From: ADVAX::"mcnc!VM1.NoDak.EDU!billy%VAXB.ACS.UNT.EDU" 3-APR-1991 11:57:38.03 To: Multiple recipients of list ANU-NEWS CC: Subj: Monthly Posting for NEWS.SOFTWARE.ANU-NEWS Received: by ADVAX.DECnet (utk-mail11 v1.5) ; Wed, 3 Apr 91 11:55:14 EST Received: from mcnc by ge-dab.GE.COM (5.61/GE-DAB 1.15) with UUCP id AA14537 for ; Wed, 3 Apr 91 10:54:38 -0500 Received: from VM1.NoDak.EDU by mcnc.mcnc.org (5.59/MCNC/3-21-91) id AA08713; Wed, 3 Apr 91 10:39:46 -0500 for ARISIA.DNET.ge.com!EVERHART Message-Id: <9104031539.AA08713@mcnc.mcnc.org> Received: from NDSUVM1.BITNET by VM1.NoDak.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.2.1MX) with BSMTP id 8778; Wed, 03 Apr 91 09:38:56 CST Received: from NDSUVM1.BITNET by NDSUVM1.BITNET (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 2078; Wed, 03 Apr 91 09:38:05 CST Date: Wed, 3 Apr 91 07:50:51 GMT Reply-To: mcnc!VM1.NoDak.EDU!billy%VAXB.ACS.UNT.EDU Sender: ANU-NEWS Discussion From: mcnc!VM1.NoDak.EDU!billy%VAXB.ACS.UNT.EDU Subject: Monthly Posting for NEWS.SOFTWARE.ANU-NEWS To: Multiple recipients of list ANU-NEWS Monthly Posting for NEWS.SOFTWARE.ANU-NEWS This monthly posting is edited by Billy Barron, University of North Texas. Please send any suggestions for improvement to billy@vaxb.acs.unt.edu. Acknowledgments to Geoff Huston and Bob Sloane for portions of the content. 1. What is ANU News? ANU NEWS is a computer-based conferencing system for VAX/VMS systems. ANU NEWS can be connected into the Global USENET news network and/or any other news network. ANU NEWS supports both DECnet and TCP/IP (Multinet, WIN/TCP, Ultrix Connection, EXCELAN TCP, and CMU) as transports. The current version of ANU NEWS is 6.0-2. 2. Purpose of News.software.anu-news The purpose of news.software.anu-news is to discuss any and all ANU NEWS related issues. It is the primary support channel for ANU NEWS users. New versions, fixes, workarounds, etc are posted to the newsgroup. Bug reports/fixes and suggestions for improvement are always welcome. Please always RTFM (Read The Friendly Manual) before posting. 3. How to subscribe On USENET, news.software.anu-news is a regularly available newsgroup. In general, it is preferable to read the newsgroup instead of the mailing list. To subscribe to this list BITNET/EARN/NetNorth Users may be able to send an interactive message to LISTSERV@NDSUVM1 (via SEND or TELL). For example: SEND LISTSERV@NDSUVM1 SUB ANU-NEWS Jane Doe (your first/last name) Internet/BITNET/EARN/NetNorth/UUCP users may send MAIL to LISTSERV@VM1.NoDak.EDU or LISTSERV@NDSUVM1 with the first line of the TEXT or BODY of mail being: SUB ANU-NEWS firstname lastname (e.g. SUB ANU-NEWS John Doe ). 4. Frequently Asked Questions: Q: How do I acquire a copy of ANU News? A: ANU News is available for anonymous FTP on sao.aarnet.edu.au (Australia) and kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Kansas, USA). Other sites may also have it available. Please use the site closest to you. There are two versions available: a normal backup saveset and a LZW compressed version of the backup savesets. VMS LZW programs are available on kuhub.cc.ukans.edu also and through DECUS. For network load reasons, it is preferable if you acquire LZW and the compressed version of ANU NEWS. Q: I'm having problems printing the Postscript documentation on my printer. A: The Postscript file is setup for A4 page size. In the US, a different page size is commonly used. In this case, you will need to use the Microsoft Word version of the document and print it via Word. Q: NEWS is sending everything I get back to my feed system. What do I do? A: Make sure that the system name in NEWS.SYS matches what your feed system puts in the Path: header.