Conference 7.286::digital

    We review & respond to the UNIX newsgroups as time allows
    
    Mark
    

    COMP.OS.VMS is well-supported.

    .1
    
    Could You please give me a couple of examples on which UNIX newsgroups 
    that You respond to ?
    
    I guess that one of them is comp.unix.osf.osf1, am I right ? 
    
    Regards, Richard

    vmsnet.networks.desktop.pathworks is one where many DEC people answer
    questions.
    
    ...petri

Richard, go to the newsgroups that concern Digital.  You'll find Digital
people there.  And a lot of them are people you won't find here.

___Pete

    .-1 Hi Pete !
    
    I am trying it at the moment. I'm totally new to Usenet and Newsgroups 
    so I asked the question to get a head start. I'll try it but I would
    still be glad if You could post some pointers on Newsgroups where we
    help customers out. That info could be of good use for many of us.
    
    Thank you all for your responses, regards Richard

Try some of these:

	comp.arch			  comp.databases.oracle
	comp.databases.rdb		  comp.org.decus
	comp.soft-sys.dce		  comp.sys.dec
	comp.sys.dec.micro		  comp.unix.osf.misc
	comp.unix.osf.misc		  comp.unix.osf.osf1
	comp.unix.osf.osf1		  comp.unix.ultrix
	ne.org.decus			  triangle.decus
	vmsnet.admin			  vmsnet.alpha
	vmsnet.announce			  vmsnet.announce.newusers
	vmsnet.databases.rdb		  vmsnet.decus.journal
	vmsnet.decus.lugs		  vmsnet.employment
	vmsnet.epsilon-cd		  vmsnet.groups
	vmsnet.infosystems.gopher	  vmsnet.infosystems.misc
	vmsnet.internals		  vmsnet.mail.misc
	vmsnet.mail.mx			  vmsnet.mail.pmdf
	vmsnet.misc			  vmsnet.networks.desktop.misc
	vmsnet.networks.desktop.pathworks vmsnet.networks.management.decmcc
	vmsnet.networks.management.misc	  vmsnet.networks.misc
	vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.cmu-tek	  vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.misc
	vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.multinet	  vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.tcpware
	vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.ucx	  vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.wintcp
	vmsnet.pdp-11			  vmsnet.sdk.openvms.fieldtest
	vmsnet.sources			  vmsnet.sources.d
	vmsnet.sources.games		  vmsnet.sysmgt
	vmsnet.test			  vmsnet.tpu
	vmsnet.uucp			  vmsnet.vms-posix

___Pete

Also see comp.lang.c, comp.lang.c++ and comp.lang.fortran.

    
    Can you access these newsgroups through something like NetScape, or
    must you use a proper application?
    
    Marc
    

    Netscape has a news reader built in.

    Go to AltaVista select Search Usenet where you normally see
    "the Web" and then enter your query and AltaVista will give
    you everything related from ALL newgroups.
    
    
    Robin

    Yes of course you can read these newsgroups with Netscape.  The setup
    to do so though is not obvious.   Out-of-the-box Netscape is setup to
    go to a newserver called "news" which may or may not translate to a
    real server address on your subnet.  So first thing to do is go into
    the Netscape Option/settings and point your browser at a regular newsfeed
    server (e.g. usenet.pa.dec.com)
    
    Then you're all set.  The only other trick you need to know is how to
    open a given newsgroup.  The easiest way to do this with Netscape is
    just type a newsgroup URL right into the browser URL box.  e.g. type in 
    the URL ;
    
    		news:comp.sys.dec.micro
    
    and voila! - you have the DEC micros newsgroup open in a new browser
    window.
    
    /Chris/

    I actively support Digital's Fortran products in comp.lang.fortran,
    comp.os.vms, comp.unix.osf.osf1, comp.unix.ultrix and other groups.  I
    also help out where I can in the OS-related groups.
    
    There are quite a few Digital products which have engineers following
    the newsgroups and offering assistance where appropriate.
    
    				Steve