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
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** 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.
