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FAQs have no size limit, although sometimes a system may impose certain restrictions - 64K is always a magic number. I've also seen K used as a limit.

In addition to system limits, FAQs that are very large over 64K might be difficult to handle. You might consider splitting your FAQ up into pieces, with each piece having its own theme. Some on-line services have smaller limits 32k for America Online. FAQ maintainers have to make a trade-off between the universality that they wish their FAQ to achieve, and the convenience of one large article as opposed to several smaller articles.

The trend seems to be towards keeping FAQs in one piece, no matter how large they get. I recently asked the readers of my microcontroller FAQs if they wanted the FAQs split into multiple parts or kept in one piece.

Even though two of the FAQs are over K, and the third is approaching K, the results were unanimously for keeping each of the FAQs intact and in one piece. Also, most on-line services are in the process of removing size restrictions, making the size of the FAQ more dependent on personal taste, and less on "technology" or the lack thereof. A header contains descriptive information about your posting. If you post your FAQ by means of a newsreader, a [minimal] header will be supplied automatically.

This header is required by the posting mechanism. Providing additional header information isn't really crucial unless there is a specific need such as providing a version number. See section 5 for more details about this. If you aren't worried about approval for now, then you don't need to worry about the header either. The main source of information on FAQs is the collection of documents that have been produced by the news. If you are considering putting together your own FAQ, these are required reading.

FAQ" posted to: news. It is also possible to cross post it to several groups at once. Check with your system administrator for more details on how to do this. Some sites don't keep their news around for a long time, so your posting might disappear from those location sooner than you planned. For this reason, and to allow general access to your FAQ, it is a good idea to archive it somewhere if possible.

This might be on a friendly ftp site that agrees to keep the current copy available for ftp'ing, on a mail server, or on your own system as long as others have some sort of access.

It allows automatic posting at set intervals to as many newsgroups as required. A big advantage of using the faq-server is that it is quick, easy, and automatic. Posting your FAQ once a month should be sufficient. In some special circumstances, you might need to post your FAQ twice a month to keep it available in the newsgroup.

Adding an expiration date in the header also helps keep it from being purged too soon. This doesn't always work, since your local system determines when the articles will be purged, and this doesn't always coincide with the expiration date. If you invest a lot of time on your FAQ, and most FAQ maintainers do, you might be concerned about protecting your work. You can add C copyright if you want, but it is no longer necessary sort of like chicken soup, doesn't necessarily help, but it couldn't hurt.

Protecting your work with a copyright protects your rights if someone else decides to steal your work and make a buck from it. As mentioned above in section 1. While copyright protection won't prevent this from happening, it at least makes it illegal and gives you legal recourse if you need. Check the copyright FAQ for further details. If it is important enough, you should consult with a lawyer experienced in copyright law.

In this "sue the pants off of anyone that looks at me cross-eyed" world that we live in today, many FAQ maintainers are using disclaimers to protect against possible law suits.

If your FAQ contains information that might be used in sensitive applications, and if something were to go terribly and tragically wrong, do you think that you would be sued? Does a bear defecate in the woods? See section 2. I'm not a lawyer, so I won't attempt to give definitive advice here yes, this is a disclaimer , but something such as the following might help cover your tush. Whether it in fact really helps or not, I don't know.

This article is provided as is without any express or implied warranties. Another common disclaimer that you have more than likely already encountered , is that used to disclaim any connection between the author's opinions and those of their employer.

If your article is in anyway related to what you do for a living, and if there might be a conflict of interest, it might be worthwhile to include something like this: The contents of this article reflect my opinions only and not necessarily those of my employer. This means that a larger potential audience gets a chance to know about your hard work.

One of the major reasons for getting your FAQ approved by the news. This is important since some sites purge old postings more frequently due to lack of space. The archive makes your FAQ available anytime someone wishes to ftp it from rtfm.

Another important reason to get your FAQ approved, is that you can then use the faq-server to automatically post to whichever newsgroups you want. Last, and least or most depending on your personality , there is always the fame and glory associated with being a FAQ maintainer. Once your FAQ becomes widely read and distributed, you will be amazed at how many times your name will be mentioned in postings or other articles.

In order to get a FAQ approved for posting to news. Check in news. If the document isn't currently available at your site, send a mail message to mail-server rtfm. You can of course ftp the document from the same place. Getting a FAQ approved is easy and doesn't require much on your part. The most important consideration for approval is a proper header. A minimal example follows: From: russ silicom.

EDU Summary: This article is a collection of information sources on the Motorola 68hc11 line of microcontrollers. Another example would be the header to the FAQ you are currently reading.

The news. To make things simple, you can just take the above example and adapt it for your FAQ. Just a few cautions: - All of the fields in the above header are required and all must be included.

There are additional, optional fields which may be included if you want to take the time to figure out what they're used for. Personally, I'm too lazy.

All of the newsgroups must be listed on one line with no spaces or extraneous characters which is why the Newsgroups line seems to fall off the edge of this document - it is not a mistake.

Do not forget this field since responses then might be directed to the news. When you are notified by the news. Once you've added the appropriate header to your FAQ, you can submit it to the news. Send it to the following address: news-answers mit. They will send you back a letter indicating if your FAQ has been approved, and if not, what needs to be done to get it in order.

If you have any questions, don't be embarrassed to ask the news. Most of the time the problem is simpler than you think. As you gain more experience, things will become clearer. Send your questions to: news-answers-request mit. Get as described above the " news. This is a good reference document which discusses many details that I chose not to delve into. Make sure your FAQ is accurate.

If you've already been posting it, then your readers have probably already helped you out on this. If you prefer, you can begin by posting the article marked as "DRAFT" a couple of times, to get feedback - then submit it for approval. Make sure that your FAQ is organized so that the material is easily accessible to the reader.

Similarly, make sure your FAQ is formatted nicely proper margins and indentation. This really helps when trying to read it. Prepare a header as described above to add to the beginning of your FAQ. Submit your FAQ for approval. The address for submitting your article: news-answers mit. The address for requesting information and for asking questions about the process: news-answers-request mit. Please be patient and don't ask the moderators about the status of your submission.

They are very busy and are not able to deal with "nuisance" mail. Use your judgement - if your teenage daughter was in Kindergarten when you submitted the article, then you might be justified in sending them a note. If she was only in fourth grade, think twice. Pass out cigars, throw a party, have a beer, and write and tell Mom about it. So what now? Well, you should prepare yourself for Email.

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