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A digest refers to the ability of a mailing list program to gather all the postings for one day together and send it as one large email message. PURPOSE The purpose of this mailing list is to discuss alternative photographic printing processes. This refers to almost any process that does not use the current silver-gelatin printing materials. Common alternative photographic processes include; cyanotype, gum-bichromate, platinum, carbon, etc. GENERAL GUIDELINES ETIQUETTE ----------------------- SEND ONLY PLAIN TEXT MESSAGES. This is the default method for most email programs. Please send email messages to the list as ascii text (often called plain text, or DOS text) This is the only standard that all email programs will accept. If you send messages using another standard most recipients will not be able to easily read your messages. DO NOT SEND MESSAGES AS HTML. Many of the newer email packages will send messages in the html format (the format used for web pages). 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However members are always interested in new sources of materials and services. If you are selling a product or service it is acceptable to send a brief message to the list giving further contact information. PROBLEMS/CONTACT------------------------------ The alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca mailing list is managed by Gordon J. Holtslander. My email address is holtsg@duke.usask.ca. If you have any difficulties using this list please feel free to email me. The most frequent problem people have is confusing the l (the letter l) in alt-photo-process-l -> (the letter l) with a 1 (the number one). If you are new to the internet and all this sounds unfamiliar point your web browser to this location http://home.netscape.com/netcenter/newnet/whatis.html This is Netscape's introduction to the internet. ELECTRONIC MAILING LISTS----------------------- Email lists use a central email address to distribute messages. 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To unsubscribe from this list send an email message to the address alt-photo-process-request@sask.usask.ca with the following text in the body of the message unsubscribe alt-photo-process-l Please note this is the letter "el"(l) not the number one (1) SUBSCRIBE---------------------------------------- To subscribe from this list send an email message to the address alt-photo-process-request@sask.usask.ca with the following text in the body of the message subscribe alt-photo-process-l Please note this is the letter "el"(l) not the number one (1) CONFLICTS------------------------------------------ Every one must treat each other with respect. Please feel free to disagree, but do it with respect. The alt-photo-process list is generally good natured. However if you feel that someone is being inappropriate please contact that person privately with your concerns. Please email me a copy (cc holtsg@duke.usask.ca) of your concerns. If you are not comfortable confronting another individual please forward your concerns to me and I will pass them on to the appropriate person. Please remember - when you send a posting there are 500 people listening. ARCHIVES-------------------------------------------- Messages to this list are saved and stored in two different ways. Newcomers to the list might want to look through the archives. The archives are presented in two different ways. WWW------ Each message is converted to a www page. An index page is maintained listing all the messages. It is possible to generate an index page based on the message's topic, thread, author or date. They are available from the site http://www.jump.net/~gwalker/altphoto I think this is the most efficient way of going through the archives. Messages are updated usually monthly. Please note that Gregory Walker does this as a volunteer, on his own time and pays for the web site out of his own pocket. This archive site contains almost all message posted to the list since its inception around 1994. You must use a world wide web browser like Netscape, Internet Explorer, or lynx at access this site. You can not access it with email EMAIL----- Messages posted after May 1 1997 have been stored in an email based system. Messages posted to the list are added to the archive on a continual (usually daily) basis. An index of messages and individual messages can be emailed to you by email commands to the mailserv program that runs this mailing list. INDEX ----- To get an index of messages send an email message to the address: mailserv@usask.ca with the command send [alt-photo-process]archives.lst this gives you a list of files in two columns. On one side is the subject line of email messages. On the other is the filename mailserv has given that messages. RETRIEVE ---- To retrieve a message send an email message to the address: mailserv@sask.usask.ca with the command send [alt-photo-process]filename replace filename with the filename of the message you wish to retrieve. THE BIG FAQ ------------------------------------- I maintain a world wide web FAQ for this list. It contains a brief introduction to the popular alternative photographic processes, a list of publications on doing alternative photographics processes, a list of suppliers, and links to a variety of other related sites. The address of this FAQ is http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg/photo/faq.html --------------------- This list was started in March of 1994 by myself and Steve Avery. Steve Avery managed the list until February of 1997. The list then moved to this site and I took over its management Gord Holtslander holtsg@duke.usask.ca |