Re: What gets archived at rtfm?

Lani Teshima-Miller (teshima@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu)
Thu, 27 Oct 1994 16:10:43 -1000

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Pat wrote about a followup to her FAQ that she was told had been
archived at rtfm.

> What's going on here? Does the rtfm server archive any article with a
> Subject line that contains the string "FAQ"?

Oh no, I could just see it now--Subject: Where's the FAQ?

Archived millions of times over!...me don't think so.

> If not, how does it decide what's a FAQ and what isn't?

Well, if the followup made it into the archive, my reaction would be
that the poster somehow forged the Approved line header, bypassing the
moderation process.

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