1.1 What is the Rialto? What's it for?
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This article is from the Rialto FAQ, by Richard "Pug" Bainter pug@pug.net with numerous contributions by others.
1.1 What is the Rialto? What's it for?
The Rialto consists of a Usenet newsgroup, (rec.org.sca) which is
propagated to thousands of machines world-wide, and an electronic mail
digest (the SCA Digest), which is produced on a badly overworked
machine at MIT, and mailed directly to hundreds of people, also
world-wide. We are also connected to Fidonet and other BBS networks.
The Rialto exists to discuss topics of interest to the Society for
Creative Anachronism. The SCA is a non-profit, educational
organization of people that study the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and
recreate those parts we find most interesting.
1.2 Why is it called the Rialto?
The Rialto is named for a marketplace in Venice in the vicinity of the
Rialto bridge. As people gathered there to gossip and exchange ideas,
so do we gather here.
1.3 How do I post to the Rialto?
Check with your local system administrator or sysop for instructions
for your exact machine and software. Generally, you either post a
message to the newsgroup rec.org.sca, or send mail to
sca@mc.lcs.mit.edu. See elsewhere in this FAQ for guidelines to
posting style.
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