17.1 Welcome to alt.test
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This article is from the Sex Movies FAQ, by director@gti.net (The Director) with numerous contributions by others.
17.1 Welcome to alt.test
Something's wrong. But what? Could it be your newsfeed is down?
Or maybe you're doing something wrong. So, you post message
to alt.sex.movies saying TEST - PLEASE IGNORE. And you get
flamed. Why?
alt.test is a newsgroup dedicated to test messages. As
alt.sex.movies is dedicated to discussing porn flicks, and
alt.flame is dedicated to flame wars -- alt.test is dedicated to
making sure your mailer works.
People don't want to see your test postings in their newsgroups,
and this goes for any newsgroup, not just asm. So post to
alt.test. And use a wacky re: line, or you'll never find your
post.
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