HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: kwh@cs.arizona.edu (Kirby Hughes)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: .pnewsexpert
Date: 9 Apr 92 05:04:48 GMT
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson

Today there was a question about the file ".pnewsexpert" in
comp.unix.questions.  I guessed that the file was just there to tell rn
that you had posted a note sometime in the past.  Well, to prove my theory,
I deleted the file and tried to post.  As I expected, I got the message
you get when you first post something to news.  ("Read the netetiquette 
FAQ", and so on...)  The .pnewsexpert file reappeared.  So, everything should
have been back to normal, right?  Well, it isn't.  Rn used to stop after the
header info before displaying a post.  Now it doesn't anymore.  I don't know
if these things are related; all I want is for rn to work the same again.
To repeat the problem:  When I used to read news, the header for a post was
displayed, and then it waited for me to hit the spacebar before displaying
the whole post.  Now it just fills the entire screen at each post.
Anyone have an idea as to what happened?

Thanks,
Kirby Hughes
From: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: What's the deal with 'junk' ?
Date: 9 Apr 92 22:32:36 GMT
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

In article <brien.702806493@bullyrag> brien@bullyrag.ugcs.caltech.edu (Brien Brian Oberstein) writes:

   How do posts get sent to junk?

If an article arrives at your site, and the Newsgroups: line does not
contain any newsgroups at all that your site considers valid, the
article will get put in the junk newsgroups.

   is there anyway  for me to set my
   newsreader (nn) to sort out the articles into their real newsgroups?

No.  If articles to valid newsgroups are getting put into junk on your
system, then you need to get your news administrators to create those
newsgroups on your news server.

-- 
Jonathan Kamens						jik@MIT.Edu
MIT Information Systems/Athena		    Moderator, news.answers
    (Send correspondence related to the news.answers newsgroup
	{and ONLY correspondence related to the newsgroup}
		 to news-answers-request@MIT.Edu.)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: fromm@tecrus.enet.dec.com (Richard Fromm)
Subject: How can you get on the net ?
Reply-To: fromm@tecrus.enet.dec.com (Richard Fromm)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 18:13:56 GMT

If you don't work at a company or go to a school that has net access, how
can you get on the net?  I have a friend who would like to be able to send
e-mail to people with Internet addresses.  Can an independent person get
an Internet account somewhere?  Can this be done through services like
CompuServe and Prodigy?  Is there any cheaper way?  He primarily wants the
account for e-mail.

Is this the right newsgroup to be asking this question?  If not, could
somebody point me in the direction of a more appropriate newsgroup?

Please respond via mail.

- Rich Fromm
From: sridhar@enuxhb.eas.asu.edu (Sridhar Venkataraman)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: File access on the net
Date: 12 Apr 92 17:22:01 GMT
Reply-To: sridhar@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Sridhar Venkataraman)
Followup-To: news.newusers.questions
Organization: Arizona State University, Tempe AZ

hjv@phil.ruu.nl (Hendrik Jan Veenstra) writes on news.newusers.questions:

)jesa@gun.do.open.de (John Budden) writes:
)
)>I am a very new user and am fascinated by my ignorance on what appear to be
)>basic techniques. I see from various news groups that there is a vast
)>collection of files and programs available on the net, and people keep making
)>reference to "FTP-ing" files. Can any one explain FTP to me - and how can I
)>get files from archives. I am running on an Atari(don't laugh too much!) and
)
)I haven't got the time to write a book on FTP-ing, but maybe a few lines will
)do for the moment (maybe someone else likes to write the rest of the book :).

I appreciate your explanation but explanation about Anonymous FTP
would be incomplete (nowadays) without explaining about Archie and
John Granrose's erstwhile ftp listing (now mantained by Tom Czarnik)
among many other lists. 

BTW, is the keyword 'annonymous' deliberately intended?

Sridhar.
[This FAQ should be on pit-manager.mit.edu under /pub/usenet/<respective
group>]

---Relevant parts of the posting to save bandwidth---

From: aftp-list@netcom.com (Tom Czarnik, Coordinator)
Subject: Anonymous FTP List - FAQ
Summary: monthly anonymous ftp list faq posting
Keywords: annonymous ftp list public archive sites files

                           Anonymous FTP List
                    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


This FAQ is posted to the following groups monthly: comp.archives.admin,
comp.misc, comp.sources.wanted, alt.sources.wanted, & news.answers.

[...]

12) What is and how do I use the FTP program?

   A) 
                                  By:
      
                  John Granrose (odin@pilot.njin.net)
		  Mike Jones (mjones@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu)
                    Tom Czarnik (profile@netcom.com)


      This is not a definitive guide to FTP, but will give a novice a
      general idea of what it is and how to do it.

[...]
From: rodeen@buddha.ncc.umn.edu (Rick Odeen)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Size of the Internet?
Date: 14 Apr 92 03:54:54 GMT
Article-I.D.: news2.1992Apr14.035454.5852
Organization: Nutrition Coordinating Center, University of Minnesota

Does anyone have any current statistics on the size of the Internet?
I am looking for info on approximate number of users, number of universities,
government agencies, etc with access.  Please list references.

Thanks!

-Rick Odeen

-- 
"MINIX costs $169, but the license allows  | Rick Odeen 
making two backup copies, so the effective | rodeen@buddha.ncc.umn.edu 
price can be under $60."                   | rutgers!umn-cs!buddha!rodeen
         - ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)   |
From: Jay.Ashworth@f160.n3603.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Jay Ashworth)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Where do I ask to find about Public access nodes?
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 92 23:32:00 EDT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:3603/160 - Hacker's Haven, Clearwater FL

In a msg of <Monday March 30 1992>, Liam Greenwood wrote to All:

 LG>     I have a friend in Switzerland who I want to keep in touch with by
 LG>     E-mail, now I have access to Usenet. Where would I ask in order to
 LG> find    out about the availibility of public access nodes in
 LG> Switzerland? Also,    where is the appropriate place to post if you
 LG> need/want to locate    someone on the net e.g does anyone know if Joe
 LG> Bloggs, last seen at ABC    university, Anytown, Anycountry is on the
 LG> net? Is there a FAQ or    similar somewhere which would help with this
 LG> type of thing?

Two different questions, with two different answers...

1) Where to find public access sites.  The best places I've been in seem to be alt.bbs.internet, and alt.bbs.allsysop.  Many of the administrator of such machines frequent those 2 groups.

2) soc.net-people is supposed to be the canonical group for such inquiries.
Practically, as most people will inform you, it's usually easier to track the person down off-net, and ask.

Cheers,
-- jra

--  
Internet: Jay.Ashworth@f160.n3603.z1.FIDONET.ORG
UUCP: ...!uunet!myrddin!tct!psycho!160!Jay.Ashworth
Note:psycho is a free gateway between Usenet & Fidonet. For info write to
     root@psycho.fidonet.org.
From: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: alt.pictures help!!
Date: 7 Apr 92 15:59:05 GMT
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

In article <1992Apr7.030318.27518@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> bn924@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ryan C. Dirr) writes:

   I am having GREAT difficulty trying to ftp and peice back to gaether
   pictures fro the CFN.

Let's see, that's three typos and one spelling error in just the first
sentence of your posting.  Besides that, there are numerous errors in
the rest of your posting.

I've been guilty of typing errors on the USENET too, and I'm sure I
will be so guilty once again in the future, but four errors in the
first sentence of your posting is a bit excessive.  Normally, I
wouldn't post a message commenting on this, but since this is
news.newusers.questions, and since I'm going to try to answer your
question as well, it seems useful.

Moral of the day for news.newusers.questions: PLEASE try to proofread
your messages before posting them!

   I JUst don't seem to get it. Can anyone
   who uses the CFN and downloads, saves and the rest of that jazz help
   me get some pictures? 

The only people who can tell you how to use pictures on the FreeNet
are the people on the FreeNet.  Therefore, it was completely
unnecessary for you to post your question to the ENTIRE WORLD in
news.newusers.questions.  It's just a waste.

Besides that, you haven't mentioned what kind of machine you're trying
to display the pictures on, and you haven't mentioned what errors
you've been getting.

I suggest you read these USENET postings:

Subject: Welcome to news.newusers.questions! (weekly posting)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions,news.answers

Subject: alt.binaries.pictures FAQ - General info
Subject: alt.binaries.pictures FAQ - OS specific info
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures,alt.binaries.pictures.d,alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.d,news.answers

Available in the indicated USENET newsgroup(s), or via anonymous ftp from
pit-manager.mit.edu (18.172.1.27) in the files:

/pub/usenet/news.answers/news-newusers-intro
/pub/usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/part1
/pub/usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/part2

Also available from mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu by sending a mail message
containing any or all of:

send usenet/news.answers/news-newusers-intro
send usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/part1
send usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/part2

Send a message containing "help" to get general information about the
mail server.

-- 
Jonathan Kamens						jik@MIT.Edu
MIT Information Systems/Athena		    Moderator, news.answers
    (Send correspondence related to the news.answers newsgroup
	{and ONLY correspondence related to the newsgroup}
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Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: rc@depsych.Gwinnett.COM (Richard Carlson)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Ungated BITNET lists
Date: 6 Apr 92 13:33:27 GMT

I've been reading the DERRIDA list for about a month now.  The
trouble is I don't know how to post onto it.  The header says,
"Reply to DERRIDA@CFRVM.BITNET," but when I try that it doesn't
work.  The DERRIDA list in not gated into Usenet as a Newsgroup
(like for example bit.listserv.rhetoric, which I also read) and my
Waffle software does not correctly address replies or new posts.
(For some reason it had no trouble correctly addressing articles
to the BELIEF-L list which was another ungated list.)

Waffle treats ungated lists as ordinary E-mail.  Perhaps all the
news readers do that for all I know.  I'd like to get in on the
action on the DERRIDA list.  Any idea how I can post to it?  (Btw,
I read news.newusers.announce and DERRIDA wasn't on the list of
lists -- I of III -- for BITNET lists.  Does that have anything to
do with my difficulty?)  Also, I tried asking this question in the
alt.bbs.waffle Newsgroup but didn't get any response.  Maybe most
Waffle users don't read lists.  I don't know.  Somehow I figured
that as I read posts in various Newsgroups discussing various
things it'd just become obvious how to post in DERRIDA, but that
didn't happen.

--
Richard Carlson        |    rc@depsych.gwinnett.COM
Midtown Medical Center |    {rutgers,ogicse,gatech}!emory!gwinnett!depsych!rc
Atlanta, Georgia       |
(404) 881-6877         |
Xref: sparky news.newusers.questions:2235 comp.sys.mac.misc:8813
From: keshlear@renfield.uucp (Bill Keshlear)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Rice listserver & ftpmail
Date: 7 Apr 92 01:01:36 GMT
Followup-To: ole!renfield!keshlear@cs.washington.edu
Organization: Seattle Silicon Corporation, Bellevue, WA

I haven't (ever) been able to get the list server at Rice to 
work.  Everything I send to them goes into a black hole -
no response at all.  Is this a restricted service?
Do I have to be on bitnet, or can I use it as an ordinary
UUCP site?

I have tried emailing to: LISTSERV@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU the
messages:

$MACARCH INDEX ALL

and

$MAC INDEX ALL

and lower case variations on the above addresses & messages
(does case matter?).  Anybody notice any glaring errors with
the above?

I have had problems in the past (with other mail servers)
with return addresses; is there a "path" or "reply" command 
I can give?  I think I have tried the obvious ones.

I have sent messages to postmaster@ricevm1.rice.edu about this,
but same results (nothing, and no "bounced" messages back).
If someone knows the proper contact email address or even
telephone #, I'd appreciate it!

PS:

I have used ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com with mixed success,
but am looking for alternate routes to Mac archives.
I get what I request maybe 50% of the time with ftpmail,
figuring lost return mail, and refused connections.
(I'm not griping, though!  Please don't cut me off! :) )

Are there other ftp by mail services, or perhaps UUCP logins
that allow connections to the internet?  The files I am most
interested in getting to are on sumex-aim, and ftp.apple.com.

As should be obvious, we have no direct internet connection,
but we do have a high speed modem, and don't mind paying
long distance phone bills.


-- 
- Bill Keshlear		keshlear@renfield.UUCP
		or	ole!renfield!keshlear
		or	...!uw-beaver!sumax!ole!renfield!keshlear
		or	ole!renfield!keshlear@cs.washington.edu
From: bn328@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Brian P. Blume)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Printing persons files.
Date: 8 Apr 92 03:46:38 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.1992Apr8.034638.19101
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)


	     Is there an easy way to print out people's files
	(what others type in) I'm using Unicom and printing the screen
	just doesn't seem to work properly.  Please respond E-mail.
-- 
			$ Brian P. Blume $
		    bn328@Cleveland.Freenet.Edu
			  Class of 1992
From: tdockins@vsbbs.UUCP (Timothy Dockins)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: How do I get this?
Date: 13 Apr 92 03:20:27 PST
Organization: BBS

I'm looking for UUCP, FTP and TCP/IP for the IBM-PC platform, and would
appreciate information leading to the aquisition of this type of access for my
developing BBS.
 
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: daveb@SSD.intel.com (David Billstrom)
Subject: Connection Sites
Originator: daveb@rainier
Organization: Supercomputer Systems Division, Intel Corp.
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 17:41:25 GMT


A friend would like to connect to the net from her office
in Connecticut.  She works for a for-profit corporation.
Any suggestions on who she could buy a connection from?

I seem to remember seeing a list of such vendors on the net,
but after searching all of the various news. groups I could
remember, I couldn't find it.

Happy to receive an answer on this by mail, but I imagine
others could benefit from the news as well...

-- 
David Billstrom                         (503) 629-7720 office
Manager, Marketing Programs             (503) 629-4902 fax
Intel Supercomputer Systems Division    daveb@ssd.intel.com
Beaverton, Oregon  USA
From: jba@ruc.dk (Jan Bruun Andersen)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: ftp in the background
Date: 15 Apr 92 17:56:31 GMT
Organization: Roskilde Universitetscenter, Danmark

marosen@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Mark Rosen) writes:

>Is it possible to ftp to a site, and then get a large file, but do the
>getting in the background, so I don't have to wait until it's done
>before getting back to other stuff?

Sure! On my Mac I just start XferIt and fetches the file. Clicking
on any other window makes that application active and I'm free to
continue work.

Now, if you don't use a Mac could you please tell us what you use, then
we might be able to help you. E.g., if you're running Csh on a Sun, you
just start the transfer, press CTRL-Z or whatever your suspend character
is (check with 'stty -a') to suspend the ftp-process, and then you put
it in the background with the 'bg' command.

>-- 
>Mark J. Rosen        marosen@gandalf.rutgers.edu
-- 
Jan B. Andersen <jba@dat.ruc.dk>                 ("SIMULA does it with class")
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: Conan.Ford@debug.cuc.ab.ca (Conan Ford)
Subject: FTP binary transfers
Reply-To: Conan.Ford@debug.cuc.ab.ca (Conan Ford)
Organization: The Magic BBS (Debug Computer Services)
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 92 01:56:45 GMT
Keywords: FTP,binary,transfers,help 
 
 

I've read about binary transfers over Internet when accessing a remote FTP
location.  Are these direct - I mean, like, do they send the file
directly over the network, or do they use a protocal like Zmodem or
Xmodem.  Or do I not know the principles of FTP :-).  (I get my access
this week.)
 
    =========================================================
   /          \ Internet: Conan.Ford@Debug.Cuc.Ab.Ca        /
  / Conan Ford \ Fidonet: Conan Ford at 1:134/9      |||   /
 /              \   FNET: Conan Ford at node 584    / | \ /
 =========================================================
# My other modem is a U.S. Robotics Dual Standard
Xref: sparky news.newusers.questions:2334 misc.legal:9380 misc.legal.computing:957
From: sean@sdg.dra.com
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions,misc.legal,misc.legal.computing
Subject: Re: Telnet to Lexis or Westlaw?
Date: 16 Apr 92 14:55:36 CDT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Data Research Associates, St. Louis MO

In article <1992Apr16.145610.3339@ef2007.efhd.ford.com>, moconnor@ef2007.efhd.ford.com (Mike O'Connor) writes:
> In article <384Q025b10s601@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> tjc50@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Terr\y Carroll) writes:
> :Is there any way to TELNET to Mead Data Central's LEXIS/NEXIS service
> :or to West Publishing's WestLaw service?
> 
> LEXIS can be connected to via telnet.  telnet to hermes.merit.edu and,
> at the Which Host? prompt, type "lexis".
> 
> I have no idea if this incurs any additional charges or anything.  I
> do know that it works.

Blech, just connect to LEXIS.MEADDATA.COM (192.73.216.20).

A word of warning, it looks like their TELNETD is a bit brain-damaged so
you might have to do a bit of fiddling.

Or even better call Mead Data's customer service number and ask them.

Last time I talked with them they didn't have any of those silly $3/hr
Internet surcharges (normal rates for the databases still apply), but
you should check to be sure.

-- 
Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
Domain: sean@sdg.dra.com, Voice: (Work) +1 314-432-1100
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: merce@iguana.uucp (Jim Mercer)
Subject: Re: FTP by mail (answer)
Organization: Ed (the iguana) Memorial Society
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 00:09:56 GMT

[ sorry references lost ]
>>>So, my question is, how can I request files available via FTP via email?
>>>
>>Matt, why bother with 'FTP-by-mail'.
>>Your machine (UNIX1.TCD.IE) is **directly** connected to the Internet,
> 
> What about the poor souls like me who AREN'T directly connected?  I was
> looking forward to the answer for that question!

well, people who are not directly connected to the internet should probably
live within their means.

remember, when you request a file by email, you are using the facilities of
those systems between you and the internet.

they may not appreciate the volume, and your requests could cause harm to
their systems.  i speak from experience.

ftp-by-mail is evil.

Jim "The Butcher of BITFTP" Mercer

-- 
[ Jim Mercer   work: jim@lsuc.on.ca  home: merce@iguana.uucp  +1 519 893-6085 ]
[            "We are doing everything we can. which means nothing"            ]
[    Paul Vixie, with regards to the NIC munging DNS for gatekeeper.dec.com   ]
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: jaapjl@tab00.larc.nasa.gov (J Lee Jaap)
Subject: Re: need info on starting a new newsgroup
Organization: AS&M Inc
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 19:54:25 GMT

In article <1992Apr15.143607.7813@cbnewsk.cb.att.com> lorelei@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (laura.l.mirisola) writes:

   Where can I get info on how to start a new newsgroup?  I know that first
   I have to come up with a RFD, then have a CFV, but where are all the 
   "official rules" on how exactly to do this?  I know I have seen this
   info before.  Is it posted as a FAQ in any of the newsgroups?  If so,
   which one?  I don't see anything in this newsgroup or in news.announce.
   newgroups.

   Thanks!

   -Laura Mirisola
   lmirisola@attmail.com

Have you read `Welcome to news.newusers.questions!' in this newsgroup?
It gives a lot of newuser info.

If you can't find it in news.admin, news.announce.newgroups, news.groups,
or news.announce.newusers, you can get it via anonymous ftp from
pit-manager.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.admin/How_to_Create_a_New_Newsgroup

If you don't have ftp, email the message

send usenet/news.admin/How_to_Create_a_New_Newsgroup

to mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu.  For help on the mail-server, send
"help" in the message.

I found this file by
ftp pit-manager.mit.edu
Name (...): anonymous
Password: myname@mynode.domain
cd /pub/usenet
ls news.*/*[Cc]reate*

--
J Lee Jaap <jaapjl@tab00.larc.nasa.gov> {+1 804/864, or FTS 928}-2148
employed by, not speaking for, AS&M Inc, at NASA LaRC, Hampton VA 23665-5225
From: zacherl@tuvie.UUCP (WANG Oesterreich GmbH)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: What is Distribution??
Date: 13 Apr 92 11:17:07 GMT
Distribution: news
Organization: CAN@TU Vienna, Vienna, AUSTRIA

Hi!

While posting an article I'm asked about a 'distribution'.
The sugested default is the first word of the newsgroup's name.
What's the purpose of that? I think  I don't know the 'system' of 
groupnames at all ..
So anyone can inform me??

Thanks a lot!

michael
From: marosen@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Mark Rosen)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: ftp in the background
Date: 14 Apr 92 04:21:55 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

Is it possible to ftp to a site, and then get a large file, but do the
getting in the background, so I don't have to wait until it's done
before getting back to other stuff?

-- 
Mark J. Rosen        marosen@gandalf.rutgers.edu
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: nancym@microsoft.com (Nancy McGough)
Subject: Re: Using rn
Date: 05 Apr 92 19:12:24 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corporation

In article <1992Mar20.202324.3295@athena.mit.edu> alsaggaf@ERL.MIT.EDU (M. Saggaf) wrote:
>
>After reading it, I would like to
>mark all articles before it ad read so that when I type '=' again, I
>get a list of all the articles after the one I read. How can I do
>that? Thanks.

To do this type:  

?.?j

The ? serves as a delimiter and says to search backwards.
The . matches any subject.
The j says junk these articles.

I've set up a macro in my .rnmac file that does this.  It's
called @jb for "junk before" and is defined as follows:

@jb ?.?j\n

The \n means newline so you don't have to press ENTER.

Enjoy,
Nancy
From: bn328@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Brian P. Blume)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Uploading Files...
Date: 8 Apr 92 03:41:40 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.1992Apr8.034140.18776
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)


	Every time I upload an ASCII file it comes out double-spaced
     is there a way to avoid this, it is getting annoying.  Please
     respond E-mail.  Thank you.
-- 
			$ Brian P. Blume $
		    bn328@Cleveland.Freenet.Edu
			  Class of 1992
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: brien@bullyrag.ugcs.caltech.edu (Brien Brian Oberstein)
Subject: What's the deal with 'junk' ?
Keywords: junk
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 08:01:33 GMT

How do posts get sent to junk?  is there anyway  for me to set my
newsreader (nn) to sort out the articles into their real newsgroups?

brien