Re: Jumping in
Tim O'Connor (oconnort@nyu.edu)
Mon, 01 Nov 1999 10:34:33 -0500
On Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 08:57:18AM -0500, Basquiata@aol.com wrote:
> do all u people go to nyu? i was just wondering because i'm not a student
> there, but subscribed to the list... i would like to go there, tho. and i
> have a bunch of friends who are in the photo and film schools.
> also, does everyone on this list like Salinger or is it just a discussion
> panel about anything to do with the guy,m even if u don't necessarily
> identify wiht Holden/ the Glasses?
Hello, Basquiata! This reply is for you, but all the other subscribers
might find it interesting, too.
This list currently lives on an NYU system, and its archives live on an
NYU web server, but it's not an NYU-affiliated arrangement. Just that I
am (lucky to be?) the system/network security manager here, and by
jumping through a couple of hoops, I arranged this. (I'm in the
improbable category of research faculty, too, and operated the mailing
list service and occasionally teach classes, so those all helped a bit.)
There are a couple of NYU subscribers, but I'll leave it to them to
disclose their identities or continue to lurk.
You should have received the welcome message when you subscribed. It
explains what the list does. Essentially it is a forum for discussion
of Salinger and his work and writing habits.
I'd say that maybe 1% of the subscribers are from NYU, including me.
Otherwise, this subscriber list (which is confidential, so you won't get
junk mail unless the idiot sender first joins the list, and the names of
subscribers is not public information, which has happened only twice, I
think) covers a breathtakingly wide chunk of the planet. The web site
still gets a hit rate of about 97% .edu addresses, but the subscribers
are from many countries.
(It strikes me as sad and ironic that I can't do an all-out Buddy
Glass-ism and put these parenthetical remarks in as footnotes, since
this mail is sent out only as text, not as HTML.)
By the way, I mention that the list "currently lives" here because this
list service is being retired gradually in favor of one that has more
bells and whistles (that being the preferred method of delivering
messages these days, it seems).
But don't worry -- I'll handle the transition to a new home with as much
grace as possible, causing the least disruption to the subscriber list.
At some point in the short- to mid-term future, I'll send out an
administrative message filling in the details.
Cheers and welcome!
--tim o'connor