novice netusers

[drears at ARDEC.arpa]

> Education yes!  Where is he/she to get the requisite education?

>> When I got the news software for our computer, I made copies of
>> some doc. that came with it--"How to Read the Network News" and
>> "How to Use USENET Effectively."  To each novice user I distribute
>> a copy of this stuff.  This gives the basics--the University of
>> Hard Knocks does an excellent job of the rest!
>> 
>> Rex Black

      This is great for people who recieve items through USENET but
what about the people who recieve items only through maillists.  I
am on the ARPAnet and can get news only through the maillists.  The
little I know about USENET comes from various UNIX magazines,
UNIFORUM & USENIX conferences, and items in info-unix, unix-wizards,
and other maillists.  We do not have access to uucp (Command
Decision) or netnews.
      I am not alone in this.  There are a lot of users out there
who suscribe to maillists but don't realize their is a link to
USENET.  They have no idea what it is.  Unfortanately the only way
is thru experience.  I realize this topic doesn't actually belong to
wizards but even if I knew where it belonged I probably could not
access it.  Any ideas on education for the ARPA users?


Dennis
	
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