# Please answer the News question

Kim Cary (kcary@pepperdine.edu)
Thu, 7 Sep 1995 12:15:45 PDT

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    >On Tue, 5 Sep 1995 hepler@xnet.com wrote:
    >
    >> someone would answer this question or add it to the FAQ.  The question
    >> that has been plauging many newbee Wizards (myself included) is how do
    >> I contribute news to my moo news system?  I done the FAQ fixes to get rid of
    >[snip]
    >I had this trouble myself when I started VUW.  I agree: it should be
    >added to the FAQ...

    Thanks folks, I'll add this to the Newbie Archwiz FAQ, but can you clarify some
    points?

    >
    >To add new news:
    >1) @send *news    (exactly like sending mail to any mailing list)
    >2) Once you are finished composing and sending your message to *news, do:
    >   @mail on *news    (that'll show you what message has what number).
    >3) Pick the number of the message you want to add from the list provided
    >   @mail on *news.
    >4) To add that message, do: @addnews [# of message] to *news

    @examine $news indicates that this command is:

            @addnews (anything) to $news

    where anything is really # of message on *news. Nevertheless on my meeting moo
    I have to issue the command as:

            @addnews [# of message] to #61

    $news on my moo is #61. Using *news doesn't work either. Is it supposed to
    work with $news (or, perhaps *news) and I have something set up wrong?

    >5) If a message is old and you want it removed, do: @rmnews [# of
    >message] from *news

    Same diff here as with @addnews above.

    Thanks,
    =k.

       Kim Cary-Instructional Technologist-Grad School of Ed & Psy
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