HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: sergio@Ingres.COM (Sergio L Aponte)
Subject: valid "distribution" list
Organization: Ingres, an ASK Company, Alameda CA 94501
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Distribution: net
Date: 25 Aug 92 19:12:02 GMT

	Is there a way, online or otherwise, to get a list of what the
	valid "Distribution:" are?

	Thanks...

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Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: gc14@ellis.uchicago.edu (Grace Putao Chang)
Subject: FTP'ing
Keywords: FTP
Reply-To: gc14@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 03:37:53 GMT

Hi there all!  I'm really new to internet and all things related to it.
But, while reading some newsgroups I found posts saying to FTP things.
I tried to log on to the FTP site, but couldn't get in!!!
Is there some kind of standard password I need to know???
I specifically want to use the FTP site at kukulcan.berkeley.edu

ANYTHING you can tell me will be *GREATLY* appreciated!!!!

please reply via email to:
gc14@ellis.uchicago.edu

				Grace
From: richk@icad.com (Richard Kasperowski)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: xbtoa format in downloaded file
Date: 31 Aug 92 15:14:42 GMT
Distribution: news
Organization: ICAD Inc., Cambridge, MA

I'm new to ftp-ing to remote sites.  I just downloaded a file from a
site, via an ftp mailer.  I cut the file out of my mail buffer and
saved it to a file.  The file appears to be in some format that I've
never heard of - "xbtoa".  Can someone tell me how to use this file?
Is there a FAQ I should read?  (I'm on a Sun Sparcstation if it
helps.) 
--
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Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: mgflax@ernie.Princeton.EDU (Marshall G. Flax)
Subject: Re: Is there a FAQ available that discusses CRC algorithms?
Keywords: CRC
Organization: Princeton University
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 17:12:44 GMT

In article <e6Tl02xo1f1301@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> daj20@RUTS.ccc.amdahl.com () writes:
>  I'm wondering where to find information about CRC algorithms; are there
>  any FAQ's that include this topic?

comp.compression and sci.crypt are probably the best place to begin;
both newsgroups have FAQ lists as well.

marshall
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From: kschwab@wrdis01.af.mil (Clark Kent)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Internet History?
Keywords: Internet, history, books
Date: 25 Aug 92 16:34:08 GMT
Organization: none

In article <1992Aug25.111351.14314@wvus.org> art@wvus.org (Art Nicolaysen) writes:
>You might also want to look at Brendan Kehoe's _Zen and the Art of the
>Internet_ (Prentice-Hall, 1992) for a short history of the Internet,
>among other things.  Very nice bibliography, if this isn't enough for
>you.  (Specifically, go skim thru _The Matrix_ and _Internetworking with 
>TCP/IP_; I haven't looked at the other books in his bibliography tho.)

_Zen and the Art of the Internet_ is available for anonymous FTP from
WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (192.88.110.20) and its various mirror sites.
** See comp.binaries.ibm.pc.archives for info on SIMTEL & Mirrors **

Directory: pd1:<msdos.books>   File: ZEN10.ZIP

>-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------
>  "Always do right.  You will gratify    | Art Nicolaysen    art@wvus.org
>   some people, and astonish the rest" 	 |
>  		     Mark Twain		 | (somewhere in los angeles county)
>-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------

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Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Subject: Re: posting to more than one newsgroup
Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 07:49:46 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.070151.11921@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> aa431@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Doug Gillespie) writes:
>I have been searching through the usenet information for the answer to this
>questions but it is not anywhere.  How do I post to more than one newsgroup
>at one time?  I see messages with lists of newsgroups in the headers and I
>see the same messages in different groups sometimes.  How do you do this?

Please see the Frequently Asked Questions
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From: pt@ohm.york.ac.uk (Pete Turner)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Replying to Posts
Date: 28 Aug 92 09:49:53 GMT
Organization: Electronics Department, University of York, UK

In <714951104snx@ariel.demon.co.uk> abutler@ariel.demon.co.uk (Tony Butler) writes:


>In article <v8bnm8p@lynx.unm.edu> gworrell@carina.unm.edu writes:

>> 
>> 
>> I am a newuser and have what feels like a really stupid question, but I have
>> not found anywhere else to look for an answer.  So please forgive me if it
>> is a FAQ and point me in the right direction. Thanks.
>> 
>> When I reply to a post, how do I get the text from the post to appear on my
>> reply?

>Simple - Print out the article of interest, post a new one, and type in
>all the text of the old one in the appropriate places. :-)

>   Tony.


> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>| Tony Butler                           Internet: abutler@ariel.demon.co.uk  |
>| Surrey,                                 TCP/IP: 158.152.8.125              |
>| England.                               Fidonet: Anthony Butler @ 2:250/408 |
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

It's a pity that the experienced users insist on extracting the
urine from the new users - or do you really believe the above Tony?

To reply to a post and include the original text you can simply use
the 'f' option - post a follow up article and you will be prompted
to include the original article or not.  Alternatively if you want
to reply to the person direct you can save the original article -
the 's' option and when editting your reply append the saved article.
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Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: king@rtsg.mot.com (Steven King, Software Archaeologist)
Subject: Re: "threaded" news readers
Reply-To: king@rtsg.mot.com
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 15:04:44 GMT

king@reasoning.com (Dick King) publicly declared:
>Is there a "trrn"?  This is a program that uses a cooperating site's spool
>files, but offers a threaded presentation.

The latest release of 'trn' is based off of 'rrn', so it will do exactly
what you're interested in.  In fact, I'm using just that setup now.

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From: 91630996s@csghsg5a.bitnet
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Extracting replies?
Date: 30 Aug 92 18:12:03 GMT
Organization: University of St.Gallen, Switzerland

Hello outhere in the wide world.

As many others I have a problem.
If you are interested in a topic and all its replys, how can you extract all of
them in one step, without searching every reply?
I would be glad if someone knows a solution.
Please write to News or E-Mail me:

91630996s@CSGHSG5A.BITNET

Thank you!  	Pinky

Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: 6175190@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Subject: Missing Newsgroups?
Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 20:49:57 GMT

In browsing through various newsgroups, I've noticed several other
newsgroups being mentioned which should be current, according to the
postings, but I do not find in our listings. For example,
rec.food.historic, alt.support.diet, and I understand there was an
SCA (Society  for Creative Anachronism) group here that was
discontinued and reestablished? Just wondered if various sites have
customized lists.

Thanks,
Diane






Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca (Steve Franklin)
Subject: I need help with newsreaders!
Followup-To: news.newusers.questions
Summary: help?
Keywords: help help news help
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 01:38:06 GMT

Well - I have two questions I am hoping you might be able to help me with:

First: I have to news servers I want to use - one newsserver is my "business"
server - it subscribes to few newsgroups, because of disk space - this means
I read my comp.sys.mac.*, local newsgroups, etc on here...
   Then I have another newsserver which has absolutely EVERYTHING! (alt.bitch
pork, alt.*everything) which I read once in a whil for fun. However, I 
want to keep the two separate... I figured out how to do this with rn:
#!/bin/csh
#this is called rnfun
setenv NNTPSERVER fun.place.ca
setenv NEWSRC "~/.newsrc.fun"
rn
#finished----

then I just execute rnfun - however, I really think rn sucks. I am an
"nn" fan myself - nn is much easier and more efficient at 2400 baud 
with it's "point and shoot" interface. very quick and easy. I don't
seem to be able to do this with nn - is there anyways to designate
an NNTPSERVER, AND a specific newsrc? Any ideas would be greatly
appreciated.

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

Can you make any more suggestions as to a good newsreader? I have a slow
baudrate, so I have always been a fan of the point and shoot feature of
"nn". You can read all the subjects at once, and then select them.
(yes, I know about the "=" command in rn, but it just ain't the same.)
   Are there any other similar newsreaders, or would you recommend something
completely different? If so, why? I'm not terribly experienced with readers,
but am always ready for an improvement. I would love any ideas or 
suggestions you might have.
   Thanks in advance.
steve
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Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: jaapjl@tab00.larc.nasa.gov (J Lee Jaap)
Subject: Re: I need help with newsreaders!
Followup-To: news.newusers.questions
Organization: AS&M Inc
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 18:10:22 GMT

In article <Btq1vI.IDw@cs.dal.ca> franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca (Steve Franklin) writes:
   then I just execute rnfun - however, I really think rn sucks. I am an
   "nn" fan myself - nn is much easier and more efficient at 2400 baud 
   with it's "point and shoot" interface. very quick and easy. I don't
   seem to be able to do this with nn - is there anyways to designate
   an NNTPSERVER, AND a specific newsrc? Any ideas would be greatly
   appreciated.

gnus has the multiple server capability.

An alternative is to have your script mv your .newsrc files
back and forth between names, if the failing of nn is that
you can't specify an alternate .newsrc.

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

   Can you make any more suggestions as to a good newsreader?

I use gnus.  Emacs is a good environment that allows reading news,
reading mail, developing programs, watching towers of hanoi, and lots
of other functions, such as editing files. :-)  It's not point&click,
but the X implementation uses the mouse in a rudimentary way.

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From: hjjcl@usho77.hou281.chevron.com (J.J.Clyde)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Question about my .signature
Date: 4 Sep 92 17:29:11 GMT
Distribution: news.newusers.questions
Organization: Chevron


How do you make your .signature file longer than 4 lines?  I got a
message when mine was over that, then it just truncated the extra
lines when my message was posted...

Thanks,
hjjcl@hou281.chevron.com
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: exby@pogo.Colorado.EDU (Doc Exby)
Subject: nn/news on single sys?
Keywords: news setup
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 03:29:43 GMT


I am trying to get "nn" to be used as a front end to reading
news on a single HPUX 822s running HPUX 7.0.
no Internet hookup, nntp or nfs running.

Basically what I am wanting to do is use a "news" type of
system for this local machine as a "bulletin board" 
messaging center.  Make my own newsgroup names..etc..

I've got nn built and ready to roll, but I am missing
background info about newsgroup creation, posting and the like.
I've got the "nn front end" ready, but dont understand how
to start "feeding it" is what I guess I mean.
Do I need an "inews", other news software ... ??
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
ta.

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Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: a841914@dseg.ti.com (Art Blair 952-6341)
Subject: test post
Keywords: testing
Reply-To: a841914@dseg.ti.com
Organization: Texas Instruments
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 00:37:24 GMT

This is just a test. Do not be alarmed. This is just a test.

How can tell if you've passed an elephant?




Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: denny@crash.cts.com (Dennis Anderson)
Subject: Re: TEST AGAIN (SORRY)
Organization: CTS Network Services (crash, ctsnet), El Cajon, CA
                                       Dennis
Date: 26 Aug 92 11:23:24 PDT

Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: robertl@county.lmt.mn.org (ROBERT LAUMEYER)
Subject: Partial FTP of file.tar.z
Organization: LaserMaster R&D, Minneapolis, MN  USA
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 05:24:29 GMT

I got cut off when I was in the middle of an FTP session.  The file is fairly
large, and I really would like to save the 1.2M that I have already and just 
get the rest of the file.  Is this possible?  I am using a UNIX call up site 
and then I dl to my pc where I have the MKS utils package.
From: acecoder@umiacs.umd.edu (Pierce Leonberger)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Distribution acronyms.
Date: 28 Aug 92 18:15:16 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: UMIACS, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742


I'm looking for an archive of distribution acronyms for universities in the 
United States.  Does such a file exist?

Later,
Pierce

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Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: mesm@netcom.com (Mary E. S. Morris)
Subject: Re: Replying to Posts
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 05:59:46 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: usa

gworrell@carina.unm.edu (Gayla M. Worrell) writes:
: 
: I am a newuser and have what feels like a really stupid question, but I have
: not found anywhere else to look for an answer.  So please forgive me if it
: is a FAQ and point me in the right direction. Thanks.
: 
: When I reply to a post, how do I get the text from the post to appear on my
: reply?
: 
: All help will be greatly appreciated.

I'm not sure what newsreader you are using, but try using the
uppercase verion of the post. Ex: in tin f posts a response. F
posts response with the original.

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From: cb137@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Juan Gabriel Molinari)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: registering to groups
Date: 4 Sep 1992 18:50:34 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc5.ins.cwru.edu


	Is there any way to register for newsgroups, so they'll be the
only ones to show up on a given list?
From: brainy@tron.gun.de (Matthias Krok)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: news.answers
Organization: TRON Public Mailbox, Neurath, Germany
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 00:37:00 +0200

Hello !

I`m totally new in the UseNet especially in the english one, so forgive me, if
my question is a FAQ, and just say, where I have to look for:

a complete list of all text-files, posted in the newsgroup news.answers

Thank you !


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From: rccarm00@mik.uky.edu (ron c carman)
Subject: How to set up a Fidonet site?
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 01:24:54 GMT

   I need information on how to set up a PC as a Fidonet site.
Any help is greatly appreciated...

RC Carman

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From: sridhar@enuxhb.eas.asu.edu (Sridhar Venkataraman)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Reading the articles in oder of their creation .
Date: 1 Sep 92 01:35:34 GMT
Organization: Arizona State University, Tempe AZ

x0501 (I guess he is really x0501@kiae.su and for the unfortunate
MX-less folks, x0501%kiae.su@mcsun.eu.net) writes:

)   I've read manual on "nn", but I've not found any way, by which I can
)read the articles in oder of their creation ( but not receiving ) .
)How I can do it ?

Look into trn (which is available from a lot of ftp sites). It is
definitely the newsreader which best fits your description. BTW, ask
your newsadmin to get the From line right. Or you can alter the
Reply-To line to reflect your real address. Check out your newsreader's
manual.

)   Next question is about a newsgroup where I can learn about the young
)people who have graduated from technical colleges. It's very interesting
)for me as I've graduated from Moscow Engineering Physical Institute this year.
)I'm interesting in computational methods in the mechanics of fracture .
)Can you say anything about my colleagues in the my/other countries ?

Just browse through news.announce.newusers and chances are that you
will become a wise man and never ask any questions about how to find
all about newsgroups. :-) There are a *lot* of technical people on
Usenet and sci and comp hierarchies best fit the technical description.

)					       Sincerely ,
)					       Max Frolov .

Cheers,
Sridhar.
From: daniel@vtserf.cc.vt.edu (Daniel Kranowski)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: How do you rename a thread?
Date: 3 Sep 92 18:28:44 GMT
Organization: Virginia Tech (VPI & SU)

I've seen threads like "Re: TITLE #1" turn into "Re: Title #2 (was Re:
TITLE #1)".  Under what circumstances is renaming a thread appropriate?
Also, how do you do it?

thanks,
dk

email: daniel@vtserf.cc.vt.edu
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: "threaded" news readers
From: king@reasoning.com (Dick King)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 17:30:04 GMT
Organization: Reasoning Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA


I understand that there are programs called "threaded news readers", which use
reference lines and other cues to make it easier to follow questions and
answers coherently.  "trn" is an example.

I, however, use "rrn".  My reading is done off a cooperating site's spool
files.

Is there a "trrn"?  This is a program that uses a cooperating site's spool
files, but offers a threaded presentation.

Please EMail replies.

-dk
From: lallemen@moebius.loria.fr (Yannick Lallement)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Newsgroups readers statistics
Date: 31 Aug 92 15:21:14 GMT
Distribution: news.newusers.questions
Organization: INRIA-Lorraine / CRIN - Nancy - France


I'd like to know where can be found stats on the number of readers of
each newsgroup ? Is it available on a whole-net basis ? Only on a
local basis ? Thanks for answering by email, I'll summarize.

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From: demo@mipps.myapc.com (Demo Account)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: inews error: Cannot open file y (R)
Keywords: inews bnews
Date: 26 Aug 92 15:15:53 GMT
Organization: Maine Yankee, Wiscasset, Maine  USA



Hello,

  We just recently installed bnews-2.11 on a Decsystem 5500 running
Ultrix.  Each night the following error appears in the errlog file:

     inews: Cannot open y (R): No such file or directory

  Does anyone know what is causing this?                

Robert Hubley
Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co.

hubley@mipps.myapc.com
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Subject: Re: '.Z' files
Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 17:48:37 GMT

In article <92239.170816U60145@uicvm.uic.edu> <U60145@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
>     Hi.  I've been trying to get several files ending in the phrase .Z
>(like blah.blah.txt.Z).  When I get them over to my system, they seem coded
>or archived.  What am I doing wrong?   Also, does anyone know where I can get
>a _compiled_ version of uudecode?  I got uudecode.c, but I tried both Borland

Take a look at the Frequenly Asked Questions
112730 Jun 13 12:23 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/ts/tsfaq29.zip

"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.  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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