Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!dreaderd!not-for-mail Message-ID: Supersedes: Expires: 1 Jun 2004 10:49:07 GMT From: n.g.boalch@durham.ac.uk (Nick Boalch) Organization: University of Durham, Durham, UK Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Newsgroups: dur.general,dur.dsu.general,news.answers Followup-To: dur.general Summary: Pointer to University of Durham ITS Usenet Posting Guidelines. Subject: Where to find the ITS Usenet Posting Guidelines X-Disclaimer: Approval for *.answers is based on form, not content. X-Last-Updated: 2003/10/10 X-FAQ: Usenet Posting Guidelines Originator: faqserv@penguin-lust.MIT.EDU Date: 11 May 2004 10:51:33 GMT Lines: 27 NNTP-Posting-Host: penguin-lust.mit.edu X-Trace: 1084272693 senator-bedfellow.mit.edu 574 18.181.0.29 Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu news.answers:271174 Archive-name: usenet/local-hierarchies/dur Posting-Frequency: Weekly URL: Usenet Posting Guidlines ======================== Welcome to the dur.* newsgroup hierarchy! When you post to newsgroups, your message can potentially go to several thousand servers and millions of readers. Many of these readers are busy people without much time to devote to reading individual Usenet newsgroups, and so a set of conventions has evolved to make Usenet discussions as easy to follow as possible. The IT Service maintain a set of guidelines for posting to newsgroups, which can be found at: By keeping to these conventions, you ensure that the greatest number of people read, and possibly reply, to your message. -- Nick Boalch