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The Subject: line and the Keywords: line are both header lines.
Most/all news posting software will provide you with a Subject: line,
but not all will provide you with a Keywords: line, a Followup-To:
line, or a Reply-To: line.

The Keywords: line can hold important words or phrases that a reader
might want to search for, but which don't fit in the Subject:
line.

Your software should allow you to change header lines, and to add
additional header lines to your article before posting it.
The "rn" newsreader allows you to edit the entire article,
including both the header and the body, using your favorite text
editor, such as emacs.  Other news software may have other methods.
I cannot assist you with other software.  Read the documentation
and/or contact technical support.  If your software does not allow
adding and editing header lines, you need better software.  You
can obtain a variety of Usenet news software free of charge from a
number of anonymous uucp and anonymous ftp sites.

Example:

	Newsgroups: misc.jobs.offered
	Followup-To: poster
	From: jane@matchmaker.com
	Reply-To: hr@acme.com
	Subject: US-FL-Tampa   Orange Juice Tasters   Acme Juice Inc.
	Keywords: 3rd party recruiter
	Organization: Matchmaker Personnel Inc

	Our client, the Acme Juice Corporation, needs additional
	orange juice tasters.  There are 7 open positions.
	No experience necessary.  Salary: US$100,000 /year

	Contact:

	Human Resources Dept.
	Acme Juice Inc.
	PO Box 123
	Tampa, Florida, US
	1-800-555-1212
	hr@acme.com

	Jane Doe
	Matchmaker Personnel
	PO Box 456
	St. Petersburg, Florida, US
	jane@matchmaker.com


Q-13  I have this great idea to make money.

The following guideline is borrowed from Gene Spafford's article
"Answers to Frequently Asked Questions", in news.announce.newusers.

    I have this great idea to make money.  Alternatively, wouldn't an
    electronic chain letter be an nifty idea?

    In a few words: don't even think about it.  Trying to use the net
    to make vast sums of money or send chain letters is a very bad
    idea.  First of all, it is an inappropriate use of resources
    (arguably, so are most of the newsgroups), and tends to use up
    vast amounts of net bandwidth.  Second, such usage of the net
    tends to produce extremely negative reactions by people on the
    net, adding even more to the volume -- most of it directed to you.
    Users, particular system admins, do not like that kind of
    activity, and they will flood your mailbox with notices to that
    effect. Third, it's just stupid -- even more so than the other
    stupidity on the net.

    And last, and perhaps most important, some of this activity is
    against the law in many places.  In the US, you can (and will) be
    reported by hacked-off system administrators for suspicion of wire
    fraud or mail fraud (if you are asking people to mail something to
    you or others).  In one incident, at *least* a half dozen people
    reported the person to the Postal Service inspectors; I'm not sure
    what the outcome was, but it probably was not a nice experience.

    Bottom line: don't try schemes to sell things, solicit donations,
    or run any kind of pyramid or Ponzi scheme.  Also, don't start or
    support electronic chain letters.

And if the preceeding didn't convince you:

    Newsgroups: news.announce.important
    Subject: 'Make Money Fast' Scam
    Sender: usenet@nntp.fbi.gov

    [Moderator's note:  this posting is approved on behalf of the FBI, which
    has stepped in to investigate the massive spree of fraud being committed
    by the MAKE.MONEY.FAST posters.]

    To the USENET Community:

    You may be familiar with a rash of postings to various newsgroups by
    various entities purporting to describe a scheme by Mr. David Rhodes
    of Oxford, Kentucky on the subject of "Make Money Fast."  These schemes
    have as their theme a list of people to whom you, the mark, should send
    money -- followed by reposting of the article with your name added to
    the list.  In this wise, the scam purports, everyone who participates
    will become fabulously rich.

    The FBI wishes to inform you that under no circumstances should you:

         1) Believe that this scam will work.  It won't.  It's a classic con
              principle to promise massive returns on your meager investment.
         2) Participate in the re-posting of the article.  If you do so, you
              are guilty of a Class IV felony.
         3) Propagate this scam further in any way.

    We wish to further inform you that cases are pending in the federal courts
    against several individuals who disregarded U.S. statutes and attempted to
    defraud their fellow citizens.

    Finally, we wish to inform you that David Rhodes himself is in a Federal
    Correctional Institution for his part in the origination of this scam and
    will not see the light of day until the year 1997, barring parole or
    pardon from higher authority.

    Thank you for doing everything you can to stamp out this scam.  Confidence
    men benefit no one but themselves.  Don't fall victim to schemes like this.

    


Q-14  What about multi-level marketing?

	Discussion of multi-level marketing belongs in the newsgroup
alt.business.multi-level.  It does not belong in misc.jobs.


Q-15  How do I find out the cost of living in another city?

[ These two sources are useful for the USA.  Pointers to similar info
  for cities in other countries welcome.  -Snoopy ]

Rand McNally's _Places_Rated_Almanac_, by Richard Boyer and David Savageau
is very helpful.  Try the library or your local bookstore.

Mark Linimon forwarded the following info from Mike Mattox:
   A very good source that lists the cost of living for over 225 cities is:

         "Inter-City Cost of Living Index"  

   It is produced by the American Chamber of Commerce Researchers Association.
   According to the 1987 edition(the latest copy the Texas A&M library has)
   it is published quarterly(since 1968) and cost $75/year to subscribe.

   Subscription information is available from:
                        Louisville Area Chamber of Commerce
                        One Riverfront Plaza
                        Louisville, KY  40202


Q-16  Where can I get more information about this network?

	The misc.jobs groups are part of Usenet.  Usenet is not
the same as the Internet, although many sites use the Internet
to transport news between sites.  There are other methods of
transport used, UUCP is popular.

	Read the articles in the newgroup news.announce.newusers.
If you still have questions, ask the news administrator, technical
support person, or other knowledgeable person at your site.


Q-17  Is misc.jobs archived anywhere?

	I am not aware of any sites which archive misc.jobs, or
any sites which make misc.jobs available via anonymous uucp or anonymous
ftp.  If someone knows of such a site, please let me know and I will add
the information to this posting.

	The following resource is probably not an archive, but may
be useful to job searchers.  This information provided by Ruth Shipley,
ix.netcom.com!rshipley.

	In an article titled, "Top U.S. sources for an online job search."
	in DATABASE (Oct/Nov, 1994, p. 34), the authors say the
	misc.jobs.newsgroups are "searchable/displayable at Gopher
	gopher.unt.edu or try lynx gopher://gopher.denet.dk:4320/1nntp."
	(p. 40)

	I gophered to the UNT (University of Northern Texas) site and found
	misc.jobs.offered through the following menu choices:

	Employment Opportunities (UNT & remote)
	  Opportunities Outside UNT
	    Employment Opportunities Postings in Usenet
	      Search MISC.JOBS.OFFERED Article Titles

	I didn't find any jobs under the string I searched on, so I can't
	tell you what the final output looks like.

Q-18  Is there a mailing list?

	The misc.jobs groups are Usenet newsgroups, they are not
mailing lists.  While it should be possible to gateway them into
a mailing list, I am not aware of anyone who has done so.


Q-19  What are the country codes?  (for subject lines)

The following is a list of country codes.  This information has been
extracted from the 1994-10-24 version of a document called
"FAQ: International E-mail accessibility", compiled by Olivier M.J.
Crepin-Leblond, ocl@ic.ac.uk.   For more info, please see that
document, or ISO 3166.

The latest version of the country code FAQ is retrievable by
sending an E-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu , blank subject line
and the command: send usenet/news.answers/mail/country-codes

The country codes have been derived from the
International Organization for Standardization standard ISO 3166.

Code    Country
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
AD   Andorra
AE   United Arab Emirates
AF   Afghanistan (Islamic St.)
AG   Antigua and Barbuda
AI   Anguilla
AL   Albania
AM   Armenia
AN   Netherland Antilles
AO   Angola (Republic of)
AQ   Antarctica
AR   Argentina
AS   American Samoa
AT   Austria
AU   Australia
AW   Aruba
AZ   Azerbaijan
BA   Bosnia-Herzegovina
BB   Barbados
BD   Bangladesh
BE   Belgium
BF   Burkina Faso
BG   Bulgaria
BH   Bahrain
BI   Burundi
BJ   Benin
BM   Bermuda
BN   Brunei Darussalam
BO   Bolivia
BR   Brazil
BS   Bahamas
BT   Bhutan
BV   Bouvet Island
BW   Botswana
BY   Belarus
BZ   Belize
CA   Canada
CC   Cocos (Keeling) Isl.
CF   Central African Rep.
CG   Congo
CH   Switzerland
CI   Ivory Coast
CK   Cook Islands
CL   Chile
CM   Cameroon
CN   China
CO   Colombia
CR   Costa Rica
CS   Czechoslovakia
CU   Cuba
CV   Cape Verde
CX   Christmas Island
CY   Cyprus
CZ   Czech Republic
DE   Germany
DJ   Djibouti
DK   Denmark
DM   Dominica
DO   Dominican Republic
DZ   Algeria
EC   Ecuador
EE   Estonia
EG   Egypt
EH   Western Sahara
ER   Eritrea
ES   Spain
ET   Ethiopia
FI   Finland
FJ   Fiji
FK   Falkland Isl. (Malvinas)
FM   Micronesia
FO   Faroe Islands
FR   France
FX   France (European Ter.)
GA   Gabon
GB   Great Britain (UK)
GD   Grenada
GE   Georgia
GF   Guyana (Fr.)
GH   Ghana
GI   Gibraltar
GL   Greenland
GM   Gambia
GN   Guinea
GP   Guadeloupe (Fr.)
GQ   Equatorial Guinea
GR   Greece
GS   South Georgia  and  South Sandwich Islands
GT   Guatemala
GU   Guam (US)
GW   Guinea Bissau
GY   Guyana
HK   Hong Kong
HM   Heard & McDonald Isl.
HN   Honduras
HR   Croatia
HT   Haiti
HU   Hungary
ID   Indonesia
IE   Ireland
IL   Israel
IN   India
IO   British Indian O. Terr.
IQ   Iraq
IR   Iran
IS   Iceland
IT   Italy
JM   Jamaica
JO   Jordan
JP   Japan
KE   Kenya
KG   Kyrgyz Republic
KH   Cambodia
KI   Kiribati
KM   Comoros
KN   St.Kitts Nevis Anguilla
KP   Korea (North)
KR   Korea (South)
KW   Kuwait
KY   Cayman Islands
KZ   Kazachstan
LA   Laos
LB   Lebanon
LC   Saint Lucia
LI   Liechtenstein
LK   Sri Lanka
LR   Liberia
LS   Lesotho
LT   Lithuania
LU   Luxembourg
LV   Latvia
LY   Libya
MA   Morocco
MC   Monaco
MD   Moldova
MG   Madagascar (Republic of)
MH   Marshall Islands
MK   Macedonia (former Yugo.)
ML   Mali
MM   Myanmar
MN   Mongolia
MO   Macau
MP   Northern Mariana Isl.
MQ   Martinique (Fr.)
MR   Mauritania
MS   Montserrat
MT   Malta
MU   Mauritius
MV   Maldives
MW   Malawi
MX   Mexico
MY   Malaysia
MZ   Mozambique
NA   Namibia
NC   New Caledonia (Fr.)
NE   Niger
NF   Norfolk Island
NG   Nigeria
NI   Nicaragua
NL   Netherlands
NO   Norway
NP   Nepal
NR   Nauru
NU   Niue
NZ   New Zealand
OM   Oman
PA   Panama
PE   Peru
PF   Polynesia (Fr.)
PG   Papua New Guinea
PH   Philippines
PK   Pakistan
PL   Poland
PM   St. Pierre & Miquelon
PN   Pitcairn
PR   Puerto Rico (US)
PT   Portugal
PW   Palau
PY   Paraguay
QA   Qatar
RE   Reunion (Fr.)
RO   Romania
RU   Russian Federation
RW   Rwanda
SA   Saudi Arabia
SB   Solomon Islands
SC   Seychelles
SD   Sudan
SE   Sweden
SG   Singapore
SH   St. Helena
SI   Slovenia
SJ   Svalbard & Jan Mayen Is
SK   Slovakia (Slovak Rep)
SL   Sierra Leone
SM   San Marino
SN   Senegal
SO   Somalia
SR   Suriname
ST   St. Tome and Principe
SU   Soviet Union
SV   El Salvador
SY   Syria
SZ   Swaziland
TC   Turks & Caicos Islands
TD   Chad
TF   French Southern Terr.
TG   Togo
TH   Thailand
TJ   Tadjikistan
TK   Tokelau
TM   Turkmenistan
TN   Tunisia
TO   Tonga
TP   East Timor
TR   Turkey
TT   Trinidad & Tobago
TV   Tuvalu
TW   Taiwan
TZ   Tanzania
UA   Ukraine
UG   Uganda
UK   United Kingdom
UM   US Minor outlying Isl.
US   United States
UY   Uruguay
UZ   Uzbekistan
VA   Vatican City State
VC   St.Vincent & Grenadines
VE   Venezuela
VG   Virgin Islands (British)
VI   Virgin Islands (US)
VN   Vietnam
VU   Vanuatu
WF   Wallis & Futuna Islands
WS   Samoa
YE   Yemen
YT   Mayotte
YU   Yugoslavia
ZA   South Africa
ZM   Zambia
ZR   Zaire
ZW   Zimbabwe


Q-20  Codes for US states and Canadian provinces.  (for subject lines)

AK Alaska
AL Alabama
AR Arkansas
AZ Arizona
CA California
CO Colorado
CT Connecticut
DC District of Columbia
DE Delaware
FL Florida
GA Georgia
HI Hawaii
IA Iowa
ID Idaho
IL Illinois
IN Indiana
KS Kansas
KY Kentucky
LA Louisiana
MA Massachusetts
MD Maryland
ME Maine
MI Michigan
MN Minnesota
MO Missouri
MS Mississippi
MT Montana
NC North Carolina
ND North Dakota
NE Nebraska
NH New Hampshire
NJ New Jersey
NM New Mexico
NV Nevada
NY New York
OH Ohio
OK Oklahoma
OR Oregon
PA Pennsylvania
RI Rhode Island
SC South Carolina
SD South Dakota
TN Tennessee
TX Texas
UT Utah
VA Virginia
VT Vermont
WA Washington
WI Wisconsin
WV West Virginia
WY Wyoming

AB Alberta
BC British Columbia
MB Manitoba
NB New Brunswick
NF Newfoundland
NS Nova Scotia
NT Northwest Territories
ON Ontario
PE Prince Edward Island
PQ Quebec
SK Saskatchewan
YT Yukon Territory

Thank-you for your time and adherence to these guidelines.  If a poster
should fail to comply, readers are encouraged to first reply to the poster by
mail.  You may wish to include a copy of this FAQ since they probably haven't
seen it.  Send a Cc to the news administrator for the poster's site if needed.

With your help, we can keep the quality of postings high, the unemployment
rate low, and most importantly, the peace.

Posters should reread the FAQ from time to time, as posting guidelines are
added or modified from time to time to correct problems as they come up
or in response to user suggestions.

If after reading this FAQ, you still have questions, post them to
misc.jobs.misc.  Helpful people hang out there and someone should
be able to help you.

If you have suggestions concerning ways in which this posting may be
improved, please send mail to me directly.  Note that the headers
have been modified to discourage spammers.  My userid is "snoopy",
my machine is "sopwith.uucp", given this info you should be able
to compile a mail address.

    _____
   /_____\    
  /_______\   
    |___|     Snoopy
    |___|     


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