Usenet Informations

Netiquette

• The Netiquette. Based on "A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community".

The Swiss Usenet Newsgroups

• The FAQ (list of Frequently Asked Questions) provides an overview over the ch.*-newsgroups as well as a description on which topics belong into which group (also available in ASCII).
• The charter for the Swiss newsgroups.

Advertising

• Advertising on the Usenet: How to do it, how not to do it

Reorganisation of the ch.* hierarchy

• The results of the latest vote in autumn 2001 about ch.soc.law. The original Call For Votes (CFV).
• The results of the vote in summer 2000 about ch.soc.politics et al. The original Call For Votes (CFV).
• The results of the latest vote in spring 2000 about new voting procedures in the ch.*-hierarchy and the new group ch.comm. The original Call For Votes (CFV).
• The results of the vote in fall 1999 about the CHancelbot operators and a few minor charter changes. The original Call For Votes is now online too (with permission of Michael Bleichenbacher).
• The results of the vote in april 1999.
• The results of the june 1998 vote.
• The results of the June 1996 vote on the reorganisation of the ch.* hierarchy (the corresponding Call For Votes) for ch.comp, ch.market, ch.rec and ch.talk.

Other links

• RFC2635: DON'T SPEW - A Set of Guidelines for Mass Unsolicited Mailings and Postings (spam).
• Some Information about newsreaders
• Usenet II: An attempt to create a new Usenet that works on the Internet of the 21st century.

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