HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: etche@reseau.onecert.fr (Groupe SUPAERO)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: HOW TO READ OLD ARTICLES ?
Date: 21 Dec 92 11:36:39 GMT
Reply-To: etche@onecert.fr
Organization: ENSAE France


  Hi,
 
  I would like to read old articles of a group.
  I tried successfully to modify the .newsrc for
  quite recent articles.
  I can't recover for example the 100th article
  before the present ones.

  How can i do it ?

  Thanks in advance.

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Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: Using the text editor
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 15:59:14 GMT

In <1992Dec28.013706.3030@mixcom.com> Michael.Malloy <Michael.Malloy@mixcom.mixcom.com> writes:

>I am using tin newsgroup reader and am having a problem posting a reply or new
>article. I can write the article but cannot seem to escape from the text
>editor to send the article. When I have used the command ZZ nothing happens.
>When I have used the command :q! I escape but it does not save the text. I am
>new to Unix based text editors so any help or suggestions would be
>appreciated. i am sending this from a differnt system.

First, you don't say which editor you're using.  Second, wouldn't this
question be better addressed to someone local to your system who knows
about what software is on it (like your sysadmin) rather than to the
world?

I suspect you are using vi.  Try using 'x' to save and exit; try using
'man vi' at the unix command line to see a little something about
using the editor.

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From: tfisher@CERIS.Purdue.EDU (Tom Fisher)
Subject: How to save news mail response?
Organization: Center for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems, Purdue University
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 14:19:03 GMT


Subject says it.  We have the "vn" news reader at our site.  When I
post a news response (using the "f" command), a copy is automatically
appended to a file named "author_copy".  However, when I mail a news
response (using the "m" command), nothing is saved (at least I haven't
been able to locate anything).  The "man vn" doesn't address this issue.
Any thoughts?

Tom Fisher
From: alizard@tweekco.uucp (A.Lizard)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: info?
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 92 11:07:46 PST
Organization: Tweek-Com Systems BBS, Moraga, CA (510) 631-0615

pmsc13sg@UMASSD.EDU (Stephen Grossman) writes:

> Seeking _easy_ to understand basics of "things" available on networks. I skim
> _Matrix_ but it is advanced. _Online Access_ and _Boardwatch_ mags are also
> advanced. The univ.thru which I access networks provided a manual with a few
> commands and I know how to join news and mail groups. I got a list of some ma
> tainty which comes from dealing with a rational universe."
>                                                               AYN RAND
> =============================================================================
> Stephen Grossman <PMSC13SG@UMASS.EDU>
> =============================================================================

Try getting a copy of ZEN-1.ZIP (beginners guide to the internet)...
hopefully, someone seeing this will give you an ftp-by-mail site for
you might ask your system administrator for help in getting one.
A.Lizard

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From: grady@world.std.com (Dick Grady)
Subject: Re: ftp commands
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 04:43:31 GMT

In article <1992Dec31.172903.4214@tigger.jvnc.net> knopf@nisc.jvnc.net (Greg Knopf) writes:
>In article <1992Dec31.060322.15902@tfs.com>, rsw@tfs.com (Rob White) writes:
>|> I use a unix machine to ftp to various sites.  
>|>   As examples: I do not know how to read a file that is at another 
>|> site other than to transfer the file to my own site, exit ftp, 
>|> and then read the file. Kind of awkward.
>
>On a unix machine:
>
>	ftp> get README.TXT /dev/tty

The symbol "-" (a minus-sign) when used as a filename means standard
output (or standard input, as appropriate).  So the above can be written:

    ftp> get README.TXT -

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Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Need help D/Ling from local node
From: aed005@marshall.wvnet.edu
Date: 31 Dec 92 23:19:51 -0500
Organization: Marshall University

I'm  a VERY new user of Internet, I just started using it this Monday.  I've
done some stuff with FTP, and needless to say I already have some questions.
OK, so I've downloaded a file in C language (UUXFER20) and compiled it.  I've
also saved some encoded files (namely a GIF) as well.  However, these got to my
local UNIX system.  I would like to know what commands need to be issued to get
these files onto MY computer so I can work with them offline.  I saw an earlier
post mentioning a Kermit transfer.  I'm sure my Telix program supports this. 
Is this what I need in order to get these files onto my HD?  Please give
step-by-step instructions if possible:  as I said I'm a new user, and haven't
quite gotten my Internet legs yet <G>. 

                                         Thanks in advance, 
                                            Ted
BTW, public posting is fine, I'm usually on Internet quite a bit....
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: data1@netcom.com (Adam Shiffman)
Subject: Individual Directory Permissions
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 21:43:56 GMT

Hi,

I would like to be able to use the CHMOD command to allow a specific individual to access my home directory - can this be done easily?   I did have some troublewith the CHMOD command, even after reading the manual pages - any info on how to
do this would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance....


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From: bleich@scratchy.phy.duke.edu (Michael Bleich)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: News access needed
Date: 21 Dec 92 19:53:22 GMT

I've seen a few messages relating to getting access to the net.  I'm also  
in the same quandry - I have mail, ftp and telnet, but no news.  I read  
Zen and the Art of the Internet and saw about the Freenet, but haven't had  
any luck in getting connected (keep getting bad host messages)  The FAQ  
didn't seem to have any definite answers.

Please send any replies to kulagowskir@gordon-emh2.army.mil
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: johnson@speshr.enet.dec.com (Pete Johnson)
Subject: Anyone know of any general management newsgroups?
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: 23 DEC 92 11:33:42 EST

I *thought* that the internet supported newsgroups on any imaginable subject,
but a long search for newsgroups concerned with management or accounting
(specifically activity-based costing and activity-level benchmarking) proved
fruitless.

Am I missing something, or are there some newsgroups out there that I'm unaware
of?

Pete Johnson - DEC, Shrewsbury, MA USA
Internet: johnson@speshr.enet.dec.com
UUCP:  ...!decwrl!speshr.enet!johnson
CIS: 72557,61
From: ai820@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (John Liddle)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Is a Freenet account an Internet account?
Date: 22 Dec 92 22:25:40 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc4.ins.cwru.edu


I ama Freenet user who wants to explore the Internet.  I am familiar
with Usenet, but understand that this is only the newsreader portion of
the Internet.  My questions include:
    
   Is Freenet part of the Internet?
   How do you get access to the Internet, for free, from Cleveland area, wit
   without using Freenet?
   Can you access Internet resources other than email via Freenet?
   Where can I get an internet account?  From a local library maybe?

I am reading books such as the "Internet companion" and "Zen & the art of
the internet."  Although very helpful, they do not address the above questions.

Thanks in advance for the patient guidance?
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: aron@radix.hm-st.claremont.edu (Aron S. Spencer)
Subject: Downloading
Organization: Radix Technologies
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 00:22:39 GMT

What is the best way to download some of the files posted on the news here
to a Macintosh Q700? I've just started using the news service, and the files
all seem to be split into segments and other problems. If this is a FAQ, please
e-mail me to let me know where I can look to find the answer. Thanks

Aron
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: kko@fraser.sfu.ca (Samuel Ko)
Subject: Re: Anyone know of any general management newsgroups?
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 01:19:30 GMT

ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) writes:

>johnson@speshr.enet.dec.com (Pete Johnson) writes:

>>I *thought* that the internet supported newsgroups on any imaginable subject,
>>but a long search for newsgroups concerned with management or accounting
>>(specifically activity-based costing and activity-level benchmarking) proved
>>fruitless.

Maybe ten years later, you will find bus.accounting.cost.abc ... :)

>No it is not only you who is missing something, but we all are.  At
>least I am not aware of any accounting, business finance or similar
>newsgroup.  I'd very much like to have one in the sci hierarchy, but
>so far there has not been sufficient interest.  A pity.  

The problem is not that many Business students / faculty staff are given
an Unix / Internet accounts ... e.g. in North America, it is _very_ rare
for non-Science students (undergraduates, in particular) to get a
"mainframe" account from their computing services ... 

Getting a business-related newsgroup in the sci hierarchy requires the
support of at least 100 netnews readers ... Probably, it is easier to
get something like ...

alt.accounting   
alt.finance 

Anyone else is interested in these groups? ...

Samuel ... an accountant-wanna-be ... 

Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: spp@thunder.cis.ufl.edu (Stephen P. Potter)
Subject: Re: HOW TO READ OLD ARTICLES ?
Organization: Univ. of Florida CIS Dept.
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 19:47:23 GMT

In article <2554@cix.cict.fr> etche@onecert.fr writes:
>  I can't recover for example the 100th article
>  before the present ones.
>
The probable problem is that they have expired at your site.  Each admin
set a different expire time on his machine.  Once an article expires, it is
deleted.  Once it is gone, it is gone.  If it is a group that is archived
somewhere, you can ftp to the archive to get it.  Other than that, you are
out of luck.

Steve
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Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens)
Subject: Can someone start alt.comedy.standup please?
Reply-To: jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 01:33:30 GMT

I don't know if this group exists (my sources tell me it doesn't), and  
I would like it to be created.  What is the right way to get  
alt.comedy.standup started?

Thanks,
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Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: FCC DATA Base
From: vgblackwell@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
Date: 27 Dec 92 13:22:48 -0500
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"

How can I connect to the FCC data base of users/freq. ?  This is not the 
ham radio data base that is rather easy to find.  It is the base I can check
into and get all the licensed user by zip code, county, whatever, this would
include public safety, fire, medical, etc.  I am a scanner freak and need 
accurate info.   Thank you,    Vic Blackwell VGBLACKWELL@MIAVX1.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU
E-mail answer is just fine.
From: jaapjl@tab00.larc.nasa.gov (J Lee Jaap)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: sendsys messages
Date: 29 Dec 1992 20:27:06 GMT
Organization: AS&M Inc
Reply-To: J Lee Jaap <J.L.Jaap@larc.nasa.gov>
NNTP-Posting-Host: cmb00.larc.nasa.gov
In-reply-to: tjg01@thdhub.HomeDepot.COM's message of 29 Dec 92 18:14:27 GMT

In article <TJG01.92Dec29131424@thdhub.HomeDepot.COM> tjg01@thdhub.HomeDepot.COM (Terry Gardner) writes:
Path: news.larc.nasa.gov!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!uunet!nntp!tjg01
   From: tjg01@thdhub.HomeDepot.COM (Terry Gardner)
   Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
   Date: 29 Dec 92 18:14:27 GMT
   Sender: usenet@thdhub.HomeDepot.COM (NetNews)
   Distribution: news
-----------------^^^^ bogus Distribution

   Organization: Home Depot USA, Inc.
   Lines: 13
   Nntp-Posting-Host: thdhub.homedepot.com

   How do the `sendsys' messages get sent?

By a newsadmin.

   Are they automatic,

No.

   are the specific to C news,

No.

   are they `control' messages?

Yes.

   How could I send one?

Control messages are just posts with an extra header or two, such as
the Approved and Control headers.

Why do you want to send one?  Do you know what a sendsys does?
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From: jaapjl@tab00.larc.nasa.gov (J Lee Jaap)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: How do I set the RNINIT variable in rn?
Date: 29 Dec 1992 16:26:28 GMT
Organization: AS&M Inc
Distribution: na
Reply-To: J Lee Jaap <J.L.Jaap@larc.nasa.gov>
NNTP-Posting-Host: cmb00.larc.nasa.gov
In-reply-to: rodrigc@ecf.toronto.edu's message of Thu, 24 Dec 1992 18:07:52 GMT

In article <Bzrzp5.6K3@ecf.toronto.edu> rodrigc@ecf.toronto.edu (RODRIGUES CRAIG J) writes:

   I am using the rn newsreader.
   How do I set the default RNINIT variable so that whenever I use rn,
   it will use the -q flag and NOT check for new newsgroups.  The man
   page is very vague on how to do this.  I would like to set the RNINIT variable
   in a default file, like my .login file.

The rn man page is vague because setting a variable is shell-dependent.
Try "setenv RNINIT -q" in csh.

man csh
  or
man sh
et.al. should help.
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From: alizard@tweekco.uucp (A.Lizard)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: looking for a ftp-by-mail site containing PGP2.1
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 00:14:49 PST
Organization: Tweek-Com Systems BBS, Moraga, CA (510) 631-0615

Please post or e-mail the response to me...
thanks
A.Lizard

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From: alusa@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Alfredo Lusa)
Subject: HUNT results? HELP!
Organization: California State University, Sacramento
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 21:51:29 GMT

Hello,

Recently I saw an article (I think in one of the newsgroups that contain
the word "Internet" in them (e.g. alt.internet, etc) about the HUNT. It
was a game in which questions were asked in order to test the
participants' skills in retrieving info from the net?  I would
like to know the answers to this year's HUNT.  I have e-mailed the
person in charge (a librarian in San Diego) to request the location where the
answers might be posted when the HUNT is finished but have not received a reply.
(I have discarded the article and the e-mail add. for the HUNT)

I would greatly appreciate it if you could provide me with information
on this subject.



Alfredo Lusa (alusa@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu.us)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: mikew@teal.csn.org (Michael Woinoski)
Subject: accessing archives for comp.sources.unix
Organization: Colorado SuperNet, Inc.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 20:17:48 GMT

I'm not sure where this questions belongs, and I'm a new user, so I
thought I'd try here. If it would be more appropriate somewhere else,
please let me know.

I'm trying to get a source file from comp.sources.unix. It's a few years
old, so I need to get the archives. In news.answers, I see two listings
for comp.sources.unix; they're maintained by 
comp-sources-unix@bloom-beacon.mit.edu.

My question: how do I get to them? ftp? or is there a newsgroup archiver
command that will let me access them?

Thanks in advance,
Mike
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: murray@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (murray kahl)
Subject: United Nations
Organization: Cybernet BBS, Boca Raton, Florida
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 23:02:05 GMT

I have been trying to find an address that releases news of recent UN 
events; the General Assembly motions, the Security Council etc. I know it 
exists but can't locate it. Would someone assist me and tell me how they 
located it.
Thank you,
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: rwj@dogtag.uucp (Rob Janes)
Subject: Re: what's "residual line"
Keywords: cnews , expire , cron
Reply-To: rwj@bsoh.wimsey.bc.ca
Organization: Dogtag Enterprises
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 01:37:54 GMT

I think I figured out what it was.
I always get worried when numbers start growing without bounds, especially
when the hard disk is running out of space.

I think it was the /expired/ line in the explist file.
A residual line in the history file is a line that should have been expired,
according to the other expiry criteria, but has not been because the number
of days after the arrival of the message specified by the /expired/ line
has not gone past yet.

Now, were the files corresponding to the residual lines in the history file
also retained?  If so, that would explain why the disk kept getting full.
I'll not be setting /expired/ to 21 again soon.

So is this a reasonable explanation?

-- 
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From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: old news
Date: 29 Dec 92 03:36:38 GMT
Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland

In article <51720@seismo.CSS.GOV> frandsen@seismo.CSS.GOV (Marvin Vaun Frandsen) writes:
>When I have read all the news in a newsgroup but wish to go back later,
>it seems there is no way to deactivate whatever tells Internet that I've
>read all the messages, so that I can read messages again.

You could have made it clear which newsreader you are using, but I
deduce it is rn.  Here is a log that shows you what to do:

chyde> rn news.newusers.questions

********   0 unread articles in news.newusers.questions--read now? [ynq] y

End of newsgroup news.newusers.questions.

What next? [qnp] P

-Article 9300 in news.newusers.questions:
-From: frandsen@seismo.CSS.GOV (Marvin Vaun Frandsen)
-Subject: old news
-Date: 29 Dec 92 02:39:40 GMT
-Organization: Center for Seismic Studies, Arlington, VA

-When I have read all the news in a newsgroup but wish to go back later,

:

End of article 9300 (of 9300)--what next? [npq] q

No articles under restriction.
Restriction news.newusers.questions removed.

******** End of newsgroups--what next? [npq] q

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Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: jtbell@hubcap.clemson.edu (Jon Bell)
Subject: Re: Need help with editing!!!!
Organization: Presbyterian College, Clinton SC
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 22:19:36 GMT

In article <1992Dec19.194451.5526@sarah.albany.edu> hibrown@sarah.albany.edu (Herb Brown) writes:
>
>If there is no manual for vi, speak to your system administrator and
>ask that one be added. There are toooooo many vi commands to begin to
>list here.
>
I learned vi from a very nice little book called "Learning the vi Editor",
by Linda Lamb, published by O'Reilly & Associates.  O'Reilly also publishes
a lot of other neat Unix books.  You can get a pricelist by sending an
e-mail to nuts@ora.com.  They'll also let you order via e-mail, I think.

Jon Bell / Dept. of Physics & C.S. / Presbyterian College / Clinton SC USA

Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: pmsc13sg@UMASSD.EDU (Stephen Grossman)
Subject: info?
Reply-To: pmsc13sg@UMASSD.EDU
Organization: UMASS DARTMOUTH, NO. DARTMOUTH, MA.
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 16:06:10 GMT

Seeking _easy_ to understand basics of "things" available on networks. I skimmed
_Matrix_ but it is advanced. _Online Access_ and _Boardwatch_ mags are also
advanced. The univ.thru which I access networks provided a manual with a few
commands and I know how to join news and mail groups. I got a list of some mail
groups from BITNIC but the ones I want to join don't exist. I have accessed 2
libraries. Can I get games and pictures, etc. with my Mac 512K? (2 400K
floppy drives)
    I know that networks are not centralized yet many people seem to access many
more resources than I. Is there some wide overview available in easy to
understand form. I don't even know enough to know if these questions are
important! 
    Are all news groups on usenet? Are these groups primarily on small, private
    nets called BBSs or what? On what net are mail groups. Since I can access
    Internet should I want to access the various BBSs advertised in above
    magazines? My university's manuals mention Internet, Bitnet, and Telnet.
    What is available there? What other nets can I access thru these. 
    
    Are discussion groups owned by individuals? Or just moderated or maintained?
Are they started by individuals or by vote supervised by some mysterious "thing"
or person on Internet? What important questions am I failing to ask? Why do my
words fail to always go to the left margin? Who or what can help?

HELP!
    
Is my name at beginning and end of this message? I use certain commands which
should do automatically that but some say my name is not there. I now manually
place it here: Stephen Grossman, but it should also be in header and sig.

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