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Subject: 0. What is this document?

This document describes what you need to do in order to cross-post an
article to news.answers and, if appropriate, one or more of the other
moderated *.answers newsgroups (alt.answers, comp.answers, de.answers,
humanities.answers, misc.answers, rec.answers, sci.answers,
soc.answers, and talk.answers). If you're not familiar with these
newsgroups, please read the posting "Introduction to the *.answers
newsgroups". For help with writing the FAQ itself, try the "FAQs
about FAQs". See Section 4 for how to get a copy of either of these.