HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: lwestman@wrdis01.af.mil (Oscar the Grouch)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Internet access from home?
Keywords: e-mail,news
Date: 10 Sep 92 12:20:24 GMT
Organization: 1926CCSG Robins AFB

I would like to be able to read news and send e-mail to people from my home
rather than use government owned equipment at work.  I would also like to be
able to FTP from my home.  I have a modem, but I don't have the slightest idea
where to begin.  General pointers such as "Contact a local BBS" or "pay for
Compuserve" or "you can't use FTP, do it by mail", etc. would be appreciated. I can do my own homework once I know
where to start.   Thanks. 


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From: mesm@netcom.com (Mary E. S. Morris)
Subject: Re: This is not a test
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 03:21:07 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

lestat@wixer.cactus.org (Lyle J. Mackey) writes:
: 
: >Maybe a better suggestion is to mail a general info on how to find
: >answers to every person who hasn't checked those sources yet....
: 
: I like it. An n.n.q. FAQ... but how do you address the vast differences in
: various newsreaders/systems?  How to reply under trn is no good to someone
: using tin.  How to post under tin is no good to someone that only has read-
: news and pnews.

I did not intend for the FAQ type thing to encompass newsreaders etc.
I figure that if someone is posting, they can get in and out of a 
newsreader. I was just refering to a "where to find answers and
glaring breach of nettiquite advisorys. Sort of all the things you
wanted to know but didn't want to get flamed to find out...

: 
: How much good will this FAQ do someone on the system I get news on, which runs
: SCO, if it looks at things from the VMS point of view, or vice versa?  I think
: a comprehensive list would be a bit much to ask, and a bit much to post...
: 
: 
: -- 
:  .--------------------------------------------------------------------------.
: / Lyle J \ lestat@wixer.cactus.org /  Team Doofus  \ DoD / Nobody else WANTS \
: \ Mackey /     Social Engineer     \ '89 Kaw EX500 / 587 \  my  opinions...  /
:  `--------------------------------------------------------------------------'

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From: twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce)
Subject: Re: stamp collecting newsgroup?
Keywords: stamps, collecting, philately
Organization: Amherst College, Amherst MA
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 21:09:33 GMT

In article <1992Sep14.114527.11137@coco.ms.washington.edu> sfeldon@coco.ms.washington.edu (steve feldon) writes:

>I just spent half an hour looking, and there doesn't seem to be a
>newsgroup for stamp collecting, other than rec.collecting, which is
>empty.  It seems to me that this must be wrong.  Am I missing
>something?

Doubtful.  Try posting a message to rec.collecting and see what kind
of a response you get.

-- 
____ Tim Pierce                / "I don't know how much support NAMBLA
\  / twpierce@unix.amherst.edu /  has in the gay community."
 \/ (BITnet: TWPIERCE@AMHERST) /   -- Clayton Cramer, August 1992
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Subject: Re: dowloading binaries?
Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 03:33:09 GMT

In article <1992Sep13.221407.1@uwovax.uwo.ca> 35002_3044@uwovax.uwo.ca writes:
>I was wondering if anyone could tell me how i go about dowloading binaries from
>the Internet?  I had seen a post on this and had downloaded it but I somehow

One group where the information is posted on a regular, but a
slowish pace is comp.binaries.ibm.pc.  Besides you, too, might
hopefully find the information in the Frequently Asked Questions
 112730 Jun 13 12:23 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/ts/tsfaq29.zip
of some use.

"If you do not know how to go about getting this material, users are
welcome to email me for the prerecorded garbo.uwasa.fi instructions
(long, circa 29Kb).  North American users are referred to the Garbo
mirror on wuarchive.wustl.edu.  Australian users are referred to the
archie.au mirror.  For the Asian users there is the NCTUCCCA.edu.tw
mirror.  The mirrors may lag occasionally, or might not have all the
files.  If you do not receive my reply within five days, please ask
your own site's system manager to construct a returnable mail path
for you". 

..................................................................
Prof. Timo Salmi
Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 128.214.87.1
Faculty of Accounting & Industrial Management; University of Vaasa
Internet: ts@uwasa.fi Bitnet: salmi@finfun   ; SF-65101, Finland


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From: tyau7@isuvax.iastate.edu (C. Marie Riggins)
Subject: testing
Reply-To: tyau7@isuvax.iastate.edu
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 00:09:19 GMT

hi
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: lestat@wixer.cactus.org (Lyle J. Mackey)
Subject: Re: Duplicate .sigs ?
Organization: Real/Time Communications
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 05:09:41 GMT

In article <1992Sep14.193611.5214@nwnexus.WA.COM> guru@halcyon.com (Dennis Wicks) writes:
>
>I have noticed in many groups, from many different
>people/sites, and I was reading news at different sites,
>that quite often articles have _two_ identical .sigs!
>
>What causes this?  Is there a bug/feature/virus somewhere?

Under rn/trn at least, you are given the option to include a file with your
article.  At one time, I had two seperate .sigs, which I included manually
with that feature, depending on the group I was posting to.  Some people may
not read their own articles, and are both including their .sig AND having it
automagically inserted by their posting software.

>The worst part is in the followups when the duplicate .sig
>gets included and re-included, ad nauseum, and the info
>to noise ratio gets really poor!

I think one of the best pieces of advice you can give someone before they
post is to trim extraneous information out of anything they're quoting from.
IMHO, this includes most of .sigs, with the exception, perhaps, of the
name of the poster.  This isn't as critical on local groups, but on something
like n.n.q, with worldwide distribution, two lines of .sig can add up when it's
repeated a bazillion times.

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 .--------------------------------------------------------------------------.
/ Lyle J \ lestat@wixer.cactus.org /  Team Doofus  \ DoD / Nobody else WANTS \
\ Mackey /     Social Engineer     \ '89 Kaw EX500 / 587 \  my  opinions...  /
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From: mjo@ef2007.efhd.ford.com (Mike O'Connor)
Subject: Re: Guest Account?
X-Disclaimer: Not an official spokesperson for Ford OPEO
Reply-To: Mike O'Connor <mjo@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com>
Organization: International Affairs, Overseas Engineering, "Fordz"
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 22:37:22 GMT

In article <ALAND.92Sep11140150@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu>
aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D.) writes, in response to me:

:>2.  Have him use a public NNTP server and compile an NNTP newsreader. 
:
:He probably doesn't even have to compile anything...  Emacs has 'gnus'
:mode which works for newsreading, if NNTP is set up...

This is provided he:

A.  Has Emacs
B.  Has GNU Emacs
B.  Has NNTP client-ware set up

Many NNTP newsreaders can "do" NNTP without setting up separate NNTP
client software.

						...Mike

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From: bell@cs.tamu.edu (Will Bell)
Subject: Re: This is not a test
Keywords: Tests, newsgroup police, flames.
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 06:38:14 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.235103.26915@ctr.columbia.edu> chandan@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Ikramuddin Ahmed) writes:
>A question to all those who post test messages to this group: Do you guys
>receive rude replies from an asshole somewhere in the USA? If yes, could 
>you please post his email-address to this group? We could compare and see
>if it is a single guy taking all the burden of being the sole new.newusers.
>questions newsgroup-police/watchdog. Then we might decide upon rewarding 
>him with something appropriate!

I am probably one of these "watchdogs" you speak of.  I have a whole 
suite of "prerecorded messages" that I send out to various new users and
generally receive thanks from them.  I try to keep the tone neutral or
upbeat at best.  An example is appended to the bottom of this message.

But the fact remains that all new users should take a few minutes and read 
the "best of" news.announce.newusers.  If they did this, then they would 
know that test messages are frowned upon in all except the *.test groups.

I have no patience with people who don't RTFM before they start something.
These are the people who call me at 2am in the morning wondering why Miracle 
Dweebs from Space doesn't work on their computer only to find out they didn't
read the "configuration" section of their booklet.  Then they either (1) whine 
or (2) get pissed off when I fuss at them.  "Well, we didn't think we needed
to read it!"  Well then why the hell did the mfr give it to you!??!

My point is :  New users:  WE, the supposed experts of (Usenet, PCs, VCRs,
whatever) have taken TIME to WRITE DOWN some IMPORTANT STUFF that will 
BENEFIT YOU IMMENSELY.  PLEASE at least TRY TO READ IT before COMING TO US 
FOR HELP.  If you DON'T READ IT, then DON'T BE OFFENDED BY OUR ABRUPT
REPLIES!

WBB

--- begin included file ---

Greetings,
I have sent you this "prerecorded message" in response to your recent
"test posting" to Usenet. 

Please do not view it as a "flame" but rather a gentle nudge in the right 
direction.  It is hoped that by informing people of the proper way to 
work with "test" messages, they will avoid making mistakes in the 
future, thus improving Usenet for all users.  If you are already aware of this
information, please forgive the presumption.

---
On usenet, there are two groups which are intended to receive test messages:
misc.test and alt.test.  In the future, it would be appreciated if you would
use these newsgroups for test messages.

Two good reasons for using the .test groups:
1. You will not annoy your fellow netters; 
2. You will also get many automatic replies from sites around the world 
   confirming that your message was received.

Thank you for your attention.
WBB


--
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"It's 2525 and we've got the most wigs alive!"
From: J024330@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Looking for Nodes
Date: 15 Sep 92 15:54:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: LMSC5.92259.31901.J024330
Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.

I've read the FAQ on how to find someone's E-Mail address, however, I'm
looking for a NODE in particular.  I don't have a way to access NIC other
than sending an E-Mail message and waiting for a response.  Is there an
FTP site where I can download a mailing list for nodes on the network?  I'm
trying to find Martin Marietta in Denver Colorado.

Chris
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: guckes@math.fu-berlin.de (Sven Guckes)
Subject: Re: wanted: domain codes for countries
Originator: guckes@medusa
Organization: Free University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 10:12:50 GMT

ray@gyro (Ray Soo) writes:

>does anyone know where to get a complete file of domain names for
>countries e.g. au = australia ; ca = canada etc?
>email replies to ray@exicom.oz.au

From: FAQ
Subject: FAQ: ISO 3166

The ISO 3166 is on official 2/3 letters codes associated to countries.

It may be retrieved from:
ftp nisc.sri.com : netinfo.country_codes.txt
listserv@bitnic  : country codes     (on BITNET)

(1991 January)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: schuette@wl.com (Wade Schuette)
Subject: What's JANET?
Organization: Warner Lambert / Parke-Davis
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 09:25:44 GMT

I need to send mail to someone in europe, and this seems to
involve something called JANET. Where do I find info on that?

-- 
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Ann Arbor, MI USA    |                                      |   :) |
schuette@wl.com      |   *** "Synergize Scientists!"  ***   | B>   |
From: lwestman@wrdis01.af.mil (Leslie Westman)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Internet access from home?
Keywords: e-mail,news
Date: 15 Sep 92 12:50:23 GMT
Organization: 1926CCSG Robins AFB

In an earlier post I wrote:

>I would like to be able to read news and send e-mail to people from my home
>rather than use government owned equipment at work.  I would also like to be
>able to FTP from my home.  I have a modem, but I don't have the slightest idea
>where to begin.  General pointers such as "Contact a local BBS" or "pay for
>Compuserve" or "you can't use FTP, do it by mail", etc. would be appreciated. I can do my own homework once I know
>where to start.   Thanks. 
>
I would like to thank all the people who responded via e-mail and with
postings to the net.  I am learning lots of new terms, like nixpub and waffle
and UUCP!  The responses were all courteous and informative, not a single
flame or useless answer; y'all even told me where to look for nixpub lists,
etc.  (Yes, I said Y'all; I'm from Georgia, I'm supposed to say that).  

Thanks again!  You restore my faith in the Net community: I was afraid I'd
have to wear asbestos when I posted, but everyone was great!

-- 
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Robins Air Force Base, Georgia
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From: guckes@math.fu-berlin.de (Sven Guckes)
Subject: Re: Macintosh Newsreader??
Originator: guckes@medusa
Organization: Free University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 21:52:46 GMT

Naseer Mohammed Khan <khan@us17501.mdc.com> writes:

>In article <1992Aug25.124127.23251@chx400.switch.ch> Martin Berli,
>berli@switch.ch writes:
>The best Mac newsreader I know is Nuntius. You can get the newest version
>from frederik.ruc.dk

I cannot reach "frederik.ruc.dk" (see below).
What am I doing wrong ?
Can I get "Nuntius" from somewhere else - preferably somewhere nearer ?

Sven (disappointed)
----

This was my "ping" test:
guckes@medusa:[103](~)> ping frederik.ruc.dk
ICMP Host Unreachable from gateway Dortmund.DE.EU.net (188.1.132.1)
 for icmp from medusa (130.133.4.4) to mac-dev.ruc.dk (129.142.144.26)
ICMP Host Unreachable from gateway Dortmund.DE.EU.net (188.1.132.1)
 for icmp from medusa (130.133.4.4) to mac-dev.ruc.dk (129.142.144.26)
no answer from mac-dev.ruc.dk
guckes@medusa:[104](~)>
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From: davidba@carmel.technion.ac.il (David Ben_Ami)
Subject: How to send articles to unsubscribed newsgroups?
Organization: Technion, Israel Inst. of Technology
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 09:43:53 GMT

Hello All,

  In my site we have no access to soc.culture.* and talk.* groups
  How can I send an article to one of tehse groups? or better yet read
  it (maybe in mailing lists format?)

Thanks in advance for any information,

  David.
-- 
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  s2780369@Techst02.Technion.Ac.Il |       Oscar Wilde
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From: kaminski@netcom.com (Peter Kaminski)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Internet access from home?
Keywords: e-mail,news
Date: 12 Sep 92 14:50:50 GMT
Organization: The Information Deli - via Netcom / San Jose, California

Oscar the Grouch <lwestman@wrdis01.af.mil> writes:

>I would like to be able to read news and send e-mail to people from my home
>rather than use government owned equipment at work.  I would also like to be
>able to FTP from my home.

For those looking for personal ftp and telnet access as well as news and
mail, I compile and distribute the Public Dialup Internet Access List
(PDIAL), a list of providers through which you can access the Internet
with your modem and terminal or computer.

Here's how to get the list:

------------------------------

From: PDIAL -7-
Subject: How People Can Get The PDIAL

USENET: The PDIAL list is posted regularly to alt.internet.access.wanted,
alt.bbs.lists, ba.internet, and news.answers.

EMAIL:

  From the Information Deli archive server (most up-to-date):
    To receive the curent edition of the PDIAL, send email with the subject
    "Send PDIAL" to "info-deli-server@netcom.com".  To subscribe to a list
    which receives future editions as they are published, send email with
    the subject "Subscribe PDIAL" to "info-deli-server@netcom.com".  To
    receive both the most recent and future editions, send both messages.

  From the news.answers FAQ archive:
    Send the message "send usenet/news.answers/pdial" to 
    "mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu".  For help, send the message "help"
    to "mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu".

FTP ARCHIVE SITES (PDIAL and *lots* of other useful information):
 
  As part of a collection of public access lists:
    GVL.Unisys.COM:/pub/pubnet/pdial [128.126.220.104]

  As part of the ba.internet FAQ:
    wiretap.spies.com:/ba.internet/Services/%LISTS/PDIAL/ [130.43.3.3]

  As part of an Internet access compilation file:
    liberty.uc.wlu.edu:/pub/lawlib/internet.access [137.113.10.35]

  As part of the news.answers FAQ archive:
    pit-manager.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.answers/pdial [18.172.1.27]

-- 
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The Information Deli | CIS: 71053,2155
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Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: erodrigu@dcc.uchile.cl (Eduardo Rodriguez)
Subject: Re: signature file
Originator: erodrigu@werken
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 15:38:32 GMT
Organization: Universidad de Chile, Depto. de Ciencias de la Computacion


In article <1992Sep15.153251@ulci20.unil.ch>, dhenchoz@ulci20.unil.ch (Daniel HENCHOZ) writes:
> Hello !
> 
> I've tried to give a signature file to all my articles
> without success using XRN. 
> I've created a file ~/.signature which contains my
> signature, and I've called xrn with the option
> 
> -signatureFile ~/.signature
> 
> When I post an article this file is not added to the
> article (By example for this article ....)
> 
> Any idea ?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 					Daniel Henchoz

Contact you local news admin, maybe he disables the auto-add-sign
or your signature exceeedes the maximum allowed.

edo...

Eduardo Rodriguez S        - --- - --- - --- -    erodrigu@dcc.uchile.cl
Dpto de Ciencias de la Computacion  - --- -    ...!uunet!uchdcc!erodrigu
Universidad de Chile   --- - --- - ---   erodrigu%uchdcc@uchcecvm.BITNET
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Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: quay@engin.umich.edu (Bryan S. Leudy)
Subject: Peace.Corps Group?Summary: 
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 11:28:22 EDT
Organization: Campus Computing Sites, University of Michigan

Is there a USENET Peace Corps Group?
Thanks in advance

--
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From: zxmkr08@mailserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (Cornelius Krasel)
Subject: Re: Duplicate .sigs ?
Organization: Comp. Center (ZDV) U of Tuebingen, FRG
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 14:22:53 GMT

In <1992Sep14.193611.5214@nwnexus.WA.COM> guru@halcyon.com (Dennis Wicks) writes:


>Not a "newuser" but this is a good place to ask this, IMO.

>I have noticed in many groups, from many different
>people/sites, and I was reading news at different sites,
>that quite often articles have _two_ identical .sigs!

>What causes this?  Is there a bug/feature/virus somewhere?

I experienced this with the version of nn running here (I am not
sure, but I think it is the most actual). It happens there if you
set both variables append-signature-post and query-signature
in .nn/init. I think this topic is also covered in the FAQ
about nn (which newsgroup was it?).

Cornelius (who is not an expert in these things).
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Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: mesm@netcom.com (Mary E. S. Morris)
Subject: Re: registering to groups
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 92 18:25:46 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

cb137@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Juan Gabriel Molinari) writes:
: 
: 	Is there any way to register for newsgroups, so they'll be the
: only ones to show up on a given list?

Lets start with WHAT newsreader are you using?

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From: guckes@math.fu-berlin.de (Sven Guckes)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Duplicate .sigs ?
Summary: Some help for users of nn.
Date: 15 Sep 92 18:19:50 GMT
Organization: Free University of Berlin, Germany
Originator: guckes@medusa

zxmkr08@mailserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (Cornelius Krasel) writes:

>>I have noticed in many groups, from many different
>>people/sites, and I was reading news at different sites,
>>that quite often articles have _two_ identical .sigs!
>
>>What causes this?  Is there a bug/feature/virus somewhere?
>
>I experienced this with the version of nn running here
>(I am not sure, but I think it is the most actual).
>It happens there if you set both variables append-signature-post and
>query-signature in .nn/init.
>I think this topic is also covered in the FAQ about nn
>(which newsgroup was it?).

The newsgroup for the news reader program "nn" is:
	news.software.nn

To help users of nn I have included a posting below.

<BEGIN>
From: dwolfe@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Dave Wolfe)
Subject: Double .signatures
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1992 18:23:49 GMT

My installation has the following in the system setup file:

    set append-signature-mail
    set noappend-signature-post
    set noquery-signature

I haven't posted in quite some time, so I guess we'll see if I have
{0|1|2} signatures.

-- 
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