proud to open a discussion forum.
-
- PNS-L Pakistan News Service Discussion
-
- We will like to open this discussion for a variety of services,
- including:
-
- o Info on PNS Activities
- o Info on retrieving archived PNS files
- o Coordination among PNS Representatives
- o Feedback (Comments & Suggestions) from Readers
- o On-line discussions with PNS Board
- o Spin-off debates from "Letter to the Editor" Column
- o Answer any questions from readers
- o Special Events Mailing List
-
-
- PNS-L is open for subscription for anyone interested. We have several
- options in running this forum, it will be minimally moderated. We will
- appreciate academic language & respect for others in debates.
-
- If you are Pakistan News Service Representative, you are already on
- PNS-L & will be receiving this message twice - once thru PAKISTAN & the
- second one thru PNS-L.
-
- On special events, for example, election night or for crucial events we
- will keep you up-to-date every few hours on this forum. The complete
- news will continue to be posted on Pakistan News Service Newsletters.
-
- We solicit your cooperation on making PNS-L a success!
-
- Pakistan Zindabad!
-
- Asim Mughal
- for PNS Exec Board
-
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- Subject: 3) Editorial Policies of PNS-L
-
-
- Editorial Policy of this Forum
-
- 1. Minimum Moderation
- 2. Academic Language
- 3. No Insults, name calling etc
- 4. Directly or Indirectly Related
- to Pakistan
-
-
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- Subject: 4) History Data on PNS-L
-
-
- PNS-L DATA : Statistics & Info as of 6/10/94
-
- Name : Pakistan News Service Discussions
-
- Founded: 15 Rabbi-us-sani 1414 Hirji, October 02, 1993
-
- Founders: Nauman Kassim Mysorewala, Syed Irfan Ashraf
- Syed Asim Ali & Asim Mughal
-
- Membership: 1000+ direct subscribers as of 1/1/95
-
- Editors: Asim Mughal
-
- Addresses: PNS-L @ PSUVM.BITnet or pns-l@psuvm.psu.edu
- -USENET: bit.listserv.pns-l [Since Oct 1, '93]
-
-
- Subscription fee: FREE
-
- Publication Frequency: Weekly
-
- Volume numbers change every: March 23 & August 14.
-
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- Subject: 5) Auto DIGEST setup for PNS-L
-
- As of November 1, 1994, the default distribution for PNS-L has
- been changed to DIGEST. The options for DIGEST have been set
- to:
-
- a) 500+ lines.
- b) weekly.
- c) 11:30 pm
-
- In simple words, it means, all the incoming articles for PNS-L
- are saved in a file. Everyday at 11:30pm, it checks to see if
- either of the two situations are met, specifically, the saved
- file is more than 500 lines long or if it has been one week
- since last publication. If any of the criterion is met, a
- publication is generated in 'digest' form and distributed.
-
- The benefit of this setup include less overhead on parts of the
- PNS-L staff and consistency of at least one publication a week.
-
- Subscribers are free to change their distribution options at any
- time by sending an email message to: listserv@psuvm.bitnet, the
- syntax of command sent as text of the email message should be:
-
- SET PNS-L <OPTION>
-
-
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- Subject: 6) Where to Send Contributions?
-
-
- Please send your contributions to any of the following addresses:
-
- A- PNS-L @ PSUVM.BITNET
- PNS-L@ PSUVM.PSU.EDU
-
- B- bit-listserv-pns-l@uunet.uu.net
-
- D- USENET: % Pnews bit.listserv.pns-l
-
- E- USENET: Simply followup.
-
-
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- Subject: 7) PNS-L Staff & how to contact them?
-
- PNS-L is managed and run by: Pakistan News Service
-
- STAFF Listing:
- _______________________________________________________________________
- | |
- | Pakistan News Service - Executive Board (Active) |
- | ------------------------------------------------ |
- | Nauman Kassim Mysorewala, Asim Mughal |
- | Syed Irfan Ashraf, Syed Asim Ali |
- |_______________________________________________________________________|
-
-
- DISCLAIMER:
- _______________________________________________________________________
- | |
- | Subscriptions accepted by server "LISTSERV@PSUVM.BITNET" |
- | or "LISTSERV@PSUVM.PSU.EDU" with command: |
- | "SUB PNS-L Your_Full_Name" |
- | |
- | Editors reserve the right to delete, edit or trim any |
- | submission and/or parts thereof without prior notice. |
- | |
- |______________________________________________________________________ |
-
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- Subject: 8) How to subscribe to PNS-L
-
- _____________________________________________________________________
-
- SUBSCRIPTION INFO FOR PNS-L:
-
- Send an email to: listserv@psuvm.psu.edu
-
- No subject needed.
-
- Text of the message should be:
-
- SUB PNS-L firstname lastname
-
- You will receive a message from LISTSERV to authenticate your request.
- Please respond by "OK xxxxx" [xxxxx will be code sent to you].
- ______________________________________________________________________
-
- For help: email to: PNS-L@psuvm.bitnet or
- Pakistan@psuvm.bitnet
-
- ************************************************************************
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- Subject: 9) For Information on Pakistan
-
-
- Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan (Unmoderated)
- bit.listserv.pakistan -Pakistan News Service
-
-
- Documents: FAQ: soc.culture.pakistan
- FAQ: bit.listserv.pakistan
-
- Write to: Pakistan@asuacad.Bitnet -Pakistan News Service
-
-
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- Subject: 10) Archived Digests
-
-
- Archived Digests of PNS-L are automatically created & stored on
- listserv@psuvm.psu.edu. To retrieve a full listing of archived digests
- (filelist), send an email message to "listserv@psuvm.psu.edu", the text
- of the message must be:
-
- INDEX PNS-L
-
- A file similar to the one below will be mailed back. Select the Digest
- archive desired. To retrieve a copy of the digest, again write an email
- message to "listserv@psuvm.psu.edu" with the following format for your
- text message:
-
- GET PNS-L LOGyymm
-
- Note: yy == year (e.g. 94)
- mm == month (e.g. 08 for August)
-
- Hence the command would have been.
-
- GET PNS-L LOG9408
-
-
-
- ARCHIVED DIGESTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR LAST 12 MONTHS ONLY. For older copies
- write to: pns-l@psuvm.psu.edu
-
-
- A copy of Filelist retreived as of January 10, 1996 is attached.
-
-
- * PNS-L FILELIST for LISTSERV@PSUVM.
- *
- * Pakistan News Service Filelist
- *
- * This file lists the programs that are stored on LISTSERV and can be
- * retrieved by network users. Certain programs are not intended for
- * common use and their retrieval is restricted.
- *
- * If an entry shows nrecs=0 the file is not available.
- *
- * This filelist may be sorted in columns 47 to 63 to get a list of
- * files in the order of their updates. Sorting in descending order
- * shows the most recently updated files at the top.
- *
- * :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
- *
- * The GET/PUT authorization codes shown with each file entry describe
- * who is authorized to GET or PUT the file:
- *
- * ALL = Everybody
- * PRV = List members
- * OWN = List owners
- *
- * :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
- * :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
- *
- * The GET/PUT authorization codes shown with each file entry describe
- * who is authorized to GET or PUT the file:
- *
- * ALL = Everybody
- * OWN = List owners
- * PRV = Private, ie list members
- *
- * :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
-
- *************************************************************************
- * *
- * FILELIST declarations *
- * *
- * Those filelists which have a PUT code of N/A are either maintained *
- * automatically by LISTSERV or come in as part of the LISTSERV software *
- * package and can therefore not be changed by the installation. *
- * *
- *************************************************************************
- * rec last - change
- * filename filetype GET PUT -fm lrecl nrecs date time File description
- * -------- -------- --- --- --- ----- ----- -------- -------- -------------------------------
- PNS-L WELCOME PRV OWN V 80 454 95/08/15 08:50:53 FAQ & Welcome
- PNS-L PNSFAQ ALL OWN V 80 922 95/10/16 23:38:27 Pakistan News Service FAQ
- PNS-L IINNFAQ ALL OWN V 80 1434 95/10/16 23:38:50 Islamic Information & News Network FAQ
- PNS-L PNS-LFAQ ALL OWN V 80 450 95/10/16 23:40:52 Pakistan News Service Discussions FAQ
-
-
-
- *
- * NOTEBOOK archives for the list
- * (Monthly notebook)
- * rec last - change
- * filename filetype GET PUT -fm lrecl nrecs date time Remarks
- * -------- -------- --- --- --- ----- ----- -------- -------- -------------------------------
- PNS-L LOG9501 PRV OWN V 80 2260 95/01/31 11:40:28 Started on Thu, 5 Jan 1995 18:08:57 PST
- PNS-L LOG9502 PRV OWN V 80 3523 95/02/28 05:26:42 Started on Thu, 2 Feb 1995 22:35:23 -0800
- PNS-L LOG9503 PRV OWN V 80 1249 95/03/30 16:24:58 Started on Wed, 1 Mar 1995 11:17:39 PST
- PNS-L LOG9504 PRV OWN V 80 4569 95/04/25 04:36:41 Started on Tue, 4 Apr 1995 19:36:37 -0700
- PNS-L LOG9505 PRV OWN V 80 4066 95/05/27 19:47:30 Started on Mon, 1 May 1995 21:48:07 -0700
- PNS-L LOG9506 PRV OWN V 80 3393 95/06/29 15:08:57 Started on Thu, 1 Jun 1995 11:22:42 -0700
- PNS-L LOG9507 PRV OWN V 80 3081 95/07/30 06:17:16 Started on Sat, 1 Jul 1995 03:07:58 -0700
- PNS-L LOG9508 PRV OWN V 83 3582 95/08/30 08:47:00 Started on Tue, 1 Aug 1995 00:59:02 -0700
- PNS-L LOG9509 PRV OWN V 80 3514 95/09/29 03:19:01 Started on Fri, 1 Sep 1995 00:09:46 -0700
- PNS-L LOG9510 PRV OWN V 80 3342 95/10/31 07:39:32 Started on Mon, 2 Oct 1995 01:36:46 -0700
- PNS-L LOG9511 PRV OWN V 109 3327 95/11/22 03:34:39 Started on Wed, 1 Nov 1995 12:06:00 -0800
- PNS-L LOG9512 PRV OWN V 80 2183 95/12/24 12:59:11 Started on Wed, 6 Dec 1995 06:21:51 -0800
- PNS-L LOG9601 PRV OWN V 80 1736 96/01/09 19:42:51 Started on Mon, 1 Jan 1996 15:15:10 -0800
-
-
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- Subject: 11) WWW Home Page
-
- PNS-L HOME PAGE:
- http://alumni.caltech.edu/~mughal/pns-l/pns-l.html
-
- PNS HOME PAGE:
- http://alumni.caltech.edu/~mughal/pns/pns.html
-
-
-
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- Subject: 12) This FAQ: Archive Info, History & Credits
-
-
- ARCHIVE: This FAQ is archived & availble thru anonymous FTP
- & world-wide web.
-
- Anonymous FTP:
-
- 1. SITE: rtfm.mit.edu
- Directory: /pub/usenet/news.answers/bit-pns-l-faq.Z
-
- 2. SITE: ftp.uu.net
- Directory: /pub/usenet/news.answers/bit-pns-l-faq.Z
-
-
- Word-Wide Web:
- -------------
-
- URL for USENET FAQs:
-
- http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/top.html
-
- URL for this FAQ:
-
- http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/bit-pns-l-faq/faq.html
-
-
- HISTORY:
-
- Version 1.0 Released June 10, '94
- Version 1.2 Released Aug 14, '94 Copyright Info Added
- Version 1.3 Released Feb 12, '95 Item #5 new. Total 10 items.
- Version 1.4 Released Aug 10, '95 New Items #10 & #11.
- Version 1.5 Released Oct 05, '95 Subject: & #11 updated.
- Version 1.6 Released Jan 10, '96 Updated #10.
-
- CREDITS: Pakistan News Service Staff
-
- End of Bit.Listserv.PNS-L FAQ Digest
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