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Mutants, Genes, Germs and Flames

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Hi On, Sorry it took so incredibly long to get back to you.  I had a bad infection all summer which I finally got rid of by taking an antibiotic (penicillin) which I had a very bad reaction to and am still recovering from.  As I’ve got 2400 (!) posts to go before I catch up on my ng reading, I’m paying for being away for so long! In answer to your question, there are 2 types of ng – the "official" ones and the "alt" ones.  The alt ones are a lot easier to start. You type up a proposal and post in on relavant ngs for discussion. The relevant (sp?) ngs are this one and alt.config in this case. The proposal would be a basis for the ng charter which sets forth the purpose of the ng and what is and isn’t allowed.  People discuss it, and if enough people think its a good idea, someone on alt.config with system administator access will send out the newgroup control message and voila! a new newsgroup.  Note 2 additional things:  there are some strict naming conventions that have to be followed, and with an alt. group there might be some propagation problems if people weren’t really that interested in it, though I think this latter issue isn’t as much of a problem as it was before the explosive growth of the internet.  Alt.config will have a FAQ with more details about this. Hope this helps, – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Sue hi :) Can I ask for some advice from you? Someone made a joke about it in above post: "I guess someone snuck onto my computer and signed me up to alt.argue.crohns-colitis.   Allen" But seriously maybe its possible to start another ng for…. arguments and fights? (no kidin..) How does one start a ng ? Regards On Elpeleg Allen OK guys, things have gotten waaay out of hand.  I’ve never seen this much controversy about mutations outside of the XMen comic book.  Really immature stuff too like name calling and accusations of misspelling! Remember, a ng charter isn’t there just for the fun of it, most people’s ISPs ban violations of ng charters and will ban people from this ng or even throw them off their ISP’s if enough people complain about them.  I hate to have to remind people of this, but apparently all the really good reasons for not flaming on a support group aren’t registering this time around.  I’m not going to be around much thru Labor Day, so what say we all calm down before then so I don’t have to go thru the incredibly distasteful exercise of posting where to report ng abuse for each flamer. Once again, the ng charter: What is Alt.support.crohns-colitis? Alt.support.crohns-colitis was created in early 1994 as a forum where people suffering from ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s Disease, and irritable bowel syndrome can share their everyday struggles with these illnesses, as well as discuss medicines, treatments, surgery, diet, health care providers, related illnesses, and anything else anyone can think of that relates to these diseases.  In other words, this is the online equivalent of a support group, which means that no question is stupid and no condition embarrassing here.  It also means we’re all here to help each other out, so please be nice, be polite, and no flaming. Discussions of all types of medicine- conventional and alternative, Western and Eastern, your Aunt Harriet’s home remedies, whatever- are welcome here; however, any person discussing a potential remedy which he or she also sells must explicitly begin the "Subject" header of their post with the word "AD" or "ADVERTISEMENT" in all caps, regardless of whether or not they profit from such sales.  Spamming is expressly forbidden as violating the rules of netiquette as well as those of this newsgroup.  Finally, please keep in mind that no one knows what causes these illnesses, no one’s come up with a cure, and we need all the help we can get.

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the "ignor" or kill file is too under used in here.  if ignorant people and people that degrade others are ignored, they end up going away. jeffy – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – OK guys, things have gotten waaay out of hand.  I’ve never seen this much controversy about mutations outside of the XMen comic book.  Really immature stuff too like name calling and accusations of misspelling! Remember, a ng charter isn’t there just for the fun of it, most people’s ISPs ban violations of ng charters and will ban people from this ng or even throw them off their ISP’s if enough people complain about them.  I hate to have to remind people of this, but apparently all the really good reasons for not flaming on a support group aren’t registering this time around.  I’m not going to be around much thru Labor Day, so what say we all calm down before then so I don’t have to go thru the incredibly distasteful exercise of posting where to report ng abuse for each flamer. Once again, the ng charter: What is Alt.support.crohns-colitis? Alt.support.crohns-colitis was created in early 1994 as a forum where people suffering from ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s Disease, and irritable bowel syndrome can share their everyday struggles with these illnesses, as well as discuss medicines, treatments, surgery, diet, health care providers, related illnesses, and anything else anyone can think of that relates to these diseases.  In other words, this is the online equivalent of a support group, which means that no question is stupid and no condition embarrassing here.  It also means we’re all here to help each other out, so please be nice, be polite, and no flaming. Discussions of all types of medicine- conventional and alternative, Western and Eastern, your Aunt Harriet’s home remedies, whatever- are welcome here; however, any person discussing a potential remedy which he or she also sells must explicitly begin the "Subject" header of their post with the word "AD" or "ADVERTISEMENT" in all caps, regardless of whether or not they profit from such sales.  Spamming is expressly forbidden as violating the rules of netiquette as well as those of this newsgroup.  Finally, please keep in mind that no one knows what causes these illnesses, no one’s come up with a cure, and we need all the help we can get.

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Sue hi :) Can I ask for some advice from you?  Someone made a joke about it in above post: "I guess someone snuck onto my computer and signed me up to alt.argue.crohns-colitis.   Allen" But seriously maybe its possible to start another ng for…. arguments and fights? (no kidin..) How does one start a ng ? Regards On Elpeleg Allen – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – OK guys, things have gotten waaay out of hand.  I’ve never seen this much controversy about mutations outside of the XMen comic book.  Really immature stuff too like name calling and accusations of misspelling! Remember, a ng charter isn’t there just for the fun of it, most people’s ISPs ban violations of ng charters and will ban people from this ng or even throw them off their ISP’s if enough people complain about them.  I hate to have to remind people of this, but apparently all the really good reasons for not flaming on a support group aren’t registering this time around.  I’m not going to be around much thru Labor Day, so what say we all calm down before then so I don’t have to go thru the incredibly distasteful exercise of posting where to report ng abuse for each flamer. Once again, the ng charter: What is Alt.support.crohns-colitis? Alt.support.crohns-colitis was created in early 1994 as a forum where people suffering from ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s Disease, and irritable bowel syndrome can share their everyday struggles with these illnesses, as well as discuss medicines, treatments, surgery, diet, health care providers, related illnesses, and anything else anyone can think of that relates to these diseases.  In other words, this is the online equivalent of a support group, which means that no question is stupid and no condition embarrassing here.  It also means we’re all here to help each other out, so please be nice, be polite, and no flaming. Discussions of all types of medicine- conventional and alternative, Western and Eastern, your Aunt Harriet’s home remedies, whatever- are welcome here; however, any person discussing a potential remedy which he or she also sells must explicitly begin the "Subject" header of their post with the word "AD" or "ADVERTISEMENT" in all caps, regardless of whether or not they profit from such sales.  Spamming is expressly forbidden as violating the rules of netiquette as well as those of this newsgroup.  Finally, please keep in mind that no one knows what causes these illnesses, no one’s come up with a cure, and we need all the help we can get.

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OK guys, things have gotten waaay out of hand.  I’ve never seen this much controversy about mutations outside of the XMen comic book.  Really immature stuff too like name calling and accusations of misspelling! Remember, a ng charter isn’t there just for the fun of it, most people’s ISPs ban violations of ng charters and will ban people from this ng or even throw them off their ISP’s if enough people complain about them.  I hate to have to remind people of this, but apparently all the really good reasons for not flaming on a support group aren’t registering this time around.  I’m not going to be around much thru Labor Day, so what say we all calm down before then so I don’t have to go thru the incredibly distasteful exercise of posting where to report ng abuse for each flamer. Once again, the ng charter: What is Alt.support.crohns-colitis? Alt.support.crohns-colitis was created in early 1994 as a forum where people suffering from ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s Disease, and irritable bowel syndrome can share their everyday struggles with these illnesses, as well as discuss medicines, treatments, surgery, diet, health care providers, related illnesses, and anything else anyone can think of that relates to these diseases.  In other words, this is the online equivalent of a support group, which means that no question is stupid and no condition embarrassing here.  It also means we’re all here to help each other out, so please be nice, be polite, and no flaming. Discussions of all types of medicine- conventional and alternative, Western and Eastern, your Aunt Harriet’s home remedies, whatever- are welcome here; however, any person discussing a potential remedy which he or she also sells must explicitly begin the "Subject" header of their post with the word "AD" or "ADVERTISEMENT" in all caps, regardless of whether or not they profit from such sales.  Spamming is expressly forbidden as violating the rules of netiquette as well as those of this newsgroup.  Finally, please keep in mind that no one knows what causes these illnesses, no one’s come up with a cure, and we need all the help we can get.

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