Monthly reminder

Gordon J. Holtslander (holtslander@skyway.usask.ca)
Wed, 02 Jul 1997 16:36:37 -0600 (CST)

The Alt-Photo-Process Mini FAQ.

This document is posted monthly to the alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca mailing
list. Its purpose is to summarize things for new users and to provide
adminstrative details.

PROBLEMS/CONTACT------------------------------

The alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca mailing list is managed by Gordon J.
Holtslander. My email address is holtslander@sask.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 unfamilair point your
web browser to this location

http://lonezone.com/DUMB/Dummies.html

This is the Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet. It explains things in a
straightforward manner - with no jargon.

PURPOSE----------------------------------------

The purpose of this mailing list is to provide a means for people to
discuss alternative photographic processes. The phrase alternative
photographic processes refers to any printing process that does not use
the current silver-gelatin technology.

Profanity flaming is not tolerated.

POSTING-----------------------------------------

To send a message to the alt-photo-process mailing list send an email
message to the address:

alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca

UNSUBSCRIBE------------------------------------

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

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

CONFLICTS------------------------------------------

The alt-photo-process list is generally good natured. However if you feel
that someone is being innappropriate please contact them privately with
your concerns. Please email me a copy (cc holtslander@sask.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
appropropriate person.

The list needs to self-regulating. I will not be both the judge and jury.

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.zilker.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.

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 email 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 message. 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 with to retreive

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 alt-photo related web sites

The address of this FAQ is

http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg/photo/faq.html

MAILING LISTS------------------------------------------------

This is an internet emailing list more commonly known as a mailing list.
Its email address is

alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca

Anyone may subscribe to the list. Only people who have subscribed to the
list may send mail to the list. When you send an email message to this
address your message is copied and sent to all the people who have
subscibed to this list. There are currently around 500 people
participating.

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
holtslander@sask.usask.ca

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HOLTSLANDER@SASK.USASK.CA Department of Biology
URL: http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Tel (306)966-4433 S7N 5E2
FAX (306)966-4461 Canada
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