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(meteorobs) REPOST: "MeteorObs 101"
[Periodic Repost:]
Dear Meteorites,
Here is information about subscribing to and unsubscribing from meteorobs and
meteorobs-digest, along with information about how to access the meteorobs and
meteorobs-digest databases. This entire message was adapted (stolen) directly
from a similar message written by Paul Rybski for the ASTRO mailing list.
***** Please note IN PARTICULAR the guidelines on posting to the list!
Clear skies!
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Meteorobs is operated by Brent Chapman's "Majordomo" mailing list
manager, version 1.93. This mailing list server allows users to
automatically subscribe and unsubscribe from mailing lists just by
sending "command" emails, in addition to providing other "remote"
functionality which may be useful to mailing list subscribers.
Please use the following instructions to ask Majordomo to do things
for you automatically:
1. Obtaining a subscription to meteorobs:
Send the two-word command:
subscribe meteorobs
to the email address:
majordomo@latrade.com
2. Obtaining a subscription to meteorobs-digest:
Send the two-word command:
subscribe meteorobs-digest
to the email address:
majordomo@latrade.com
And don't forget to ALSO cancel subscription
to the regular meteorobs list, or else you'll
be receiving BOTH the digest and main lists!
3. Canceling a subscription to meteorobs:
Send the two-word command:
unsubscribe meteorobs
to the email address:
majordomo@latrade.com
[NOTE: This is NOT the same address as that
to which posts should be sent!! See below.]
4. Canceling a subscription to meteorobs-digest:
Send the two-word command:
unsubscribe meteorobs-digest
to the email address:
majordomo@latrade.com
[NOTE: this is NOT the post address!]
5. Stopping meteorobs or meteorobs-digest mail while you are temporarily
away from your mail server:
Sadly, Majordomo does not have a NOMAIL option. When you must
temporarily suspend receipt of meteorobs or meteorobs-digest mail,
you must unsubscribe as described in #2 or #4, respectively. When
you wish to continue receiving meteorobs or meteorobs-digest mail,
you must resubscribe as described in #1 or #3 above.
6. To send a message to meteorobs (which will automatically be included
in the next meteorobs-digest as well):
Address your message to meteorobs@latrade.com, remembering to
follow the following GENERAL RULES:
-----IMPORTANT----IMPORTANT----IMPORTANT----IMPORTANT-------
\| \|
\| Because these messages go to over 150 people subscribed, \|
\| PLEASE obey the following rules: \|
\| \|
\| ** Try to make sure that all messages you post to \|
\| are SOMEHOW related to the main topic, which is \|
\| METEOR OBSERVING! Humor, questions about buying \|
\| telescopes or basic astronomy, are welcome *IF* \|
\| they are kept to a reasonable minimum! \|
\| \|
\| ** Personal messages (especially those which MAY be \|
\| viewed as inflammatory, and which are NOT general \|
\| interest) are NOT WELCOME on meteorobs. \|
\| \|
\| * Use descriptive text for your Subject: field. \|
\| \|
\| ** When replying on messages, comment (using the ">" \|
\| symbol) only the text you actually want to reply \|
\| to. *Please delete ALL unnecessary lines!* \|
\| \|
\| * If your reply to a message is ONLY INTERESTING TO \|
\| THE ORIGINAL SENDER, then please reply to him/her \|
\| personally: DO NOT use your mail program's REPLY \|
\| command in this case! \|
\| \|
\| * If your reply might be interesting for more people \|
\| subscribed, send your reply to the list by using \|
\| your mailer's REPLY function: all should get it. \|
\| \|
\| IN OTHER WORDS: !!!! Stay mainly on-topic !!!! \|
\| !!!! Keep messages constructive !!!! \|
\| !!!! Descriptive subject fields !!!! \|
\| !!!! Delete lines when replying !!!! \|
\| !!!! Reply to sender if possible !!!! \|
\| \|
-----IMPORTANT----IMPORTANT----IMPORTANT----IMPORTANT-------
7. To see an index of files you can "get" from either of meteorobs
or meteorobs-digest:
Send one of these single-line commands to majordomo@latrade.com:
index meteorobs
or,
index meteorobs-digest
Note that the latter command can be used to list ALL PREVIOUS
DIGESTS of the meteorobs list. This is a handy way of catching
up on the list if you have had to be unsubscribed for a while.
8. To get a file related to meteorobs or meteorobs-digest:
[In the commands given below, replace <filename> with the file's
name you wish to access, omitting the "<" and ">" characters.]
Send one of these single-line messages to majordomo@latrade.com:
get meteorobs <filename>, or
get meteorobs-digest <filename>.
Note that the latter command can be used to access ALL PREVIOUS
DIGESTS of the meteorobs list. This is a handy way of catching up
on the list if you have had to be unsubscribed lately.
9. To find out which lists you are on:
Send the following one-word command to majordomo@latrade.com:
which
10. To find out who is subscribed to a list:
Send the following one-line command to majordomo@latrade.com:
who meteorobs, or
who meteorobs-digest
11. To retrieve the general introductory information for meteorobs or
meteorobs-digest (including a list of helpful Web URLs!):
Send the following one-line command to majordomo@latrade.com:
info meteorobs
12. To show all the lists served by this Majordomo server:
Send the following one-word command to majordomo@latrade.com
lists
13. If your mailing program adds a signature to all of your mail, you
must stop Majordomo from processing your signature as if it were
a series of commands, as follows:
Add the following single-line command following any of the
above single-line or single-word commands:
end
14. Please note that commands in the "Subject:" line ARE NOT PROCESSED.
Otherwise, however, you may put whatever descriptive text you wish
in the "Subject:" lines of you messages to Majordomo.
15. Obtaining help with meteorobs or meteorobs-digest submission or
receipt problems:
Send a descriptive message of your problem, along with relevant
copies of error messages, to the meteorobs and meteorobs-digest
listowner Lew Gramer at "owner-meteorobs@latrade.com".
(This message was last updated on 4/17/97.)