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Usenet newsgroup comp.archives.ms-windows.announce

The news:comp.archives.ms-windows.announce newsgroup was created the 19th of June 1996. It has the following clarified charter which gives it purpose.

This moderated newsgroup is for the upload announcements and related information from Microsoft Windows archive sites (also called FTP sites) with Public Domain, Freeware and Shareware material. The subjects include the upload announcements via the Microsoft Windows FTP site moderators, the Microsoft Windows sites' periodical summaries, potential policy statements and downtime warnings, and the Microsoft Windows FTP site moderators' reports about the connectivity problems with their archive sites. Unix announcements conform only if they directly relate to transferring or handling the Microsoft Windows material from the Microsoft Windows FTP sites. 16-bit programs, 32-bit programs, programs for Windows 95/98/Me/[..] are all on-topic.

The purpose of news:comp.archives.ms-windows.announce is to be a ONE-WAY channel for Microsoft Windows upload announcements which the moderators handle, and other one-way, occasional information relating to Microsoft Windows archive sites. The moderators will therefore not be handling users' discussion material, questions, and replies. The unmoderated news:comp.archives.ms-windows.discuss newsgroup (see below) will cover that aspect.

Articles from all major FTP servers are welcome, just as in the existing news:comp.archives.msdos.announce.

Administrative contact address: win-news-manager(a)uploadcentral.com
Article submission address: win-news-request(a)uploadcentral.com

• Keith Petersen (w8sdz(ät)uploadcentral.com)

• Timo Salmi (ts(a)uwasa.fi) + FAQ maintenance
  

• Ari Hovila
• David Kirschbaum (kirschd(a)Simtel.Net)