Any file listed here can be obtained in the listed newsgroups, by 
anonymous FTP from rtfm.mit.edu, or by email.  To request a file from 
the mail server, send email to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu containing:

   send FILENAME

where FILENAME is the complete file name listed below.

4.1 Introduction to the *.answers newsgroups

Subject: Introduction to the *.answers newsgroups
Newsgroups: news.announce.newusers,news.answers,....
File name: /pub/faqs/news-answers/introduction

4.2 FAQs about FAQs

Subject: FAQs about FAQs
Newsgroups: news.announce.newusers,news.newusers.questions,news.answers
File name: /pub/faqs/faqs/about-faqs

4.3 Minimal Digest Format

Subject: FAQs: A Suggested Minimal Digest Format
Newsgroups: news.admin.misc,news.software.readers,news.answers
File name: /pub/faqs/faqs/minimal-digest-format

4.4 *.answers post-approval guidelines

Subject: *.answers post-approval guidelines
Newsgroups: news.answers,....
File name: /pub/faqs/news-answers/postapproval-guidelines

4.5 Archive index

(not posted to any newsgroups)
File name: /pub/usenet/news.answers/index

4.6 List of Periodic Informational Postings

There are twenty "List of Periodic Informational Postings" postings.  
Part 1 contains introductory information.

Subject: List of Periodic Informational Postings, Part */20
Newsgroups: news.lists.misc,news.answers
File names: /pub/faqs/periodic-postings/*

The mail server will accept wildcards in this format, so sending this
file name, with the '*', will get you all the parts.

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