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- From: mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: news.misc
- Subject: Re: how to get an FAQ... it is not simple
- Message-ID: <oZ32NB12w165w@mantis.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jul 92 13:24:35 BST
- References: <+9-myd+.pdh@netcom.com>
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- Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK.
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- pdh@netcom.com (Phil Howard ) writes:
- > You are given the name of a newsgroup someone who is a new newsreader wants
- > to get the FAQ for. They want to know where to find it.
- >
- > The obvious answer certainly seems to be "look in news.answers". But have
- > you ever tried to explain to someone exactly how to go about finding it?
-
- I think that the FAQ poster should be responsible for posting a quick "how to
- get the FAQ" article about once a week, with the FAQ itself being posted
- about once a month.
-
- Here's how I explain in alt.atheism:
-
- =====
- [ This is a canned posting, sent out once a week ]
-
- This is a reminder about the alt.atheism Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- file.
-
- The file exists to help new readers avoid embarrassing themselves by asking
- questions which have been covered over and over again. Please read it before
- posting.
-
- To find a copy:
-
- 1. Check the newsgroup alt.atheism. There should be a copy of the latest
- version of the FAQ file. Look for the subject line "Alt.Atheism
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)".
-
- 2. Check the newsgroup news.answers for the same subject line.
-
- If you don't find anything in steps 1 or 2, your news system isn't set up
- correctly, and you may wish to tell your system administrator about the
- problem.
-
- 3. If you have anonymous FTP access, connect to pit-manager.mit.edu
- [18.172.1.27]. Go to the directory /pub/usenet/alt.atheism, and you'll
- find the latest version of the FAQ file there.
-
- 4. If you don't have FTP, send mail to mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu
- consisting of the following line:
-
- send usenet/alt.atheism/Alt.Atheism_Frequently_Asked_Questions_(FAQ)
-
- The FAQ file should be mailed back to you automatically.
-
- 5. (Penultimate resort) Send mail to info-server@mantis.co.uk consisting of
- the following line:
-
- send atheism/atheism.txt
-
- and our poor overworked modems will try and send you a copy.
-
- =====
-
-
- mathew
-
-