Subject: Money for ISP who can answer this question

From: [email-masked] (Clint Danbury)
Date: 27 Apr 1996 18:12:30 GMT

I have been asking this question of my current ISP folks (who have been receiving my money regularly) for more than a year.

None of them have ever answered this question in such a way that their answer works in real life.  The result is that I will either (1) get an answer to this question which works in real life, or (2) I will get a different ISP.

Either option is acceptable to me.

Here is the question:

What keys do I press, in what order, in response to what screen, which contains what promt, to cause *my* domain name and id (as opposed to the advertisement for my current ISP) to appear on UseNet news posts ?

What I want is this:  an ISP who can, will, and does provide me with simple operating software which will allow me to read and post usenet messges with the domain name and ID "[email-masked]" as the return address on UseNet posts.  

My current ISP does not provide me with that service right now.  If you are an ISP who can, will, and does; then please contact me about getting my money.

That's what I want; that's what will get my money; anyone on planet earth is welcome to provide me this service and  take my money in exchange.

Thanks to any human who provides an answer to this question which works in real life.

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From: Nancy McGough <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 20:15:12 -0400

> What keys do I press, in what order, in response to what screen, which contains what promt, to cause *my* domain name and id (as opposed to the advertisement for my current ISP) to appear on UseNet…

What operating system are you using (Unix, MS Windows, etc.)?  Many
news readers allow you to do this, but first tell us what operating
system you are using and if you care what news reader you use.  My
Signature, Finger, & Customized Headers FAQ has some info about this:

  http://www.jazzie.com/ii/faqs/archive/signature_finger_faq/

Good luck,
Nancy

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From: Rahul Dhesi <[email-masked]>
Date: 29 Apr 1996 02:22:51 GMT

In <[email-masked]> Nancy McGough
<[email-masked]> writes:

>system you are using and if you care what news reader you use.

Fortunately I'm using a news reader that shows me all the headers. :-)
His headers say:

   X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0]
-- 
Rahul Dhesi <[email-masked]>
==
"...Mark Crispin has the good sense to not blather away in
 newsgroups..." -- Wayne Hathaway

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From: [email-masked] (Clint Danbury)
Date: 30 Apr 1996 02:10:53 GMT

Rahul Dhesi ([email-masked]) wrote:

: Fortunately I'm using a news reader that shows me all the headers. :-)
: His headers say:
: 

Yes, Yes, Yes.  You are correct.  I am convinced that TIN can't 
put "[email-masked]" in the return fields, that's why 
I want to try pine.

My current ISP, wco.com, has not been able to tell me how to 
configure my software to put "[email-masked]" in the return 
fields; they insist on keeping their advertisement on my posts, and 
they have consistently ignored my requests.

that's why I want to stop paying money to wco.com and start paying 
it to someone else who puts "[email-masked]" on my posts.

The money offer stands.

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From: Rahul Dhesi <[email-masked]>
Date: 30 Apr 1996 08:06:10 GMT

>put "[email-masked]" in the return fields, that's why 

I wouldn't blame tin.

>The money offer stands.

That will be $10,000, please.  Excerpt from 'man a2i':

   SETTING YOUR FROM: LINE IN NEWS POSTINGS

   The news software normally generates a reasonable From: line in
   your news postings, so that people who read them can reply to you
   by email.

   You can customize this From: line.  If the news posting software finds
   a file called .a2inewsfrom in your home directory, it will use the
   contents of this file to generate the From: line.   Your .a2inewsfrom
   line should contain a single line of text that you wish to be used
   in your From: line.  The string 'From: ' in this file is optional.

--
Rahul Dhesi <[email-masked]>
a2i communications network operations

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From: [email-masked] (Clint Danbury)
Date: 30 Apr 1996 02:07:30 GMT

Nancy McGough ([email-masked]) wrote:
: 
: What operating system are you using (Unix, MS Windows, etc.)?  Many
: 
: 

Fair enough question, I'm using telent to get to a Unix shell account.

I think this newsreader is "nn" or perhaps "tin".  But I think "nn" 
is the name.

I would like to just use pine, and post my messages once a week and 
be through with all the cult rituals :-\

Anyway, as of now, I have heard from no ISP with the answer, and the 
money offer stands.  I am ready to change ISPs and change the flow 
of dollars to the one who can provide me with a simple account 
which has my domain name instead of "[email-masked]" in my 
usenet posts.

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From: [email-masked] (Bruce Welch)
Date: 30 Apr 1996 02:49:25 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, Clint Danbury wrote:
:Nancy McGough ([email-masked]) wrote:
:: 
:: What operating system are you using (Unix, MS Windows, etc.)?  Many
:: 
:: 
:
:
:Fair enough question, I'm using telent to get to a Unix shell account.
:
:I think this newsreader is "nn" or perhaps "tin".  But I think "nn" 
:is the name.

You are using TIN [UNIX 1.3 950024BETA PL0]

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