Hey, I'd like to post a test message. Where should I send it?

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5.16. Hey, I'd like to post a test message. Where should I send it?

Sometimes you might want to post a test message to the Usenet to make sure your news software is working or to see what the headers of your posts look like. By sending your message to one of several special test-ground newsgroups, you can try your posting software, see what your message looks like, and verify that your site actually propagates Usenet messages. Special newsgroups exist for test messages. You can send your test message to one of them with impunity. Don't post your message to alt.internet.services or alt.personals or talk.poitics.guns or anywhere else that isn't just for test messages. Doing so will annoy thousands of folks who were minding their own business until your message came along and told them to ignore it because it's only a test.

Just so there are no excuses, here's a list of several places to which you may post test messages. Send as many as you want!

alt.test
atl.test
austin.test
ba.test
bit.test
biz.test
ca.test
can.test
de.alt.test
de.test
de.test.egon
eunet.test
fj.test
fr.test
k12.test
misc.test
mit.test
news.test
nj.test
ny.test
psu.test
relcom.test
sbay.test
scruz.test
seattle.test
sfnet.test
su.test
tx.test
ucb.test
uiuc.test
uk.test
vmsnet.test

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