Archive-name: ONAG.faq
Last-modified: $Date: 2003/08/12 22:03:49 $

This FAQ provides ott.* users with a rough idea of how ott.* groups
are managed, and what "ONAG" is.

Note that ONAG procedures are currently in trial-and-error
experimentation, and are subject to change.

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Subject: What is ONAG?

ONAG stands for "Ottawa News Administrator Group". This is a small
number of experienced Usenet administrators and users in the Ottawa
area that are interested in ensuring that ott.* is a consistent and
useful Usenet hierarchy.

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Subject: What does ONAG do?

Charter for ott.general
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Ott.general is the general discussion newsgroup in the ott.* hierarchy. If
there is a more appropriate group in the ott.* hierarchy for your message,
you are encouraged to post to that group, rather than ott.general.

ott.general is
* the newsgroup in the ott.* hierarchy where you may post your
messages if there is not a more appropriate newsgroup
elsewhere in the ott.* hierarchy.

ott.general is not
* a newsgroup for test messages -- use ott.test;
* another newsgroup in the ott.* hierarchy to post forsale-type
messages in -- use the appropriate ott.forsale.* newsgroup;
* another newsgroup in the ott.* hierarchy to post commercial
messages in -- use the appropriate ott.business.ads.* newsgroup;
* another newsgroup in the ott.* hierarchy to post job postings
in -- use ott.jobs;
* another newsgroup to crosspost messages into.