Subject: README: Major list change IS HERE
From: Tim O'Connor (tim@roughdraft.org)
Date: Sun Jan 09 2000 - 19:35:47 EST
TIME-SENSITIVE MAIL -- PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY AND DO NOT DELETE IT!
This is a rehash of mail I sent out in early December. This list is
ready to pack up its bags and move. About the only thing lacking is
a proper front page for the web archive, which is at
http://www.roughdraft.org/JDS/
For the last few years, NYU has allowed us to give this list a home
on the list server I set up and maintained. However, due to
managerial changes and other political details, it is now necessary
for us to relocate.
You will have to subscribe to the new list yourself; there won't be
any magic transfer of addresses, and it will help weed out the people
who no longer read the list.
To subscribe, send mail to:
majordomo@roughdraft.org
[NOTE that that's a .org address, not a .edu or .com.]
We ignore the subject line. Just enter this in the body of the mail:
subscribe bananafish
You'll get back a new "welcome" message.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
===============
In order to do this in an orderly fashion, and as a slightly belated
"happy birthday" card to the author whose work inspires this list, I
will shut this "based at NYU" list down on January 10, 2000, which
shortly follows J.D. Salinger's birthday, which is January 1.
Please subscribe to the new list as soon as you can, so you don't
miss anything exciting. <INSERT SINGLE RAISED EYEBROW HERE>
The list archive will also move, to http://www.roughdraft.org/JDS/ ;
some of the features are not yet alive, because I've been a bit
preoccupied with other things.
[One of the most important bits you'll need to remember is that the
address of this list ends in ".org" -- not .com or .edu! The owners
of the "roughdraft.com" system especially seem annoyed to receive
misaddressed mail.]
THE DIGEST
========
If you prefer to receive all the day's messages bundled into one
message, your command should instead say:
subscribe bananafish-digest
Please don't send BOTH commands, unless you really want to receive
both subscriptions! There is a slight chance that I'll be working
some kinks out of the digest option, so you may want to use the
regular list for a couple of days. I'll send out an announcement
when I know that the digest works.
AUTHORIZATION
============
The biggest change you will notice is that when you join, you will
get a reply, asking you to authorize your new subscription. It will
say something along these lines:
Someone (possibly you) has requested that your email
address be added to or deleted from the mailing list
"bananafish@roughdraft.org".
If you really want this action to be taken, please send
the following commands (exactly as shown) back to
"majordomo@roughdraft.org":
auth xxxxxxx subscribe bananafish you@your.mail.address
(The "xxxxxxxxx" will be an arbitrary authorization string of numbers
and letters.)
Do a reply to send only that "auth" line EXACTLY as it appears,
cutting away the rest of the message, and you will be added to the
new list. You will also receive the list's "welcome" message.
Here is a sample message asking to subscribe:
To: majordomo@roughdraft.org
From: Tim O'Connor <tim@roughdraft.org>
Subject:
Cc:
Bcc:
X-Attachments:
subscribe bananafish
After you get back the "Someone (possibly you)..." message, you must
send a second mail message:
To: majordomo@roughdraft.org
From: Tim O'Connor <tim@roughdraft.org>
Subject:
Cc:
Bcc:
X-Attachments:
auth 123abc12298 subscribe bananafish you@your.mail.address
This will get you subscribed. The feature is designed to protect you
from being added to the list without your knowledge. THIS IS NOT A
FEATURE UNDER MY CONTROL. IT'S MANDATORY.
To quit, send mail to:
majordomo@roughdraft.org
You can leave the subject line blank. Your message should say:
unsubscribe bananafish
(In the examples above, please substitute "bananafish-digest" for
"bananafish" if you prefer the digest form.)
Let's hope this unsteady ship doesn't list as it pulls out of its
berth to its new home.
If you have questions, please send them to me privately. (tim@roughdraft.org)
--tim o'connor
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