Garmin GPS - test, pls ignore

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test, pls ignore

arno

2007-04-25, 4:33 am

pls. ignore, thank you.

I. Care

2007-04-25, 10:33 am

In article <f0mvca$mu0$1@aioe.org>, schoblochr@azoppoth.at says...
> pls. ignore, thank you.
>

So you don't have to ask "Where does it say I should not post test
messages in a regular NG", here are some sources.

Why not just post your actual msg. and see if it comes through? Then
you don't have to post 2 msgs.

Usually the NG alt.test is used for test posts so as to not clutter the
NG's. Not that they aren't already cluttered........

From Indiana University

http://kb.iu.edu/data/afcj.html

How can I test-post a Usenet news article?

Note: You should never post a test article to a regular newsgroup. It's
an expensive waste of Usenet resources. Even if you send a test message
to the newusers groups, with a polite subject line like "test, please
ignore", you're guaranteed to receive lots of angry replies.

There are several test newsgroups you can use for test-posting Usenet
articles. Check for local test newsgroups first; if you have access to
one, UITS strongly recommends that you use it rather than a global test
group.

To test a world-distribution newsgroup, use misc.test or alt.test .
However, use these newsgroups only when you are testing distribution,
and not just for casually testing a newsreader.

Various sites will auto-respond to any message posted to misc.test,
which is one way of knowing whether your message got through or not. But
if that's not what you're testing, the auto-responses can be annoying,
and you should put the word "ignore" in your subject line to suppress
them. You can also try restricting distribution on your test post by
changing the "Distribution:" header on your post to local .

From http://www.newsreaders.com/guide/netiquette.html

The Seven Dont's of Usenet
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/dont.html

Item #4.....Don't post test messages ("will this come thru?") to any
group which is not specifically designated as a test group (such as
news.test)....

From http://www.savetz.com/yic/YIC05FI_17.html

5.17. How do I know my messages are really propagating on the Usenet?
When you post a message to any newsgroup, it should--depending on your
type of Internet access--start showing up on other sites within a few
minutes or hours.

If you are not sure whether your postings are leaving your site, post a
test message to one of the major Usenet testing grounds such as alt.test
or news.test. Out in the vast reaches of the Usenet, some sites have set
up programs, called autoresponders, that automatically send e-mail
replies to messages posted to the biggie test newsgroups. The
autoresponders are cool because: 1) you get to see that your message is
reaching other sites, and 2) you get lots of e-mail from all over the
world.

From http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm

# Stick to the topic: Yes, each newsgroup has a topic | Post tests
in the right place

http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm#test

Post tests in the right place

Don't post tests in a regular group and annoy everyone. Use misc.test,
alt.test, or alt.binaries.test that's what they're there for.

From Duke EDU

http://www.duke.edu/eng169s2/group4...glish/netiq.htm

If you want to do a test post, post only to newsgroups designed for that
purpose like misc.test, alt.test, or a local testing bed. This way you
save us the trouble of seeing "testing, please ignore" messages.

From University of Chicago

http://support.uchicago.edu/docs/mi...t/newsetiq.html

Be A Good Net.Citizen

Post test postings in test groups.

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