As promised earlier today, below is some helpful information about new mail list options. The single most requested feature of all time on this list has been digest mode. It is now available. Also by popular demand, I have instituted quotation quotas on this list. If you exercise reasonable restraint in trimming un-necessary quotations you will not go over the quota. -- Sarasvati RULES AND ETIQUETTE The Unicode list is mostly an uncensored forum, with one exception: job postings and recruitment campaigns have always been strictly forbidden. Sarasvati is ever watchful for breeches of this rule, and is merciless in her wrath. Correspondents should remain tolerably polite and consider carefully before launching into rabid ad hominem attacks. Outright advertising, lengthy off-topic ramblings, and blatant spamming of the list are all usually frowned upon by the community at large. However for the most-part, other than profanity, "anything goes". We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone, at any time, on any whim. The server imposes limits on how much "quoting" of previous posts is allowed, and messages will be returned if they quote too extensively. It is usually not necessary to quote very extensively from messages that previously appeared on the mail list -- our subscribers have seen those messages. Short, pertinent quotes will focus your discussion and help reduce the overall volume of list traffic. Traffic reduction will help subscribers who pay for disk storage or data transmission, or who are on slower connections. If your message is over 30 lines long, and contains more than 65% quotation or quotes more than 25 lines running, it will be sent back for trimming. Please, please help us stamp out excessive quote pollution! NOTES If you experience difficulty with subscription or unsubscription, please write to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", which is read personally by Sarasvati. The mail lists are serviced by a "Listar" server which supports digest mode and vacation options. Some help information is given below. The list of subscribers is not available. Messages are usually archived on a temporary basis, and some archives are currently available for downloading in "raw" form. There are no plans to make them available in any other form. Any available archives can be retrieved on the web, and are linked through the Unicode home page. Rev 2001/03/21. Sarasvati ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Listar HELP FILE ** By Rachel Blackman, JT Traub and Ryan T. Dean TO GET A LIST OF LISTS: Send a message to the listar account on the server with a subject of "lists". A list of lists hosted by the server will be returned to you. TO SUBSCRIBE TO A LIST: Send a message to the listar account on the server (you can just reply to this message). In the subject field, enter "subscribe [listname]". Or, you can send a message to "[listname]-request" with a subject of "subscribe". TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM A LIST: Send a message to the listar account on the server (you can just reply to this message). Enter "unsubscribe [listname]" in the subject field. You can also send a message to "[listname]-request" with a subject of "unsubscribe". While you should NOT send your unsubscribe command to the list itself, Listar will attempt to trap such erroneous postings and forward them to the list administrators for proper handling. TO GET A DIGEST EVERY DAY: Send a message to the listar account on the server with a subject of "set [listname] digest". This will turn on digests, and you will receive a digest however often the server is configured to send them. TO STOP GETTING A DIGEST: Send a message to the listar account on the server with a subject of "unset [listname] digest". This will turn off digest mode, and instead you will receive an eMail every time something is posted to the list. TO GET A DIGEST AND NORMAL POSTS: Send a message to the listar account on the server with a subject of "set [listname] digest2". This will activate digest mode with normal posting. As each message is posted to the list it will be sent to you, and you will receive a digest as well. This flag should be used INSTEAD of digest, NOT IN ADDITION TO. To stop receiving digests in addition to normal posts, send a message to the listar account with a subject of "unset [listname] digest2". You will go back to receiving normal posts. TO FIND OUT WHO IS ON A LIST: Send a message to the listar account on the server with a subject of "who [listname]". You will receive a list of people subscribed to the list who are not hidden. Admins will be able to see everbody, including those hidden. TO HIDE ON A LIST: Send a message to the listar account on the server with a subject of "set [listname] hidden". You will no longer appear on WHO queries to the listserver. No one (except Admins) will know you are subscribed to the list unless you post to it (in which case those people on the list will know you posted if nothing else). TO STOP HIDING ON A LIST: Send a message to the listar account on the server with a subject of "unset [listname] hidden". You will then show up on WHO queries to the listserver. TO GO ON VACATION: Send a message to the listar account on the server with a subject of "set [listname] vacation". You will remain subscribed to the list but will not receive any eMail as long as this flag is set. To come back from vacation, eMail the listar account with a subject of "unset [listname] vacation". TO CHECK ON YOUR OWN STATUS: Send a message to the listar account on the server with a subject of "stats [listname]". You will get a list of all the flags currently set on your account. TO GET A LIST OF FLAGS AVAILABLE: Send a message to the listar account on the server with a subject of "flags". An eMail will be sent to you with the available flags that you can set on your account. TO GET A LIST OF COMMANDS AVAILABLE: Send a message to the listar account on the server with a subject of "commands". An eMail will be sent to you with all the commands that the server and any installed modules offer.