At 7/12/2005 03:49 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: >Consider the difference between posting to any unmoderated Usenet >group and posting to the Finale list. > >It's a *huge* difference.
I guess you need to explain why there is ANY difference, other than having to subscribe ahead of time.
Since ANYONE can subscribe, how is it any different? >I note that there don't seem to be any explicit Finale list terms of >service accessible from >http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale. It was so long ago >that I subscribed that I don't believe I have the terms of service >you get when you subscribe. I think it would be helpful to have those >accessible from the listinfo page (based on my past experiencing >administering a mailman mailing list, I know that part of the content >of that page is configurable by the list administrator). Here you go: >Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 13:06:43 EST >From: MX mailing list processor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > PLEASE READ THIS MESSAGE AND RETAIN IT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE > > >You have been added to mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Further administrative requests regarding this list should be sent to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >The following commands can be handled automatically by the list processor: > SIGNOFF Finale - to remove yourself from the list > REVIEW Finale - to get a list of subscribers > QUERY Finale - to get the status of your entry on the list > SET Finale MAIL - to resume receiving mail from the list > SET Finale NOMAIL - to remain on the list but not receive mail > SET Finale CONCEAL - to not report your address in a REVIEW > SET Finale NOCONCEAL - to report your address in a REVIEW > SET Finale REPRO - to receive posts you make to Finale > SET Finale NOREPRO - to not receive posts you make to Finale > LIST - to get a list of mailing lists served by > this host > HELP - to receive a help file > > >By default, subscriptions are set to MAIL, REPRO, NOCONCEAL. > > >Sam Houston State University's implementation of LISTSERV is mail oriented >exclusively and is only responsive to the above commands. Conventional >IBM-based interactive LISTSERV is not available, nor are its complement of >commands -- only those listed above. > > >Please do NOT send administrative messages to the list address >(Finale@SHSU.edu) as posts to these addresses are sent to the entire >subscribership distribution for the list. > > > -------------------- About Finale Archives -------------------- > > >Archives of Finale are maintained via MAIL on the Sam Houston State >University file server, FILESERV, under the filename structure >FINALE.YYYY-MM, where "yyyy" represents the year and "mm" represents the >numeric equivalent of the month. For example, the archives of Finale for >January, 1994, would be FINALE.1994-01. > > >To retrieve via MAIL the Finale archives for June, 1994, include the >command: > SENDME FINALE.1994-06 >in the body of a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >You may send FILESERV multiple commands so long as each resides on a unique >line of the MAIL message. If you are interested in available FILESERV >commands, include the command HELP in the body of a mail message to >FILESERV. > > > --------------- FTP access to files served on FILESERV --------------- > > >Most files which are accessible for FILESERV retrieval are also available >for anonymous ftp retrieval from Niord.SHSU.edu (192.92.115.8), including >the archives for Finale. Archives for Finale are retained in the directory >[FILESERV.FINALE] using the same filename syntax as above. > > >List owner: Henry E. Howey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >(This message was generated automatically.) Phil Daley < AutoDesk > http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
