User category
When you select the User tab in the Properties dialog, the following panel is displayed:
- e-mail address:--This is your complete e-mail address.
- Nickname:--Specify the name which you want to appear in parentheses after your e-mail address.
- Organization Name:--Specify the name of your organization or company. This field is optional and may be left blank.
- City:--This is the city where your organization is located.
- State:--This is the state where your organization is located, using the standard two-letter abbreviation, e.g., CA, NY, etc..
- Real name (First Last):--Enter your first and last names in the respective text fields.
- City:--Specify the city where you live.
- State:--Specify the state where you live, using the standard two-letter abbreviation, e.g., CA, NY, etc..
- Use for searches:--Select Above data if you would like your company and personal address data included in your postings, or Card on file if you have an electronic business card (in HTML format) on file; in this case, you must enter the card location in the Card URL (primary) and, optionally, the Card URL (secondary) fields, described below. Only non-blank fields are included in postings.
- Card URL (primary):--Specify the URL of your electronic business card, if any. Before selecting this option, be sure to have the card on file.
- Card URL (secondary):--Specify the URL of your electronic business card, if any. This item points to an alternative site, and is used only if the primary site is down. Before selecting this option, be sure to have the card on file.
- Signature:--This is the fully-qualified path to your signature file, if any. The signature will be appended to your postings, preceded by three hyphens, to serve as a separator.
- User ID:--The user ID for authentication purposes. Set this resource if and only if your news server performs user authentication.
- Password:--The user password for authentication purposes. Set this resource if and only if your news server performs user authentication.
- Apply--Pressing the Apply button causes the current field values to be saved in the Properties file.
- Reset--Pressing the Reset button causes the current field values to be reset to their current values, as given in the Properties file.
- Cancel--Pressing the Cancel button causes the Properties dialog to disappear.
Why should you include personal information, such as the city where you live, in a news posting? More and more business professionals, such as doctors and lawyers, want to make their knowledge and experience available online for free, in the hope that by establishing themselves on the Internet, by way of the appropriate newsgroups, they will get new clients from among the Internet community. However, because of the large volume of postings, it is impractical for them to contribute to each and every discussion in which they are professionally competant.
By providing with your posting the city and state you live in, for example, business professionals in your geographic area are more likely to respond to your post. This can result in a win-win situation: you get useful, professional advice for free and the business contributors establish themselves to potential clients and customers.
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