On Fri, 5 Jul 1996 07:00:06 GMT, in news.answers netannounce@deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
wrote:

>Archive-name: usenet/welcome/part1
>Last-change:  5 Dec 1995 by netannounce@deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
>Changes-posted-to: news.misc,news.answers
>
>Welcome to Usenet!  The newsgroup news.announce.newusers contains a lot of
>introductory information about Usenet.  All new users should read and fully
>understand all the documents in news.announce.newusers before trying to
>post messages to Usenet or create new Usenet groups.  This may take a
>while, but it will help you find your way around Usenet much more easily.
>
>This short message is repeated three times a week to ensure that it is
>always available on your news system.  All other documents in
>news.announce.newusers are repeated every two weeks and should stay around
>for at least a month.  If you find news.announce.newusers empty (or cannot
>figure out how to read documents in it), please contact the help desk,
>customer support or news administrator on the computer system or service
>that you're using and ask them for help.  Please do not send me e-mail
>asking for help reading news on your computer system or service.
>
>Please do not try to post or send any messages to news.announce.newusers.
>
>This is the list of the documents that news.announce.newusers should
>contain:
>
>	What is Usenet?
>	What is Usenet?  A second opinion.
>	Rules for posting to Usenet
>	Hints on writing style for Usenet
>	A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community
>	Emily Postnews Answers Your Questions on Netiquette
>
>	How to find the right place to post (FAQ)
>	Introduction to news.announce
>	A Guide to Social Newsgroups and Mailing Lists
>
>	Introduction to the *.answers newsgroups
>	FAQs about FAQs
>	Anonymous FTP: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) List
>	Advertising on Usenet: How To Do It, How Not To Do It
>	Copyright Myths FAQ: 10 big myths about copyright explained
>	Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Usenet
>
>	How to Get Information about Networks
>	How to become a Usenet site
>	Usenet Software: History and Sources
>	Guidelines on Usenet Newsgroup Names
>	How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup
>
>If you don't see any of these documents in the newsgroup, you can ask for
>them by sending mail to
>	<mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu>
>with the following in the body of the message.  Note the address carefully;
>please do NOT send these requests to me.
>
>setdir usenet-by-group/news.announce.newusers
>send What_is_Usenet?
>send What_is_Usenet?__A_second_opinion.
>send Rules_for_posting_to_Usenet
>send Hints_on_writing_style_for_Usenet
>send A_Primer_on_How_to_Work_With_the_Usenet_Community
>send Emily_Postnews_Answers_Your_Questions_on_Netiquette
>send How_to_find_the_right_place_to_post_(FAQ)
>send Introduction_to_news.announce
>send A_Guide_to_Social_Newsgroups_and_Mailing_Lists
>send Introduction_to_the_*.answers_newsgroups
>send FAQs_about_FAQs
>send Anonymous_FTP:_Frequently_Asked_Questions_(FAQ)_List
>send Advertising_on_Usenet:_How_To_Do_It,_How_Not_To_Do_It
>send Copyright_Myths_FAQ:_10_big_myths_about_copyright_explained
>send Answers_to_Frequently_Asked_Questions_about_Usenet
>send FAQ:_How_to_find_people_s_E-mail_addresses
>send How_to_Get_Information_about_Networks
>send How_to_become_a_Usenet_site
>send Usenet_Software:_History_and_Sources
>send Guidelines_on_Usenet_Newsgroup_Names
>send How_to_Create_a_New_Usenet_Newsgroup
>quit
>
>You can also find these documents on the World Wide Web;  see
>	http://www.smartpages.com/bngfaqs/news/announce/newusers/top.html
>
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