HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jerbo@mwblind (Jeremy Bettis)
Subject: Test news from mwblind
Organization: Midwest Venetian Blind
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 23:30:25 GMT
Keywords: test

This is just a test to see if mwblind is sending out news posted locally like
it ought to...  Ignore.
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From: hartman@ulogic.UUCP (Richard M. Hartman)
Newsgroups: news.config
Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: time travel newsgroup
Date: 11 Dec 92 19:42:57 GMT
Followup-To: news.config,sci.misc,sci.news,soc.history,alt.folklore.science
Organization: negligable

:Path: momad!philabs!linus!enterpoop.mit.edu!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!hsdndev!husc-news.harvard.edu!husc10.harvard.edu!garcia
:From: garcia@husc10.harvard.edu (Javier Garcia-Torres)
:Subject: PROPOSAL: time travel newsgroup
:Message-ID: <1992Dec5.204232.18185@husc3.harvard.edu>
:Date: 6 Dec 92 01:42:31 GMT
:       I have this idea for a newsgroup.  I don't really know how to
:create a newsgroup, but I've heard that alt.* newsgroups don't require
:getting votes.  At any rate, it is more important, IMHO, to discuss the
:concept of the newsgroup before I get to the technical aspects of "read
:news".
:
:       I propose the creation of a newsgroup based on the premise that
:someday time travel is going to be possible, and therefore it is useful to
:discuss what would or wouldn't be appropriate in time travel.  For
:instance, would it be all right to assasinate Hitler, and, if so, at which
:point in history?  I would rather not use the newsgroup for discussion of
:the scientific aspects of time travel or validity of the entire concept,
:although the metaphysical implications of time travel would be okay.

I've heard this suggestion before.  If I recall correctly
it was voted down in Aug '94.  Sorry.

		-Richard Hartman
		hartman@ulogic.COM

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Never speak in absolutes.  It will always lead to trouble.

Xref: sparky news.config:512 sci.misc:1888 soc.history:10135 alt.folklore.science:4329
Newsgroups: news.config,sci.misc,soc.history,alt.folklore.science
Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: time travel newsgroup
From: jsterwillige@acs.harding.edu
Date: 13 Dec 92 21:47:59 -0500
Reply-To: jsterwillige@acs.harding.edu
Distribution: world
Organization: Harding University

In article <gate.DcXJVB1w165w@momad.li.ny.us>, taz@momad.li.ny.us (Jon Nowak) writes:
>>Path: momad!philabs!linus!enterpoop.mit.edu!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!hsdndev!husc-news.harvard.edu!husc10.harvard.edu!garcia
>>From: garcia@husc10.harvard.edu (Javier Garcia-Torres)
>>Subject: PROPOSAL: time travel newsgroup
>>Message-ID: <1992Dec5.204232.18185@husc3.harvard.edu>
>>Date: 6 Dec 92 01:42:31 GMT
>
>
>>       I have this idea for a newsgroup.  I don't really know how to
>>create a newsgroup, but I've heard that alt.* newsgroups don't require
>>getting votes.  At any rate, it is more important, IMHO, to discuss the
>>concept of the newsgroup before I get to the technical aspects of "read
>>news".
>>
>>       I propose the creation of a newsgroup based on the premise that
>>someday time travel is going to be possible, and therefore it is useful to
>>discuss what would or wouldn't be appropriate in time travel.  For
>>instance, would it be all right to assasinate Hitler, and, if so, at which
>>point in history?  I would rather not use the newsgroup for discussion of
>>the scientific aspects of time travel or validity of the entire concept,
>>although the metaphysical implications of time travel would be okay.
>
>
>		Well, rather than a new-group, I suggest a mailing list.
>	And it has already been done.   IF you would like to join this
>	mailing list, on the topic of Time Travel as mentioned above,
>	send E-MAIL to SERVER@MOMAD.LI.NY.US    The first line of the
>	message should read:
>
>		JOIN Time-Travel
>
>	You will receive the welcome file, which contains the charter and
>	posting instructions.   Spread the word, and join the fun.
>
>-- 
>--------------------------------|-----------------------------------
>Taz@Momad.LI.NY.US               BBS: 516-295-9435 - Voice: 295-1627      
>--------------------------------|----------------------------------
>     Believe It If You Need It, If You Don't, Just Pass It On
>--------------------------------|----------------------------------
From: "Homer Russell" <p00251@psilink.com>
Subject: Uncompress & tar utilities available for DOS?
Organization: Performance Systems Int'l
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 00:21:40 GMT
X-Mailer: PSILink-DOS (3.3)

Using anonymous FTP, I retrieved a compressed source tarfile prgm1.tar.Z,
and was instructed that prior to use, I must use the "uncompress" and "tar"
unix commands to restore the file (prior to c-compiling).  I use DOS on an
IBM compatible 486.  Are there equivalent "uncompress" and "tar" utilities
for DOS that I can download from some archive, or available elsewhere, or
any suggestions as to where to look since I don't have access to a Unix
system setup?

Thanks,
Homer

Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: mayers@gnu.syr.EDU (Michael  Ayers)
Subject: Re: How do I uuencode a .GIF file ?
In-reply-to: mikey@calmasd.Prime.COM's message of 11 Dec 92 00:06:15 GMT
Organization: Syracuse University
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 14:57:52 EST

In article <5347@calmasd.Prime.COM> mikey@calmasd.Prime.COM (Mike Martinez) writes:

   How do I uuencode a .GIF file...

   I tried uuendode infile outfile

   but I never get an out file ??

   thanks in advance for any help!!!!


	No, the above command should have filled your screen with ascii
 compatible goo.  What you want is:

%UUENCODE SOURCE_FILE DECODED_FILE_NAME | MAIL_OR_TEMP

	where SOURCE_FILE is the file containing the binary data that you
 wish to uuencode, DECODED_FILE_NAME is the name you want the file to have
 after it is uudecoded (usually the same as SOURCE_FILE), and MAIL_OR_TEMP
 is the mail command, a temproary storage file, or a .uue file.

	This, of course, assumes you're using Unix.



--

             Mike                       mayers@mailbox.syr.edu

    C: Unintelligible code means job security.
  
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: rossi@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Oliver Rosenkranz)
Subject: Re: Reasons for Anonymous posts
Content-Type: text/plain
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany
Mime-Version: 1.0
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 05:38:02 GMT

lecl3846@mach1.wlu.ca (Jean-marc Leclerc u) writes:


>Also, is there any way that I can access other newsgroups which my system to
>which I am logged in does not subscribe?  How?  Would you do it through FTP,
>or is there any method to do so?
I don't know it for sure, but I think that there is no way to make your site
show this unsubscribed newsgroups (except maybe re-compile the server).
But I guess there is a way via FTP to reach it. Look out for a ftp site
which allows anoymous access and puts all these newsgroups in its usenet
'mirror' with correct permissions (You must read it). Such a site is not
easy to find (I found no site which 'publishes' the newsgroups I can't reach
at my site), so maybe it's only a dream.

There is a horrible third way...Find someone who has access to the ng you want
and talk to him. Maybe is that much crazy that he saves it and sends it to
you via email.

I hear you crying but that's it (in my opinion)...

--==rossi==--
From: jaapjl@tab00.larc.nasa.gov (J Lee Jaap)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Is there a soc.culture.brazil
Date: 17 Dec 1992 22:43:53 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: 098802@adpdp2.lanl.gov's message of Thu, 17 Dec 1992 20:28:00 GMT

In article <17DEC199213283428@adpdp2.lanl.gov> 098802@adpdp2.lanl.gov (098802) writes:
   Is there a soc.culture.brazil?  Assuming there is, how could I subscribe if I
   don't get it on my News Reader. 

Yes.

Ask your newsadmin.
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Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions,comp.sources.wanted
From: David Ruggiero <osiris@halcyon.com>
Subject: What *do* people use for a mail filter?
Originator: osiris@halcyon.com
Reply-To: osiris@halcyon.halcyon.com (David Ruggiero)
Organization: [none - why fight entropy?]
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 07:28:55 GMT

[I posted this first to comp.unix.questions, and got a grand total of
 one response, which can be summarized as "use emacs instead". So I
 try again...if others can or would suggest better newsgroups to post
 this in, I am all ears.   - jdr]


Now that I've finally learned how to send what I'm editing with vi
through a filter, I'd like to automate my most tedious emailing task...
The idea here is to find (and give credit to) the lone hacker out there
with the most fiendishly elegant sed/awk/nawk/perl/shell/C routine to format
their mail messages. By this, I mean at the least taking a block of
random text and:

1) Evenly formatting the lines to a preset (or specified) length, 
   performing concatenations and wrapping as necessary ("fmt" on my
   [Ultrix] system is extremely weak - no options are recognized, so
   that's not a good solution.)

2) Preceding each formatted line with a variable and specifiable
   character string (such as the "> " to indicate the text being replied to).

3) (Optionally) preserving blank lines within the text.

Other nifty functions (passing to the spell checker, allowing indentation
control and/or preservation, etc.) would be neat, too, but the three things
above are the meat of the questions. I *know* someone out there must have
something that does this; I can't imagine everyone doing this sort of thing
by hand.

I will post the best solutions(s) I receive (but that shouldn't dissuade
anyone from posting themselves if they have a good/favorite routine them-
selves).

Thanks for your input and advice...David
-- 
David Ruggiero  (jdavid@halcyon.com)       Seattle, WA: Home of the Moss People
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: lisbon@vpnet.chi.il.us (Gerry Swetsky)
Subject: Re: Internet Access?
Organization: Vpnet Public Access
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 06:59:57 GMT

In article <1992Dec18.145405.155@lucpum.it.luc.edu> rtoptan@lucpum.it.luc.edu (Richard Z Toptani) writes:
>I'm not sure if this is the best place to post this, but I am asking
>this for a friend of mine who does not have Internet access from his
>schools' computers. 

    Better get your own house straightened out first.  My mail to you
    in response to this item bounced at the Internet.

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From: jshuman@koko.csustan.edu (Jeremy Shuman)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Posting with a .sig
Date: 16 Dec 92 08:02:58 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: CSU Stanislaus

I have received many requests for a summary of the suggestions I got for
posting with a signature. Basically all said the same thing, but in different
ways. Here is what I got.


1. Different newsreaders have different requirements. Know the needs of your 
   newsreader.
2. If you are using rn, like I am, then create a file called ~/.signature. 
   This will append to all posts.
3. Some newsreaders will only allow 4 lines for a .sig. Beware!
Good luck to all.
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From: alizard@tweekco.uucp (A.Lizard)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Anonymous Posts?
Date: 16 Dec 92 06:30:17 GMT
Organization: Tweek-Com Systems BBS, Moraga, CA (510) 631-0615

mlxh@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Michael Howard) writes:

> In article <1992Dec14.130951.8346@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> y41@aix320a.urz
> >I would like the capability to post anonymously.  I know it's done.  I'm

I don't expect that a whole lot of experienced Usenet users will give
you a whole lot of help on this, there are good reasons why posting
anonymously on Usenet is a bad idea; having to effectively sign your
posts gives you personal accountability for whatever you put on the Net;
if you say something stupid, it gives people an address to send the
resulting flames to, and if you annoy too many people, they can bypass
you and talk to your sysadmin. If you don't want to stand behind a post,
don't make one.
A.Lizard

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From: todd@valinor.mythical.com (Todd Lawrence)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Internet Access?
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 14:03:35 CST
Distribution: world
Organization: (What? Organized??) - Mythical Computer Systems

rtoptan@lucpum.it.luc.edu (Richard Z Toptani) writes:

> I'm not sure if this is the best place to post this, but I am asking
> this for a friend of mine who does not have Internet access from his
> schools' computers. 
> 
> He is looking for a way to get Internet access. I think his main
> objective is to be able to send & receive email, although I'm sure
> he wouldn't mind access to other services as well.
> 

MCImail offers a student program that allows send/rec mail that is 
rater inexpensive, I believe $5.00 a month w/a 10.00 setup fee will allow 
him 100 msg per month.. other options abound, get a copy of NIXPUB which 
is available from anon FTP from many places and you should be able to 
find something to his liking..


 Todd Lawrence   
 LOD! Communications                 internet:  todd@valinor.mythical.com
 IMF Data Acquisition Group          uucp    :  uunet!valinor!todd
 -Maybe he just ran off the cliff, like a lemming... -mar/lod
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: rtoptan@lucpum.it.luc.edu (Richard Z Toptani)
Subject: Internet Access?
Organization: Loyola University Chicago
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 14:54:05 GMT

I'm not sure if this is the best place to post this, but I am asking
this for a friend of mine who does not have Internet access from his
schools' computers. 

He is looking for a way to get Internet access. I think his main
objective is to be able to send & receive email, although I'm sure
he wouldn't mind access to other services as well.

I know that he could send & receive email if he got an account
on Comput$erve or America Online, but I was just wondering what
other options might be available. Are there any commmercial
services which provide access that are less expensive?

Any assistance in this matter would be appreciated!
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Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: TMCCART3@ua1vm.ua.edu
Subject: E-mailing from the Usenet environment
Organization: The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 08:04:54 GMT

Hi, all... As you know, posting to Usenet allows you either to post
to the entire news group or respond privately via e-mail from the Usenet
environment. However, I have discovered that every time I try to use the
e-mail option, the message I sent ends up in no-mans land as a punch file
in my account. It apparently never gets to its destination.
 
At first I thought it was a header problem. The VM/CMS system we are on
requires "at" rather than @ in e-mail addresses, so I changed that in
the header and was told it was incorrect syntax. Then I used a "term
chardel off" command (after exiting Usenet), which allows the use of the
@ symbol. Still no go.
 
Any suggestions? Please e-mail me -- my Usenet access is sporadic...
 
Many thanks.
Tracey
From: alizard@tweekco.uucp (A.Lizard)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: What is FidoNet?
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 00:17:16 PST
Organization: Tweek-Com Systems BBS, Moraga, CA (510) 631-0615

Fido-net is the largest and oldest of the hobbyist computer bulletin
board (BBS) networks; messages are relayed between systems by
dialup highspeed modems on the public networks. It supports
electronic mail and newsgroups (called echoes in Fido-speak).

Its sites are generally personal computers owned by individuals.

Telnet and other remote services are not supported by this network.

Messages to and from the Internet are passed through various
gateways which are nodes both connected to Internet and to Fidonet.

I think there are about 20,000 sites on Fidonet, mostly in the US
but scattered all over the planet.

Best way to check it out is to get a local BBS listing, call some
systems yourself.

A.Lizard

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From: glazier@isr.harvard.edu (Andrew Baker Glazier)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: How to recall Articles
Date: 14 Dec 92 17:51:41 GMT
Organization: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

In article <7918@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM> naren@tekig5.pen.tek.com (naren) writes:
>Hi,
>How do you recall articles that have been posted by mistake ??? 
>Thanks
>** Naren **

You can't. That's why the program (usually) asks you "are you sure you want
to do this?"
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I come to bury this dirtball, not to praise him. Whaddya |harvard.isr.edu
think I am? Whether it's nobler for the mind to make people suffer with all
these totally outrageous arrows arrows for a fortune, or what!" -- D.R.
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: ksdavis@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Karleen S. Davis)
Subject: Re: How to recall Articles
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 23:59:05 GMT

(Re: cancelling articles posted by "mistake")

Just to interject here; some sites do not honor cancel messages, and
some fail to heed them if for some reason the cancel message gets to
the site before the message it's cancelling.  So, don't think that
just because you cancel it quickly that no one will see it; in fact,
many many people will.  Think thrice before posting!

-sz
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: lrong@watnow.uwaterloo.ca (Li Rong)
Subject: Re: Where is my friends?
Keywords: network of Israel?
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 22:09:12 GMT

In article <Bz0AvE.BKo@watserv2.uwaterloo.ca>, lrong@watnow.uwaterloo.ca (Li Rong) writes:
> Can anyone tell me the network address of Israel,
> Weizmann Institute of Science? I have a friend there,
> but I only know his address is XXXX@weizmann.
> 
> Thanks for any help!
> 

Thanks for any reply. I have succeeded to contact my friend.

Li

Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: marusek@rahul.net (Peter M. Marusek)
Subject: Where can I ask about living in other coutnries
Keywords: COST OF LIVING MOVING
Organization: a2i network
Distribution: all
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 15:59:39 GMT

Where can I ask about such things as cost of living etc etc in foreign 
countries, with the object being temporary immigration etc...I am interested 
in countries like Costa Rica, Venezuela and Chile for example...
thanx
cheers
Peter Marusek
marusek@rahul.net
 
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From: drz@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dennis Zeitz)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: ftp
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 07:55:27 MST
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #2, Edmonton, AB, Canada

I was wondering if this is a ftp site, and it it is how I can get 
directorys and download files from other file areas.  Could someone 
please give me an example of the messages you would send to get a 
Directory and then a file from Hubcap.  I'm interested in the Imagine 
area (graphics).  thanks
                                      Dennis
ps. if this is not a ftp site than can you do the same sort of thing 
using UUncode?

Dennis Zeitz              drz@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
From: m_krok@tron.gun.de (Matthias Krok)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re:Archie: how to use it
Organization: TRON Public Mailbox, Neurath, Germany
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 15:23:00 +0100

Hello !

I`ve heard about the fantasctiv service called "Archi", and just I read
something about it, but could anybode send me information about using archi by
e-mail ???

I`m on something like fidonet, so I can`t call ftp-sites interactively, I have
to send mails to other machines, which will do this for me...

I think it must be possible to use archi by e-mail, too...
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From: an938@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (George II Lenzer)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: How do I get direct access to Internet?
Date: 13 Dec 1992 23:26:32 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc4.ins.cwru.edu


	I am an undergraduate student at a state college in
Ohio.  I have been trying to find a way to gain full access
to Internet.  Currently, I have been using the local Free-net
for access to newsgroups, but this is rather limited.  
	Since I am going to be moving to another part of Ohio,
I want to find a direct connection to Internet.  Is this
possible?  I will be moving to Athens, Ohio to attend Ohio
University.  I am aware that O.U. has Internet access, but I
am pretty sure this will only be for Computer Science majors.
This was the case at my current school.

						Thanks,
						George II Lenzer
-- 
"I'll let you in on a little secret.
	The whole universe is totally INSANE!!!!"
						Mr. Natural
From: etche@onecert.fr (ETCHEVERRIA Guillaume)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Customize XRN interface
Date: 18 Dec 92 15:24:27 GMT
Reply-To: etche@onecert.fr
Distribution: world
Organization: ENSAE France (Groupe SUPAERO)


 Hi,

 I would like to customize my XRN interface via my .Xdefaults.
 Some resources are taken in account but others not.
 The things that doesn't work are the followings:

  xrn*scrollBar*background: black
        (it takes the background of the texts)
  xrn*indexbuttons.height:	200
        (nothing changed)

  Can i change the buttons' labels. If yes, how?

  Thanks in advance for your answers.
  
  Wishing you all the very best for the christmas period ...

  regards, 
  
  guillaume.

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