Most people don't have a clue what a RFC is. I think I looked at one back
when I was in school.
-danny

"?" wrote in message
rg...
On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:28:56 +1000 in
Dave Gillingham
wrote:
Kathy, I'll do that. I'm no expert though. It's just that when I
mention
newsgroups at our society meetings I get lots of blank looks, with a few
who nod
understandingly. So I felt someone had to bite the bullet. Specially
since
most of them know far more about orchids than I (*not* false modesty),
and a
couple of them could be really helpful here on Aussie orchids if they
chose to
be involved. (Oops - I'm thinking of ANOS eligible plants especially,
and the
epiphytes/lithophytes in particular. I just realised what a slight the
previous
remark was to some of our Aussie contributors from down south.)

The article will be pretty basic - what usenet is & how it works from the
user
perspective; what's involved in selecting & accessing newsgroups; what's
involved in setting up a "typical" newsreader - if there's any such
thing; a bit
on netiquette.

Ah, you want to read through RFC-1855.


--
Chris Dukes
Suspicion breeds confidence -- Brazil