efaq: Guidelines for newsgroup postings
2.3 What are appropriate messages for the various Emacs newsgroups?
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The Emacs mailing lists are described at the Emacs Savannah page
(http://savannah.gnu.org/mail/?group=emacs). Some of them are gatewayed
to newsgroups.
The newsgroup <news:comp.emacs> is for discussion of Emacs programs
in general. The newsgroup <news:gnu.emacs.help> is specifically for GNU
Emacs. It therefore makes no sense to cross-post to both groups, since
only one can be appropriate to any question.
Messages advocating “non-free” software are considered unacceptable
on any of the ‘gnu.*’ newsgroups except for <news:gnu.misc.discuss>,
which was created to hold the extensive flame-wars on the subject.
“Non-free” software includes any software for which the end user can’t
freely modify the source code and exchange enhancements. Be careful to
remove the ‘gnu.*’ groups from the ‘Newsgroups:’ line when posting a
followup that recommends such software.
<news:gnu.emacs.bug> is a place where bug reports appear, but avoid
posting bug reports to this newsgroup directly (
Reporting bugs).
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