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This article is from the Celtic Music FAQ, by Ceolas ceolas@celtic.stanford.edu with numerous contributions by others.

10. A few technical notes (Celtic Music FAQ)

* Mailing lists. If the subscription address has 'listserv' or 'majordomo'
somewhere in it, subscription is handled by a computer program. To subscribe,
send a one-line message saying
subscribe <mailing list name> <your real name> (listserv) or
subscribe <mailing list name> (majordomo)
If not, it's a person who reads the name, so just drop them a nice note. Most
automatic lists can be set up in digest format, so that all the postings for one
day are delivered in a single message. It's less interactive, but helps a lot
with mailbox clutter.

* Using a Web browser. If you have a World Wide Web browser,
use the hypertext version of this list
(http://celtic.stanford.edu/Internet_Sources.html)
for simpler access to WWW, FTP and Gopher sites.

* FTP by mail. You can search FTP archives by email; send a message saying
'help' to ftpmail@gatekeeper.dec.com for more information.

* Mailing list etiquette: Be considerate when sending a message to a mailing
list; hundreds of people may read what you write. Read the list for some time
before posting a message, to gather the tone of the list. When replying to a
posting, it is often best to reply to the sender of the posting than to the
whole list. If you simply type 'reply' on your mail program, chances are, the
reply will be sent to the whole list: it is safer to retype the senders address
when replying personally.

Copyright (c) Ceolas, 1995, 1996

 

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