Hi all, Most of you are familiar with the modest list rules and policies sent out by James in the monthly reminder. This posting is an update and includes a slight revision to clarify and emphasize the importance of posting "plain text" to the list and NOT posting messages as "HTML".
The revision is in the body of the reminder at the end of this message, and I'm repeating it here to be sure everyone has a chance to read it. "DO NOT POST MESSAGES IN HTML FORMAT" "Some email programs by default send email messages as HTML. The MS Outlook Express and Netscape's Communicator are often set up to send all email messages as either HTML or as two attachments, one in plain text (ASCII) and one in 'rich' text (html format). If you use these programs or any mail program that sends email as HTML, please change your setting so that your messages will be sent as plain text ONLY." I beleive most of post our messages in plain text. But, it is important that everyone ensure that you are not posting messages to the list as HTML, because these messages can become unreadable in the digest form and to anyone whose mail program does not handle HTML. HTML is for web sites, plain text is for email. If your email text has colors, bold text, italics, a font other than the one you are reading right now, then you are using HTML (also called "rich text"). Somewhere in your mail program, you should find a "preference" or "option" setting for how your messages are sent - how they are formatted. Be sure it is set to plain text. Remember that everyone can read your plain text messages, but NOT everyone can read your HTML messages. Taking a little time to check your settings will make a big difference to a number of people. Thanks to everyone for your cooperation! :) Gregg ============================================ PINHOLE DISCUSSION MAILING LIST Document dated: January 28, 2002 ============================================ PURPOSE OF THE LIST: The purpose of the pinhole discussion mailing list is the discussion of any and all aspects of pinhole photography. All messages sent to this list should be related to pinhole photography. ============================================ THE RULES OF THE LIST: There are no specific rules for participating on this list. But everyone is reminded that list membership is a privilege, and list members are expected to treat each other with proper respect. Personal attacks or "flames" will not be tolerated and can get one banned from the list. If you encounter any problems of any kind in using the list, please notify James Kellar at ja...@kellar.com, Guy Glorieux at guy.glori...@sympatico.ca, or Gregg Kemp at gregg.kemp@p at ???????. Please do not send problems you may encounter to the list. The only ones who can help you solve these problems are James, Gregg or Guy. At this time please contact Guy first, then Gregg, then James. ============================================ REPLYING TO POSTINGS: Messages sent to you via the discussion list are set up to "behave" differently from messages sent to you by an individual. When you "reply" (using your email program's reply feature) to messages you receive from the list, your reply will automatically be directed back to the mailing list and NOT to the person who sent the message. The list program creates a Replyto: discussion-list@p at ??????? line in the mail message header. This tells your email program to send the message back to the list rather than the person who originally sent the message. In order to send a private message back to someone who sent a message through the list by replying, you must change the To: address from pinhole-discussion@p at ??????? to the individual's e-mail address. Note that if someone puts the list in the Cc: field rather than the To: field, the reply may go to the sender rather than the list. For this reason, it is ALWAYS a good idea to check who you are sending an e-mail to before sending it. ============================================ DO NOT POST ATTACHMENTS Attachments are files that are attached to an email message. The email system is designed to send messages using standard ASCII character set. Attachments are a way of sending a content that uses characters outside of the ASCII standard. Attachments are not welcome on this list. They are large. They usually can only be accessed with a specific program. They can unintentionally carry viruses. A significant portion of the list is unable to use attachments. Please do not send attachments to the list. All email to the list should be send as plain text. This is the one and only standard used by all computers and all email programs. ============================================ DO NOT POST MESSAGES IN HTML FORMAT Some email programs by default send email messages as HTML, the MS Outlook Express and Netscape's Communicator are often set up to send all email messages as either HTML or as two attachments, one in plain text (ASCII) and one in 'rich' text (html format). If you use these programs or any mail program that sends email as HTML, please change your setting so that your messages will be sent as plain text ONLY. ============================================ WARNINGS, VIRUSES, TAXES, END OF THE WORLD ETC.... There are always a number of hoaxes traversing the net, where one is urged to email an urgent warning message concerning some catastrophic new virus, government policy, etc to everyone you know.... These are almost always hoaxes. Do not send copies of these to the list, even if you are sure it is legitimate. ============================================ SUBSCRIBING, UNSUBSCRIBING, and changing PREFERENCES 1) go to: http://www.p at ???????/discussion/ 2) enter your email to enter your account (this is near the bottom of the page), 3) on your account page, make any changes and then enter your password to make the changes effective. If you do not know your password, follow the first 2 step (above) then on the account page, click on the button "Email my password to me". And you will immediately get your password in the mail. ============================================ ARCHIVES All the messages sent to this list are saved in a web-based archive, available at: http://www.p at ???????/discussion/
