Listowner Message -- Your subscription options

Subject: Listowner Message -- Your subscription options
From: "Eric J. Ray" <ejray -at- OKWAY -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1995 15:11:39 -0600

Hi gang,

We're having a small problem with mail capacity here,
so you may be seeing slowdowns on the list messages. At
this time it is taking the system about 15 minutes to
send one message to TECHWR-L. Obviously, this doesn't
help the rest of the people here who are trying to do
real work on the system or who are trying to send
business-related E-mail.

Anything we can do to reduce the list volume (messages
times subscriptions) would help the situation.

How you can help:

* If you want to or you've considered it, take this
opportunity to change your option to DIGEST so you
will only get one big message/day. From the FAQ:
Q: What are digests and how do I get them?
A: Digests are daily mailings which include all
postings to TECHWR-L from the last 24 hours. These
are unedited, and unmoderated--they just give you
one big message instead of many little ones.
To get digests (assuming you are a subscriber),
send a message to:
LISTSERV -at- VM1 -dot- UCC -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU

Leave the subject line blank, and include on the
first line of the message:
SET TECHWR-L DIGEST

* If several people from one organization/location
each subscribe individually, work with your system
administrators there to set up an internal
distribution list.

* If you have access to the USENET news group
bit.listserv.techwr-l, consider reading TECHWR-L
there rather than on the list.

* Make VERY sure that the message you are about to
send to the list should go to the list, rather than
just to the individual. Again, from the FAQ:
Part 1:
* If it is about technical communication and of general
interest, post it.
* If it is about technical communication and humorous,
post it.

Part 2:
* If it doesn't relate to technical communication,
don't post it.
* If it is a personal message to a single subscriber,
don't post it. Even if mail to that person bounces.
* If you aren't sure, don't post it.
* If it relates to language use but not technical
communication, it probably isn't appropriate.
* If it continues an irrelevant thread in any way
(rebuttal, rebuke, rerun, revision, remark), don't
post it.

Part 3:
* Direct all commentary about this message to my
address, not the list.

Again, let me reemphasize: If it isn't about technical
communication, if it is a "me too", or if it is in my
opinion inappropriate for the whole list to get, DO NOT
post it.

More (old) news:
If you are removed from the list by anyone
@vm1.ucc.okstate.edu, your ID was bouncing mail and
they removed you. Resubscribe and see if that fixes it.
If you are removed again, let me know and we'll see
what we can do to help you fix the problem.

If you've got any questions, please let me know.
Eric
ejray -at- okway -dot- okstate -dot- edu
TECHWR-L Listowner


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