HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: sridhar@asuvax.eas.asu.edu (Sridhar Venkataraman)
Subject: Re: Subscribing to mail groups on listserv
Organization: ASU, Valley of the Sun(s), AZ
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 17:15:23 GMT

mmjjmm@post.its.mcw.edu (Michael Malloy) writes:

)I cannot seem to subscribe to mail groups on listserv. Each time I have
)tried I send the request exactly as prescribed and I get a reply "host
)unknown". I would appreciater any help or suggestions.

For one thing, this query lacks information needed to help you. But
then let me take a guess:

Mailing to one of my accounts (assrv@asuacvax.bitnet) through your
machine failed (address 1) while routing it through cs.wisc.edu seemed
to succeed (address 2).

address 1: assrv%asuacvax.bitnet@post.its.mcw.edu
address 2: @post.its.mcw.edu:assrv%asuacvax.bitnet@cs.wisc.edu

So my guess is that you are mailing to some listserv@host.bitnet and
your machine is turning out a "host unknown" message. The solution is to
either ask your system administrator to fake a domain for BITNET in
the Sendmail configuration files or use listserv%host.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu 
for mailing.

Sridhar.
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From: alizard@tweekco.uucp (A.Lizard)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: SprintMail?
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 93 02:52:07 PST
Organization: Tweek-Com Systems BBS, Moraga, CA (510) 631-0615

slumos@unlv.edu (Steve Lumos) writes:

> A friend of mine just got SprintMail where he works. This is
> supposedly brand new and supposedly has an Internet gateway. I have

I suggest you have your friend send YOU Internet E-mail, with the
help of his Customer Service people if necessary, and when you
have his mail, you will have a reply path. And when you get it,
post it to this newsgroup (well, I don't want his specific address,
just the address format... e.g. user@Sprintmail.com or whatever)
A.Lizard

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From: fsars@acad3.alaska.edu
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: RFI: Deregistering newsgroup blocks
Date: 4 Jan 93 05:46:54 GMT
Article-I.D.: acad3.1993Jan3.214654.1
Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks

In article <1992Dec30.130133.1@sscvx1.ssc.gov>, schludermann@sscvx1.ssc.gov writes:
> How do I go about deregistering blocks of newsgroups? I'm getting my newsfeeds
> on a VAX. I've tried the deregister command and nothing happens, even after
> exiting and rentering news.
> 
> kris
> 

Hmm....  You didn't specify what news reader you're using, but it
sounds like it's the same as mine, ANU-NEWS.  If you are using the
DIR/ALL command, it will display all groups regardless of whether they
are registered or not.  (See HELP KEYPAD for a list of default key
definitions, though of course you can type them out on the command
line).  

If you only want a list of registered groups, then type DIR/REG (that
command is also on the default keypad; don't remember where, my keys
are redefined).  Also there is a specific group for ANU-NEWS
questions, it's news.software.anu-news.  Most people in this group are
great at answering rn questions, and of course unix questions, but
answers get a little scarce when you start asking questions on
VAX/VMS.  Keep in mind that there are also groups that specialize in
VAX/VMS, they are listed below.  === Al Sparks

vmsnet.admin
vmsnet.announce
vmsnet.announce.newusers
vmsnet.decus.journal
vmsnet.decus.lugs
vmsnet.employment
vmsnet.internals
vmsnet.mail.misc
vmsnet.mail.mx
vmsnet.mail.pmdf
vmsnet.misc
vmsnet.networks.desktop.misc
vmsnet.networks.desktop.pathworks
vmsnet.networks.management.decmcc
vmsnet.networks.management.misc
vmsnet.networks.misc
vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip
vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.cmu-tek
vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.misc
vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.multinet
vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.ucx
vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.wintcp
vmsnet.pdp-11
vmsnet.sources
vmsnet.sources.d
vmsnet.sources.games
vmsnet.sysmgt
vmsnet.test
vmsnet.tpu
vmsnet.uucp
vmsnet.vms-posix
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: hinz@picard.med.ge.com (David Hinz (hinz@picard.med.ge.com))
Subject: Re: agriculture
Organization: GE Medical Systems, Magnetic Resonance
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 12:28:45 GMT

Ian Staples (ianst@qdpii.comp.qdpi.oz.au) wrote:
: In article <C0Ezv9.LHo@news.cso.uiuc.edu> trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski) writes:
: >is there a newsgroup devoted to agricultural information...
: [Stuff deleted]
: 
: There is alt.sustainable.agriculture but I haven't noticed a group for
: ordinary agriculture :)

There is a misc.rural newsgroup, which discusses just about anything ag 
related.

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Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: mayers@landshark.syr.EDU (Michael  Ayers)
Subject: Re: Function of <RETURN> in Berkeley Mail
In-reply-to: werner@world.std.com's message of Mon, 4 Jan 1993 21:46:05 GMT
Organization: Syracuse University
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 12:53:17 EST

In article <C0Cn4t.5Dz@world.std.com> werner@world.std.com (Craig Werner) writes:

>Hello, everyone.

	Hi.

>I'm using a PC with VT102 to Telnet into a UNIX system.If I
>invoke 'mail' with messages waiting, one press of the <return>
>key will, quite naturally, display Message 1.  If I delete that
>message with the 'd' command (making "2" the current message) and
>then press <return>, the message displayed is not Message 2, but
>rather Message 3.  Why is it that if "1" is the current message,
><return> will print that message, but if any other number is the
>current message, <return> will display the next message in the
>queue, that is, the current message plus one?

	I'm not using the same system you are, but had this problem.  Here's
 what worked for me:
	On startup, the current message is 0, not 1.  Hitting <ret> advances
 the message pointer by 1 and displays that message: 0 + 1 = 1.  When I
 delete message 1, the current message is 2, and <ret> will advance to 
 2 + 1 = 3.  This is consistent.  What I needed to find was the key for
 show current, as opposed to show next (<ret>).  On my system it is <.>
 (the period key).  Try it.  Hope it works.


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From: pflynn@ccvax.ucd.ie (Peter Flynn)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Getting posting to work (new installation)
Date: 12 Jan 93 11:42:39 GMT
Organization: University College Dublin

Help!!

I'm bringing up news on a Sun (curia.ucc.ie) and I've got a feed and
Cnews is distributing stuff into place OK. What I can't seem to do is
post. I'm using trn to read stuff, with mthreads running as daemon,
and reading works fine.

When I use F or f to followup, where should I look subsequently to see
if the post is being put in the right place, queued for sending etc etc?
The cnews and nntp installation is all vanilla, default directories etc.

///Peter

Preferably mail me on pflynn@curia.ucc.ie if you'd like to volunteer help :-)

Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: CHOFACK@avm.cc.fsu.edu (Charlie Hofacker)
Subject: Using nslookup/dig for mx searches
Organization: Florida State University
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 93 16:29:45 EST


I have used both nslookup and dig and looked
over the online help available here, but I
have not been able to figure out how to determine
if a domain served by mail exchange is valid or
not.  By "served" I mean that there is no host
by that name to ping, but it is used for email.

 As an example, suppose one.bank.com is a
valid address but two.bank.com is not.  No
matter what I do (including the mx keyword
of dig) I cannot get either dig or
nslookup to give me an answer that looks
different for the valid address as compared
to the invalid address.  What tools can be
used to discriminate between valid and
invalid addresses? What steps does one
follow?

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Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: rrleck@custer.uucp (bob leck)
Subject: Re: Postings using rn
Followup-To: rrleck@custer.exxon.com
Organization: Exxon
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:18:43 GMT

I would like to find out how to post new articles to newsgroups using 'rn'. I know how to followup. Please help! 



Thanks,

Bob Leck

rrleck@custer.exxon.com
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: erodrigu@dcc.uchile.cl (Eduardo Rodriguez)
Subject: Re: How can I have newsgroup fwd by e-mail ?
Originator: erodrigu@tortel
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 15:16:47 GMT
Organization: Universidad de Chile, Depto. de Ciencias de la Computacion
Keywords: news,mail,forward


In article <C0DpGz.B7z@bpb.it>, bogart@bpb.it (Max Lanfranconi - R and D) writes:
> Hello,
> 
> 	I'm a new cnews site. I have a couple of questions to ask:
> 
> 1) What shall I put into my sys file in order to get all the groups I am
>     presently getting *AND* having just one peculiar newsgroup automatically 	         forwarded as e-mail messages to a specific user ?

This is an example, the path of smail could change in your system:

bob:rec.humor/all::/usr/local/lib/smail/bin/smail erodrigu@dcc.uchile.cl

edo...

 ////  Fortuna mia la de             ```\  .     Eduardo Rodriguez     .
 c-OO  concurrir aqui, por           OO-c   .  erodrigu@dcc.uchile.cl   .
    \  virtud de la palabra.         /     . Dpto Cs de la Computacion .
   -                         *bow*    -     .   Universidad de Chile    .
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: king@rtsg.mot.com (Steven King, Software Archaeologist)
Subject: Re: QWK format               
Reply-To: king@rtsg.mot.com
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:10:04 GMT

mbenson@sytex.com (Michael Benson) publicly declared:
>On a unix system, such as a univeristy computer, is there anyway to
>collect messages and then download them in a QWK packet?  It would save
>on system resources by allowing the reading and responding to be done
>offline. It also makes it easy for the user to keep track of the boards
>he/she wishes to add/delete because you can handle all of it through the
>program that handles the QWK format.

Actually, there's been a lot of discussion on this in comp.bbs.waffle.
(Hmmm...  I just saw your header and it says you're using Waflinemail,
so you probably read that group already.  Anyway...)

The QWK format is very ill-suited to Usenet-style messaging.  The
biggest problems I found when I was working with it were that the
newsgroup name is limited to eight characters, and that email addresses
are similarly limited (about 25 characters, I think).  What do you do
with names like alt.games.galactic-bloodshed, or collisions where a
comp group has the same name as an alt group (like comp.bbs.waffle and
the officially defunct but still widely used alt.bbs.waffle)?  Trying
to take more than a thousand Usenet group names and compress each one
to eight meaningful characters isn't a job *I'D* like to volunteer
for!

There are kludges that address both these issues, but they really are
just that: kludges.  Hopefully the new QWKII format will take Usenet
into consideration instead of creating another format specific to
Fight-O-Net technology.

On a side note, does anyone know where I can find the QWK definition?

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From: dbarber@crash.cts.com (David C. Barber)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Looking for a JPEG Viewer for the PC
Date: 9 Jan 93 02:14:02 GMT
Organization: CTS Network Services (crash, ctsnet), El Cajon, CA

The subject line says it all.


Without change,                         *David Barber*
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From: knopf@nisc.jvnc.net (Greg Knopf)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: How to use "whois" command
Date: 7 Jan 93 04:05:19 GMT
Organization: Global Enterprise Systems, Inc.

In article <Pine.3.02.9301070811.A5765-9100000@jaring.ism.my>, shazali@jaring.ism.my (Shazali Yunus) writes:
|> 
|> Hi,
|> 
|> Would anybody help me how to use "whois" command.  I tried with 
|> "whois mxo11@po.cwru.edu" but it did not work.  
|> 


"whois" is used to find information about a network.  It queries a
machine NIC.DDN.MIL which maintains a database of registered domains.
Some examples of whois and also "finger":

--------------------------------begin script-------------------------------


r2d2-tcsh> whois my
Malaysia top level domain (MY-DOM)
   Malaysian Institute of Microelectronic Systems (MIMOS)
   7th Floor, Exchange Square
   Off Jalan Semantan, Damansara Heights
   50490 Kuala Lumpur
   MALAYSIA

   Domain Name: MY

   Administrative Contact:
      Shariffadeen, Tengku Mohd Azzman  (TMS12)  TMAS@RANGKOM.MY
      [60] 3-2552700
   Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
      Awang-Lah, Mohamed B.  (MBA)  mal@RANGKOM.MY
      [60] 3-255-2700

   Record last updated on 23-Nov-92.

   Domain servers in listed order:

   MIMOS.MY                     192.228.128.18
   NS.UU.NET                    137.39.1.3

   Top Level domain for Malaysia


To see this host record with registered users, repeat the command with
a star ('*') before the name; or, use '%' to show JUST the registered users.
r2d2-tcsh> whois mimos.my
Malaysian Institute of Microelectronic Systems (MIMOS-HST)
   7th Floor, Exchange Square
   Off Jalan Semantan, Damansara Heights
   50490 Kuala Lumpur
   MALAYSIA

   Hostname: MIMOS.MY
   Address: 192.228.128.18
   System: IBM running UNIX

   Host Administrator:
      Awang-Lah, Mohamed B.  (MBA)  mal@RANGKOM.MY
      [60] 3-255-2700

   Record last updated on 23-Nov-92.


To see this host record with registered users, repeat the command with
a star ('*') before the name; or, use '%' to show JUST the registered users.
r2d2-tcsh> whois ism.my
No match for "ISM.MY".
r2d2-tcsh> finger mxo11@po.cwru.edu
[po.cwru.edu] 

mxo11  (Melrex Ordillas)

r2d2-tcsh>

--------------------------------end script-------------------------------

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From: oppedahl@panix.com (Carl Oppedahl)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Local Usenet/FTP access
Date: 12 Jan 93 04:57:55 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

In <oZ37wB1w165w@cibbs.UUCP> rev@cibbs.UUCP writes:

>I'm looking for a local Usenet/Internet site in Toronto that will give me
>anonymous FTP access (free, preferably).  I'd also like a quick explanation of
>the FTP process; If there is an FAQ about this, please email it to:
><greg.ipp@rose.com>.

The best place to post this would be 
alt.internet.access.wanted ...


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Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: gmv0570@ucs.usl.edu (Vignes Gerard M)
Subject: Where to seek conference housing?
Organization: Univ. of Southwestern La., Lafayette
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 04:45:11 GMT

What newsgroups would be appropriate for posting a request for
temporary housing (in the US) during an upcoming conference?

Thanks
From: alizard@tweekco.uucp (A.Lizard)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: email to compuserve???
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 93 13:07:03 PST
Organization: Tweek-Com Systems BBS, Moraga, CA (510) 631-0615

jaapjl@tab00.larc.nasa.gov (J Lee Jaap) writes:

> In article <qDNXwB6w164w@tweekco.uucp> alizard@tweekco.uucp (A.Lizard) writes
> 
>    emansell@miasun.med.miami.edu (eric mansell) writes:
> 
>    > I know this gets asked millions of times, but...
>    > 
>    > How to get mail to/from Compuserve/Prodigy.  Is there
>    > a faq or something around anywhere?
> 
>    No, there isn't.
> 
> Yes, there is.  It's called the "Inter-Network Mail Guide" posted in
> comp.mail.misc and news.newusers.questions (although I don't remember
> seeing one since July, and jik's last archive is from June).

Oops... I meant that there is no specific FAQ on E-mail to
Compuserve... it's too short a topic. Your recommendation that
the user order a cc of Inter-Network Mail Guide is a good one.
A.Lizard

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From: knopf@nisc.jvnc.net (Greg Knopf)
Subject: Re: How do I....
Organization: Global Enterprise Systems, Inc.
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 04:29:51 GMT

In article <1993Jan5.033745.29608@news.stolaf.edu>, hakari@lars.acc-admin.st... 
|> 
|> How do I send/receive email from BITNET?  I am on the Internet/Usenet, and I 
|> wish to subscribe to a certain mailing list, but the address is a Bitnet one - 
|> klarinet@vccscent.bitnet - to be exact.  This is the address I got out of 
|> Clarinet magazine.  Help is appreciated.

You could send email to just klarinet@vccscent.bitnet or, if that
fails, to klarinet%vccscent.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu.

Hope this helps,

- Greg
knopf@jvnc.net

Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: notes@hprnd.rose.hp.com (Notes Administrator)
Subject: PC direct access to News?
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 21:09:06 GMT
Organization: HP - Systems Technology Division
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.8 PL6]

Is there a way to read News directly from a pc?

I have users accessing News remotely, but from workstations and other systems
using rtin.  Would they need an account on the News hub, or could they access
from the pc like folks do from workstations, etc.?

How would I list them in the nntp_access file, or would I need to?

Thanks much for anything,

Sherri Cornejo
Roseville, CA
T-785-4225
email = sherric@hprpcd.rose.hp.com
From: manaster@yu1.yu.edu (Chaim Manaster)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: headers on usenet and email
Date: 13 Jan 93 02:34:38 GMT
Organization: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, UCLA

>RFC 822 is the spec-du-jour for basic SMTP mail headers.  This spec

What does SMTP mean? (Excuse my ignorance).
BTW, what does RFC stand for? (request for ???)


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From: frob@btmp88 (F.Robben SH35 7570)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions,alt.binaries.pictures.utilities
Subject: .hs2 files on sparcstation
Date: 11 Jan 93 07:39:56 GMT
Organization: --=={ the daily Freebird Article }==--
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

hi,

i got some graphic files with .hs2 extension and i like to view them on my 
sun sparcstation.  A readme file says : 

>HS2 files are images for your PC IBM with a VGA Card.
>Please use HS2VIEW or POSTERING in order to display these pictures on
>the screen.

Does anybody know how i can view these pictures on my sparcstation?  Or how 
i can convert them to gif-files?

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From: mjo@iao.ford.com (Mike O'Connor)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Postings using rn
Date: 11 Jan 1993 18:57:38 GMT
Organization: Not an official spokesperson for Ford Motor Company
Reply-To: Mike O'Connor <mjo@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost

Your "Followup-To:" line was wrong - am posting to
news.newusers.questions and emailing this to you.

In article <C0Js78.99p@rice.edu> rrleck@custer.uucp (bob leck) writes:
:I would like to find out how to post new articles to newsgroups using 'rn'. I know how to followup. Please help! 

Within rn, you can simply "f"/"F", change the pertinent headers, and
delete the reference header and boom -- you have a post.

Or you can hit "$" in the "article selection mode" to go to the end of
the articles in the newsgroup you want to post to and then "f"/"F".
This will also generate a new post for you.  Newer versions of rn will
indicate if you wish to "start an unrelated topic" or somesuch.

						...Mike
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Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce)
Subject: Re: email limits
Organization: University of Southern Mississippi
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 22:54:49 GMT

(Stephen P. Potter) writes:
> (dupin) writes:
>>Hello, I was just curious what is the limit of the size of email
>>one can send?
>100k is the limit at most major nodes.  Anything else gets bounced back to the
>sender as being too large.

  I have been told by several people that anything larger than 64 Kb will
be eaten by several older sites on the Internet. Thats why the binaries
newsgroups for the computer groups all post in parts.

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