(efaq)Guidelines for newsgroup postings


What are appropriate messages for `news:gnu.emacs.help', `news:gnu.emacs.bug', `news:comp.emacs', etc.?
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   The file `etc/MAILINGLISTS' describes the purpose of each GNU
mailing list.  (Note: Informational files for Emacs, if you want a
copy of the file.)  For those lists which are gatewayed with
newsgroups, it lists both the newsgroup name and the mailing list
address.

   The newsgroup `news:comp.emacs' is for discussion of Emacs programs
in general.  This includes Emacs along with various other
implementations, such as XEmacs, JOVE, MicroEmacs, Freemacs, MG,
Unipress, CCA, and Epsilon.

   Many people post Emacs questions to `news:comp.emacs' because they
don't receive any of the `gnu.*' newsgroups.  Arguments have been made
both for and against posting GNU-Emacs-specific material to
`news:comp.emacs'.  You have to decide for yourself.

   Messages advocating "non-free" software are considered unacceptable
on any of the `gnu.*' newsgroups except for `news:gnu.misc.discuss',
which was created to hold the extensive flame-wars on the subject.
"Non-free" software includes any software for which the end user can't
freely modify the source code and exchange enhancements.  Be careful to
remove the `gnu.*' groups from the `Newsgroups:' line when posting a
followup that recommends such software.

   `news:gnu.emacs.bug' is a place where bug reports appear, but avoid
posting bug reports to this newsgroup directly (Note: Reporting bugs).

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