Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!think!maynard!campbell From: campbell@maynard.BSW.COM (Larry Campbell) Newsgroups: news.misc Subject: Re: A few Questions... Message-ID: <955@maynard.BSW.COM> Date: Sat, 11-Jul-87 09:50:35 EDT Article-I.D.: maynard.955 Posted: Sat Jul 11 09:50:35 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 15:59:12 EDT References: <1036@bucsb.bu.edu.UUCP> Sender: news@think.UUCP Reply-To: campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell) Organization: The Boston Software Works, Inc. Lines: 56 In article <1036@bucsb.bu.edu.UUCP> berlin@bucsb.bu.edu.UUCP (David K. Fickes) writes: >(1) How do I go about getting a newsfeed arranged? Just ask a nearby site if you can connect to them and if they can feed you. You can find nearby sites by looking in the map data (comp.mail.maps). >(2) What are the restrictions on articles?? That's a subject on which the debate will never end. Just read the news.* groups for all the debate, but for introductory guidelines, read the postings in news.announce.newusers. >(3) What about restrictions on mail?? ( Can we keep in touch with our > local SUN Sales rep through the mail?? ) > >I have posted articles that have gotten responses through USnail/phone calls >but the persons themselves have specifically avoided Emailing a reply >about the products concerned. Well, this is a grey area; you should be guided by common sense and good taste. Most sites that forward mail do so as a courtesy in the hope that other sites will forward their mail. Don't abuse the courtesy by mailing enormous files around. And be aware that mail that gets forwarded by a number of unknown sites is inherently insecure. Anyone with root privileges at any intervening node can read your mail. So don't go mailing sources to your company's latest hot new product. Assume that your competitors can read anything you mail across the net. >(4) Currently the company is spread out among 4 different sites across > the country. I fully expect to set up a private connection system > for internal mail but someone has brought up the idea of using the > net for such stuff. This is OK only if the volume is very low. It is not OK to use the charity of other sites to avoid paying your company's telecommunications costs. >(5) What obligations are going to be expected of us once we are > given a newsfeed? Just don't EVER let Mark Ethan Smith have an account on your machine! :-) >(6) Is there ANY governing body/person who knows whats going on? Yes. You'll find most of them in the news.* groups. Again, read the news.announce.newusers articles and the news software documentation for starters. I suspect you'll do OK; that you've bothered to ask these questions at all indicates that you have more courtesy and common sense than any five average Usenet posters. -- Larry Campbell The Boston Software Works, Inc. Internet: campbell@BSW.COM 120 Fulton Street, Boston MA 02109 uucp: {husc6,mirror,think}!maynard!campbell +1 617 367 6846