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Acknowledgements and references

This document would have been alot worse if it wasn't for the work of many other individuals. My thanks to the following:

[Boyd] "Accessing The Internet By Email"

Periodically posted to the newsgroup news.answers and news.newusers.questions amongst other places. Available on the web at http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/internet-services/access-via-email/faq.html. Maintained by Gerald E. Boyd. Previously this was "Doctor Bob's Guide to Offline Internet Access" created and maintained by Bob Rankin.

[Horton] "Rules for posting to Usenet"

Periodically posted to the newsgroups news.announce.newusers, news.answers. Available on the web at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/posting-rules/part1/. Original written by Mark Horton. Subsequently maintained by Gene Spafford, Mark Moraes. Extracts are from the December 1999 posting.

[Offutt] "Hints on writing style for Usenet"

Periodically posted to the newsgroups news.announce.newusers, news.answers. Available on the web at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/writing-style/part1/. Original written by A. Jeff Offutt VI. Subsequently maintained by Gene Spafford, Mark Moraes. Extracts are from the December 1999 posting.

[Rospach] "A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community"

The original document is periodically posted to the newsgroups news.announce.newusers, news.answers. Available on the web at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/primer/part1/. Thanks to Chuq Von Rospach, Gene Spafford, Mark Moraes, and probably a few others for the original. Extracts are from the December 1999 posting.

[Salzenberg] "What is Usenet?"

Periodically posted to the newsgroups news.announce.newusers, news.admin.misc, news.answers. Available on the web at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/what-is/part1/. Original written by Chip Salzenberg. Subsequently maintained by Gene Spafford, Mark Moraes. Extracts are from the December 1999 posting.

[Templeton] "Emily Postnews Answers Your Questions on Netiquette"

Periodically posted to the newsgroups news.announce.newusers, news.answers. Available on the web at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/emily-postnews/part1/. Written and maintained by Brad Templeton. Extracts are from the December 1999 posting.

[Vielmetti] "What is Usenet? A second opinion."

Periodically posted to the newsgroup news.announce.newusers, news.admin.misc, news.answers. Available on the web at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/what-is/part2/. Writen and maintained by Edward Vielmetti. Extracts are from the December 1999 posting.