HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: malexand@phakt.usc.edu (Michael Alexander)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.dcom.lans.misc
Subject: CFV:  comp.dcom.isdn
Followup-To: poster
Date: 15 Apr 1992 12:22:05 -0400
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: news.UU.NET

CALL FOR VOTES FOR THE NEW NEWSGROUP COMP.DCOM.ISDN
-----------------------------------------------------------
 
CHARTER:

Comp.dcom.isdn shall be a forum for the discussion of all ISDN - related
matters. This includes everything from basic questions - and answers to
applications, products, switching technology, interfaces, protocols,
transmission media, standards and trends. The group is intended to help
make the topic more understood. Comp.dcom.isdn should become a truly
international group with contributions from everywhere ISDN is in any
state-from proposed to production. The group should help accelerate ISDN
superseding what comes to be known as POTS (plain old phone service).

VOTING:

All votes must be replies to this note, or sent separately to
malexand@chaph.usc.edu. The votes must be explicit and can be sent through
Tuesday, May 5, 1992. 

COMMENTS:

The group will be supported by an own ftp-server holding ISDN-related
documents and archives of the discussions. A monthly FAQ list and a separate
calendar for ISDN-related events will maintained. A second CFV and a list of
received votes will be posted on April 27, 1992.
-- 
*  Michael F. Alexander               University of Southern California  *
*  MVS:       malexan@mvsa.usc.edu    Ma-Bel-Network:    (213) 955-0171  *
*  VM-Bitnet: malexand@uscvm.bitnet     "It's a window system named X,   *
*  UNIX:      malexand@chaph.usc.edu     not a system named X Window"    *
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,rec.games.mud
From: alansz@cogsci.berkeley.edu (Alan Schwartz)
Subject: RFD:  rec.games.mud.social
Followup-To: news.groups
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 18:12:24 GMT

This is an official Request For Discussion of the creation of a new
newsgroup. Follow-ups are directed to news.groups, as per USENET
procedure. Discussion will last until at least May 6, 1992, at which time
a Call For Votes will be posted.

NOTE: This proposal creates a single group, as per USENET policy.
It has no effect on currently existing groups, and is independent
of other proposed new groups.

Name:	rec.games.mud.social
Status:	unmoderated
Charter:
	Provide a forum for discussion related to "social"
 	multi-user dimensions, eg. TinyMUD, MUSH, MUSE, MOO,
	etc. Topics appropriate to the group include, but are
	not limited to, 
		- Questions about social muds
		- Information about existing social muds
		- Discussions of ideas related to social virtual reality

Rationale:
	As has been discussed in rec.games.mud, there is significant
	traffic related to social muds, which would justify a new
	newsgroup dedicated to these muds. Moreover, the issues
	raised by social mud players are often significantly different
	than those raised by adventure-type mud players.
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,alt.wais,comp.databases,bionet.general
From: root@dogear.spk.wa.us (Bob Kirkpatrick)
Subject: RFD:  misc.jobs.offered reorganization
Followup-To: news.groups
Organization: Dog Ear'd Systems of Spokane, WA.
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 18:16:15 GMT

This RFD supercedes the previous issue, which did not address all of the
proposed changes.

REMOVE: misc.jobs.offered

CREATE: misc.jobs.entry    = positions offered to entrylevel applicants
        misc.jobs.expert   = positions offered to the experienced
        misc.jobs.recruit  = positions offered by recruitment agents

NOT AFFECTED: misc.jobs.contract, misc.jobs.wanted, misc.jobs.misc

Due to the increased volume of postings, and the selective nature of
the jobs-offered postings, an expansion of the categories is needed.
Many have expressed difficulty in locating posts which target their
skill levels, and discussions have expressed a desire to separate
agency (recruiter) postings from the employer-direct posts.

Comments and discussion are being solicited for the standard period.

Please confine discussions and comments to news.groups.
-- 
Bob Kirkpatrick                      "All are welcome. Come into the light."
Dog Ear'd Systems of Spokane, WA                              --poltergeist
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,rec.games.misc,comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.mac.games,rec.games.video,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.windows.ms,comp.os.os2.misc
From: ross@spam.maths.adelaide.edu.au (Ross Williams)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.compression
Subject: RFD:  comp.compression.theory
Followup-To: news.groups
Date: 15 Apr 1992 12:22:03 -0400
Organization: Statistics, Pure & Applied Mathematics, University of Adelaide
NNTP-Posting-Host: news.UU.NET

CALL FOR DISCUSSION: COMP.COMPRESSION.THEORY
============================================
It is proposed that a new newsgroup be created:

   Name    : comp.compression.theory
   Charter : Discussions about data compression algorithms.
   Status  : Unmoderated.

Many researchers have stopped reading comp.compression because of the
volume of non-research traffic (e.g. postings with subject fields such
as "Where can I get Unix compress for MSDOS?"). There is now a strong
need for a newsgroup that can provide a forum for more theoretical
discusions about data compression and data compression algorithms.
Such a newsgroup would assist those who are actually involved in
understanding and developing new algorithms as opposed to merely using
them.

The suffix ".theory" is designed to scare off those who want to
discuss specific computer programs. The term "algorithms" in the
charter is designed to lure back those who got so scared that they
decided it must be a newsgroup for information theorists. It is
intended that the scope of the newsgroup range from information theory
to practical algorithm construction, but no further.

In accordance with the guidelines for newgroup creation, discussion
about the creation of this newsgroup will take place in "news.groups".

I am sending this message to a few key newsgroups and also to all
those who voted in the comp.compression vote about one year ago. I
urge you to support this proposal which has the potential to
significantly assist data compression researchers around the world.
-- 
Ross Williams
ross@spam.adelaide.edu.au
(Creator of comp.compression)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,alt.security
From: dave@elxr.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Dave Hayes)
Subject: CFV:  comp.security.misc
Followup-To: poster
Reply-To: sec-vote@elxr.Jpl.Nasa.Gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 18:12:37 GMT

[*] Newsgroup

Name: comp.security.misc

Status: unmoderated

Charter: The purpose of this group is to be a forum for
rational discussion on security issues as they apply to
computers and networks. This is a wide subject area and
as such no attempt will be made to specifically limit the
discussion topics as long as the general subject is computer
security.

However, topics that are definately NOT acceptable are:

	-Flames
	-Personal attacks
	-Security by obscurity arguments

[*] Voting Procedure

You may use one of two methods:

1) Reply by MAIL to this message. In your reply, pick one of the lines 
below that best represents your voting intent, and delete the other one. 

        I vote YES on comp.security.misc
        I vote NO on comp.security.misc

2) Send a mail message to:

	sec-vote@elxr.jpl.nasa.gov
		or
	...usc!elroy!elxr!sec-vote

with the desired vote and newsgroup in the same line...e.g. 
	yes on comp.security.misc
	no on comp.security.misc

In EITHER case you should get an acknowledgment back from the software
stating how you voted and acknowledging receipt of your vote. 

In NO case will posted votes be accepted. 

In ANY case unless a specific vote is found in the body of the message,
the message will be rejected and you will be told why.

[*] Voting period

This will be from 4/13/92 at 6:00 AM PDT to 5/13/92 at 6:00 PM PDT

[*] Adminstrivia

Update CFV's and mass acknowledgments of votes received to date
will be posted periodically. 

Questions, problems or comments with the voting software should be
addressed to me.
----
Dave Hayes - Network & Communications Engineering - JPL / NASA - Pasadena CA
dave@elxr.jpl.nasa.gov       dave@jato.jpl.nasa.gov         ...usc!elroy!dxh

                If you want to get rid of somebody, 
            just tell them something for their own good.
Xref: sparky news.announce.newgroups:601 news.groups:10145
From: klassen@sol.UVic.CA (Melvin Klassen)
Subject: CFV:  rec.sport.olympics
Followup-To: poster
Reply-To: junk@uvvm.uvic.ca
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. CANADA
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 17:21:34 GMT

This is the "call for votes" on the proposal to create a newsgroup
for the discussion of all aspects of the Olympic Games.

To cast a vote, either for the creation or against the creation,
send E-mail to the address "JUNK@UVVM.UVIC.CA".

The voting period begins immediately, and will end on April 27, 1992
at 23:59 Pacific Daylight Time.

Votes MUST be explicit; they should be of the form 
   "I vote for the group rec.sport.olympics as proposed" or 
   "I vote against the group rec.sport.olympics as proposed". 

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

PROPOSED NAME:   rec.sport.olympics

PROPOSED CHARTER: 

  To provide a forum for the discussion of all aspects of the Olympic Games,
  e.g., 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona, Spain,
        1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway,
        1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, Georgia, USA,
        1998 Winter Games in Japan,
  etc.
  Notice that 1992 is the first year of a "new" pattern,
  i.e., one games every two years.

PROPOSED STATUS: unmoderated

COMMENTS:

While some existing newsgroups address particular aspects of the Games,
(such as soc.culture.nordic for the winter sports, 
rec.travel for the travel to and accomodation at the venues,
soc.culture.greek for the history of the games,
rec.sport.tennis for the participation of professional athletes,
rec.music.misc for the ice-dancer's music, and soc.culture.soviet
for the political realignments and their effect on the athletes),
no existing newsgroup provides a focal point for all the facets.
-- 
                      Melvin Klassen, P.O. Box 1700, University of Victoria, 
                      Victoria, B.C., CANADA, V8W 2Y2  <klassen@SOL.UVic.CA>
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,sci.lang,rec.org.sca
From: muthu@mecad.uta.edu (S.N. Muthukrishnan)
Subject: CFV:  sci.engr.mech
Followup-To: poster
Organization: University of Texas at Arlington
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 18:12:44 GMT

CALL FOR VOTES TO CREATE NEWSGROUP sci.engr.mech
------------------------------------------------

NAME: 
          sci.engr.mech

STATUS:
          unmoderated


DESCRIPTION:

	Discussion of engineering problems related to Mechanical Engineering


CHARTER:

This group will be used for the discussion of problems related to work or 
research in mechanical engineering. The fields that this group would cover may  
be mechanics,dynamics, control, fluids, heat, manufacturing, computer aided 
design, and a bunch of other areas that may be discussed in the process of 
creating this group. 

Problems could be related to school (not homeworks !), research, work,
software related queries and whatever one can think of as a problem
that can be addressed to a Mechanical Engineer.

Posts of the following types are expected though this is not intended to be an 
exhaustive list.
o	Problems related to design of equipments
o	Modelling relatred problems
o	Math related to Mechanical Engineering
o	Software and programs related to Mechanical Engineering
o	Problems related to Standards (although I don't think we can establish 
	standards for practice)
o	Research findings



VOTES:
-----

ONLY VOTES RECEIVED BY MAY 12, 23:59 CST WILL BE COUNTED

The votes should be unambiguously stated in the subject line or the body
of the mail with statements such as

  `I vote YES for sci.engr.mech as proposed'  or
  `I vote NO for sci.engr.mech as proposed'.


To vote  YES: Send mail to yes_mech@mecad.uta.edu  

To vote   NO: Send mail to no_mech@mecad.uta.edu

o	Only votes mailed to the above addresses will be counted.

o	Ambiguous votes or votes with qualifications ("I would vote yes for  
	
	sci.engr.mech if only / provided that...") will not be counted.
o	In the case of multiple votes from a given person, only the last will 
	be counted.

o	If you want to cancel your vote, you can send mail to 
	muthu@mecad.uta.edu.  Actual votes mailed to that address will not be 
	counted.

OTHER
-----

As is customary for one who proposes and takes votes, I would also adhere
to the ethics of this process by not canvassing for votes. However I will
send this CFV and subsequent ones to all those who had contacted me or had
expressed their support during the discussion process.

A mass acknowledgment of the votes received will appear frequently in all the  
newsgroups to which this has been posted.
-- 
S. N. Muthukrishnan                   muthu@mecad.uta.edu (NeXT mail)
Department of Mechanical Engineering  muthu@me.uta.edu
University of Texas at Arlington      muthu@mech.uta.edu
Arlington, TX  76019
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,rec.games.mud,rec.games.mud.lp
From: Bob Snyder <rsnyder@fergie.dnet.ge.com>
Subject: RFD:  rec.games.mud.{tiny,diku,announce}
Followup-To: news.groups
Organization: GE Aerospace, Advanced Technology Labs, Moorestown, NJ
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 18:12:29 GMT

This is a proposal to reorganize rec.games.mud into several more
specific newsgroups.  The main group is used for discussion of all the
various types of mud (except LP, which has it's own group), and it
seems people are trying to talk over each other in the group. The more
specific newsgroups would help reduce the noise and encourage
discussion of mud-specific items in the appropriate groups.

Proposed:

rec.games.mud.tiny
rec.games.mud.diku
rec.games.mud.announce (moderated)

(This list is subject to change through discussion; this is only a
starting point)

rec.games.mud.lp already exists, and rec.games.mud will stay on as a
place to discuss concerns that are not directly related to any
individual gaming system.  rec.games.mud.announce would be for game
administrators to announce when their mud goes up or down, or other
mud related announcements.  The proposed moderator is Scott Goehring,
scg@mentor.cc.purdue.edu.

If after a reasonable amount of discussion, this RFD will be followed
by a CFV outlining the groups suggested by the discussion.

Followups are redirected to news.groups.

Bob
-- 
Bob Snyder          rsnyder@fergie.dnet.ge.com, or rsnyder@atl.dnet.ge.com
Computing Services  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ if it bounces, try ^^^^^^^^
GE Aerospace, Advanced Technology Labs  (609) 866-6672 FX: (609) 866-6397
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
From: pete@wvus.org (Pete Gregory - UNIX SA)
Subject: Re: Larry Blair's relaynews patch
Organization: World Vision U.S.
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 16:13:16 GMT
Summary: i DID read it!

In article <1992Apr13.073004.12588@hybrid.gts.org> news@hybrid.gts.org (News Administrator) writes:
>In article <1992Apr09.153737.3798@wvus.org> pete@wvus.org (Pete Gregory - UNIX SA) writes:
>|Hi - Cnews here...  I'm running news.repz (statistics gatherer that reads
>|/usr/lib/news/log) and want to see control article statistics.
>|news.repz.awk says in a comment line that this will only work with Larry
>|Blair's patch (to relaynews, I presume).  Can anyone help me out?
>|Thanks...
>
>	Read it again - this is what it says:
>
>	# If you don't run with the relaynews daemon patch change
>	# "SENT_FIELD = 8" just below to 'SENT_FIELD = 7'. Everything
>	# except the "control" and "failed" stuff should work the same.

I DID read it and made the change.  you didn't read my posting.  i need
control statistics, and the only way is to get the Larry Blair patches.
-- 

Pete Gregory       |  Internet: pete@wvus.org
UNIX SA            |  Bangpath: ames!elroy!wvus!pete
World Vision U.S.  |  Slowpath: 919 W. Huntington Dr., Monrovia, CA 91016
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
From: pete@wvus.org (Pete Gregory - UNIX SA)
Subject: Larry Blair's relaynews patch
Organization: World Vision U.S.
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 92 15:37:37 GMT
Summary: ...so that news.repz will work correctly.

Hi - Cnews here...  I'm running news.repz (statistics gatherer that reads
/usr/lib/news/log) and want to see control article statistics.
news.repz.awk says in a comment line that this will only work with Larry
Blair's patch (to relaynews, I presume).  Can anyone help me out?
Thanks...
-- 

Pete Gregory       |  Internet: pete@wvus.org
UNIX SA            |  Bangpath: ames!elroy!wvus!pete
World Vision U.S.  |  Slowpath: 919 W. Huntington Dr., Monrovia, CA 91016
From: wendy@cvedc.prime.com (Wendy Allen)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: problems with active file?
Date: 7 Apr 92 17:44:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: cvedc.1992Apr7.174450.1358
Reply-To: wendy@cvedc.prime.com ()
Organization: Computervision Beaverton Oregon

Hello,

	I am new at this so forgive me if I seem uninformed.
Ever since I took over news admin ( 2 weeks), it seems that
I am unable to subscribe to new newsgroups that are being
created.  I have checked everything I could think of, the
active file and the active.times file seem to have a record
of the newly created group.  Also the correct directory
structure is there.  I am recieving articles from
these newsgroups, but rn is not letting me subscribe to them.
If I leave my existing .newsrc alone,  and I try to subscribe
to the new group I get a warning that the newsgroup does
not exist.  If I delete my .newsrc I get messages that
almost every newsgroup in the world is Bogus and eventually
get some kind of internal error about the .newsrc file
being too long?

	What am I doing wrong?  And can I get some kind of 
help for my problems?


Thanks

Wendy Allen
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
From: news@hybrid.gts.org (News Administrator)
Subject: Re: Larry Blair's relaynews patch
Organization: The Home for Undeployed Basselopes, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 07:30:04 GMT

In article <1992Apr09.153737.3798@wvus.org> pete@wvus.org (Pete Gregory - UNIX SA) writes:
|Hi - Cnews here...  I'm running news.repz (statistics gatherer that reads
|/usr/lib/news/log) and want to see control article statistics.
|news.repz.awk says in a comment line that this will only work with Larry
|Blair's patch (to relaynews, I presume).  Can anyone help me out?
|Thanks...


	Read it again - this is what it says:


	# If you don't run with the relaynews daemon patch change
	# "SENT_FIELD = 8" just below to 'SENT_FIELD = 7'. Everything
	# except the "control" and "failed" stuff should work the same.


	I believe the patches were included in the
	first version of news.repz which was posted
	the last of February (an updated version
	was also posted in mid-March).


-- 
Bruce Becker
Usenet Administration	news@hybrid.gts.org
Xref: sparky news.config:143 news.newsites:337
From: dmostrom@auratek.UUCP (Douglas E. Mostrom)
Newsgroups: news.config,news.newsites
Subject: site update for auratek (u.usa.ma.1)
Keywords: update, auratek, u.usa.ma.1
Date: 9 Apr 92 00:41:20 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Aurora Technologies, Inc.; Cambridge, Mass.


#N	auratek
#S	Sun SPARCstation 1+; SunOS 4.1
#O	Aurora Technologies, Inc.
#C	Douglas Mostrom, Daniel Kozin
#E	postmaster@auratek.COM
#T	+1 617 290 4800
#P	176 Second Avenue; Waltham, MA 02154
#L	42 22 N / 71 14 W city
#R
#W	dmostrom@auratek.COM (Douglas E. Mostrom); Wed Apr  8 20:24:01 EDT 1992
#U
#
auratek	.auratek.com(LOCAL), uunet(DEMAND)

-- 
Doug Mostrom				Phone:	(617) 290-4800
Aurora Technologies, Inc.		FAX:	(617) 290-4844
176 Second Avenue			Email:	dmostrom@auratek.com
Waltham, MA  02154			or	uunet!auratek.com!dmostrom
Xref: sparky news.config:149 news.newsites:347
From: dburr@nixhub.UUCP (Donald Burr)
Newsgroups: news.config,news.newsites
Subject: nixhub (nixbbs) map entry
Date: 10 Apr 92 03:55:45 GMT
Reply-To: dburr@nixhub.UUCP (Donald Burr)
Organization: NixBBS Public Access UNIX, Carpinteria, CA


Well, we're back.  New hardware, new modem(yay!), significantly changed
UUCP feeds, and we changed our name!  We're still not "officially" a
UNIX BBS (which is why you shouldn't be so surprised if you don't see
nixbbs listed in nixpub listings), but I am involved in BBSing (developing
some BBS software, and running a BBS on another system); I hope to be up
as a BBS soon though.

#N	nixhub
#S	AT&T 7300 UNIX-PC; System V.2
#O	NixBBS Public Access UNIX, Carpinteria, CA
#C	Donald Burr
#E	nixhub!postmaster
#T	+1 805-684-3702
#P	4495 El Carro Lane, Carpinteria, CA 93013
#L	34 24 0 N / 119 31 0 W
#R	Public access UNIX with UUCP mail and Usenet service
#W	sbanet, nixmac
#U	nixhub!postmaster (Donald Burr); Thu Apr 9 19:49:44 PDT 1992
#
# FAST line to sbanet is a Zoom V.32 Turbo (V.32 @ 12,000 BPS; V.42, V.42bis)
# FAST line to nixmac is a direct serial connection (9600 BPS)

nixhub	sbanet(EVENING+FAST), nixmac(DAILY+FAST)
 
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
: Donald Burr, System Administrator : dburr@gnu.ai.it.edu <==New!   INTERNET: :
: NixBBS Public Access UNIX         : dburr@world.std.com <==Backup ========= :
: Carpinteria, CA  USA              : dburr%nixhub.UUCP@uunet.uu.net (Try me) :
: UUCP: ...!uunet!nixhub!dburr      : America Online: DonaldBurr              :
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
Newsgroups: news.config
From: david@archetype-nw (David MacMahon)
Subject: test, please ignore
Organization: Archetype, Inc., The Leader in Publishing Automation
Keywords: test ignore
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 20:09:11 GMT

This is a test.
Newsgroups: news.config
From: irick@gdwest.gd.com (Mike Irick)
Subject: Who is getting this message
Organization: General Dynamics Corp.
Distribution: sd
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 16:56:20 GMT


We are trying to set up news for the first time and are not
sure if Pnews is working. If anyone can read this please email
root@gdwest.gd.com 


   Thanks in advance :-)
From: cnh5730@maraba.tamu.edu (Charles Herrick)
Newsgroups: news.config
Subject: -=?=- designating newsgroup availability by time of day -=?=-
Date: 9 Apr 92 15:44:07 GMT

Does anyone have an experience with or ideas about making selected  
newsgroups available only during certain periods of the day?

Can this be done?

For example, can you set up any news software to "present" rec.* between  
5:00 pm and 8:00 a.m. while presenting comp.* 24 hours a day?

If this can be done, what would be the downside?

	Many thanks,
	Chuck Herrick <cnh5730@maraba.tamu.edu>
From: akugel@GENIUS.TAU.AC.IL (Alexander Kugel)
Newsgroups: news.config
Subject: KILL
Date: 8 Apr 92 10:47:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: aristo.1992Apr8.104723.14887
Organization: Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University


	Hi !
   I'm sure it's a FAQ, but could anyone tell me how can i 
force my KILL file to junk every article of a person with a 
known name and/or login_name@node ?
   Thanks in advance.
   Alex.