Subj : Re: Official FAQ comp.binaries.cbm (semimonthly posting) (2/2) To : All From : Phil Taylor Date : Thu Dec 06 2018 18:47:03 You can also grave files from the commodore telnet to sbbs.dynu.net on port 6025. Since it’s all text format it’s safe to use. On 10:39 06/12 , Cameron Kaiser wrote: >[continued from previous message] > >* The better solution, though it will require some investment of time: tell > your news administrator to "update his/her active file with moderated NGs > properly marked." Mention c.b.c by name. Active files list all newsgroups > on a news server. If it's inaccurate, your newsreader will never know. > This will probably fix other moderated newsgroups on your server, and your > fellow users will greatly appreciate it, I'll wager. You may have to be > persistent about this, in the same way that Ken Starr is persistent about > White House interns. > >* The half a solution: tell your ISP to jump in a lake. > >| If you are trying to post to Spiro's mailing list (1.1.4), it won't work. >| Try posting or direct-mailing your submission instead (2.1.3). > >2.3.2 'You keep saying my post is garbled' > >If we said that, your post *is* garbled -- you probably mailed it and your >mailer ate it. We have a picture of Eudora Welty on our dartboard. I hit >a bullseye last week after someone sent their uucode as an attachment, and >Eudora promptly made "intelligent" [sic] formatting decisions that ruined it. > >Do the following check list: > >* NEVER POST OR MAIL yENC!!! > >* If you have a MIME-enabled NEWSREADER, then you MUST MAIL YOUR POST. > If you don't, then post it UUencoded. > >* If you have a MIME-enabled MAILER PROGRAM, then you MUST SEND THE BINARY > AS AN ATTACHMENT. If you don't, send the UUcode in your message body. > >Most of the time, someone forgets to UUencode the program, or they sent >the UUcode accidentally as an attachment, and this is easy to reconcile. >If we complain about your post, we want it again. Please, resend it! > >2.3.2.1 'But that didn't work!' > >Failing that, you might have a peculiar program that just decides to chomp >your messages to death. We don't archive all the mailing programs in the >world to test your message with. I use Elm, and Elm exclusively, because >Eudora is Moloch and Microsoft Exchange is Satan. You might have different >opinions about the demonic potential of these mailer programs, but the >fact of the matter is any good mailer will have options to turn off its >special formatting and to do sane attachments. If it doesn't, get a new >mailer. > >We are aware that CompuServe OldMail destroys postings en-route, and have >a semi-reliable way of rescuing them. Just mention you're using OldMail in >your message body, and we can probably save it. > >Is anyone still using OldMail? > >2.3.3 'I can't read old postings in the group' > >This is something you should take up with your ISP. Old news articles are >kept on your ISP's news spool for only a limited time, and most local ISPs >only keep posts less than a week old. I'm spoiled by Concentric, which keeps >posts up to a month. Odds are if you can't see prior postings, or get >'Cancelled or expired' messages, your ISP does not archive postings very long >and you should have a nice friendly chat with them involving physical harm. > >| You can also browse old postings in the group in Spiro's mailing list >| going back to the list's creation date. See section 1.1.4. > >2.3.4 'I can't read this group at all!' > >Your news administrator may have decided, for whatever reason, not to allow >binaries groups on his/her server. Usually this is a space consideration; >just think of how much space alt.binaries.erotica.extremely.big.jpgs takes >up on a news spool. > >In such a case, you're pretty much left with two options: dropping by their >office with a cannon (illegal except in Libya), or telling them to allow >comp.binaries.cbm on their server or you'll find a new ISP. Vote with your >dollars -- it's your money. > >2.3.4.1 'I can see some posts, but not all' > >You have a flaky news spool, and your news administrator needs to get their >caboose in gear. Drop by this URL: > >http://www.floodgap.com/comp.binaries.cbm/ > >and select What's playing on c.b.c this week. Confront them with this list. >Threaten pets or allege unspeakable acts with their next-door neighbor. Most >news administrators are guilty of that. You may also consider checking out >a new provider because if their news link is flaky, other things are probably >subpar in their service offerings as well. > >3. Seriously > >3.1 Disclaimer > >Because of the sue-crazy nature of these United States, Bill Ward felt >compelled to write a legal disclaimer into the previous FAQ. So do I. > >The use of programs posted on c.b.c is at your own risk. c.b.c moderators >cannot be held legally liable if a program published on this group, or the >(im)proper use of such a program, causes damage of a monetary, property or >personal nature. You agree to indemnify and hold blameless the moderators >in such an event. c.b.c cannot be held liable in the unlikely event that a >copyrighted work is distributed to the detriment of the copyright owner, nor >can the moderators carry personal responsibility for the content or nature >of postings. c.b.c takes no legal liability, and neither can you assign >liability to the group or its moderators, either collectively or individually. > >If you do not agree with these terms, you must not use programs posted here. >Your use of programs on c.b.c and your subscription to this newsgroup >constitute your complete and binding acceptance of these policies without >restriction. This FAQ, and the policies and legal disclaimers therein, is >subject to change without notice. The terms of this FAQ and the legal >disclaimers therein shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the >State of California, United States of America. > >3.2 Computer Workshops' relationship to c.b.c > >Even though I run CWI, and I also do a lot of operations on c.b.c, CWI has >no relationship to c.b.c, and vice versa. This is the official word. >Computer Workshops has nothing to do with this group. > >** END OF FAQ ** > >-- > Cameron Kaiser * ckaiser@floodgap.com * posting with a Commodore 128 > Floodgap Systems: http://www.floodgap.com/ > personal page: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ > >--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 > * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) > -- yrNews Usenet Reader for iOS http://appstore.com/yrNewsUsenetReader --- Mystic BBS/NNTP v1.12 A39 2018/04/21 (Windows/32) * Origin: mysticbbs.dynu.com 2300 (1:275/201) .