Path: news2.ip-mobilphone.net ! NNTPLoader.ip-mobilphone.net ! text02 ! atl-c01.usenetserver.com ! atl-c03.usenetserver.com ! news.glorb.com ! pln-e ! spln ! dex ! extra.newsguy.com ! newsp.newsguy.com ! news4 From: Jeff Norton Newsgroups: alt.business.import-export.only Subject: FAQ - alt.business.import-export.only - Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 09:03:46 -0600 Organization: BIZynet International Business Network Lines: 102 Approved: intl_trade@bizynet.com Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: p-302.newsdawg.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 X-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 10:20:04 EST (text02) Xref: news2.ip-mobilphone.net alt.business.import-export.only:11990 BIZynet International Import-Export Moderated Keeping Fair Winds in the Trader's Sails ~~~~~~~~~~~~alt.business.import-export.only~~~~~~~~~~~~ Frequently Asked Questions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. What is the main focus of alt.business.import-export.only? A. The alt.business.import-export.only Newsgroup focuses on meeting the needs of real international traders by providing a forum for traders to discuss international trade issues and other related topics which effect the way they conduct business in an ever-changing global economy. Q. Is advertising of legitimate trade offers allowed to be posted to alt.business.import-export.only? A. Advertising of legitimate trade offers is not only allowed but encouraged in the newsgroup. The keywords being legitmate trade offers or inquiries. Advertising which does not meet the critieria of being directly related to international trade or the needs of international traders will be rejected. Q. Is there any specific format which advertising posts should follow? A. Advertisements for trade offers should be limited to text and the upper 128 ASCII characters. Advertisements containing HTML code and MIME encoded messages will be rejected. Set your message margins for a maximum of 80 characters per line. Using a 76 character line leaves room for quote marks on replies. Q. Do all messages have to be in English? A. Although most of the messages you will see are in English, it's not a requirement. Messages in other languages are welcome as well as using the entire IBM ASCII character set so you can spell your name properly. Posting in your language, with a translation in English, will give you a wider audience. Unfortunately, many message programs change the character sets around for languages such as Chinese and Russian. That makes it impossible to use the on-line translation programs. Please use services like http://www.tranexp.com:2000/InterTran (Who's computer is this?) to include a rough translation into English so you can reach a wider audience. Q. How do I submit messages and advertisements of trade offers to alt.business.import-export.only? A. Submissions to alt.business.import-export.only may be E-Mailed to Intl Trade or may be submitted via your current Internet Service Provider (ISP) to the newsgroup for routing to the moderators. Q. How often should I post messages to the Newsgroup. A. Once a week will keep several copies of your offer or request current and readable on all the InterNet systems. Q. Is there any way an international trader can obtain unrestricted access to the newsgroup so posts can be submitted on a regular basis without the need for moderator approval? A. Information on how an international trader can obtain unrestricted access is available by E-Mailing either of the moderators. You can also arrange to have your advertising auto-posted for you at regular intervals. Q. How does an international trader contact the moderators directly? A. The moderators of alt.business.import-export.only can be contacted via the Newsgroup or directly by E-Mail. Please feel free to ask for additional details. The BIZynet network offers a variety of services for advertising and conducting business via the E-Ways (Electronic Highways). Drop by http://www.bizynet.com/faq-news.htm (Who's computer is this?) to access all of the biz newsgroups FAQ's. Click the [Return to Index] button to find even more information on how to get the most from the newsgroups. Our @bizynet.com domain is a respected E-Mail address for business folks for many reasons. Chris Gunn and Jeff Norton cgunn@bizynet.com jnorton@bizynet.com