Happy Holidays to all.. The list will be running by itself until January
5, when I return from my vacation
Here is the minifaq
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://www.eff.org/papers/eegtti/eeg_1.html
This is the Electonic Frontier Foundation's (EFF) version of the Big Dummy's
Guide to the Internet. It explains things in a straightforward manner - with
no jargon.
You can also get a text only version (good for printing) at
http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_info/EFF_Net_Guide/netguide.eff
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.
ELECTRONIC MAILING LISTS-----------------------
An electronic mailing list is method of communicating with a large number of
people using electronic mail. In order for a person to participate they must
first have an email address. If you have this document we will assume your
have an email address.
Email lists use a central email address to distribute messages. Messages sent
to this central email address are copied and sent to all the people who are
currently participating. Sending a message to the list is often called posting
a message. This list uses the email address: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca.
In order to partipate in the mailing list your email address must be added to
the list. This is called "subscribing" to the list. This is done by sending
an email message to the the mailing list program - this is ALWAYS a different
address than the addresss used to post mesages. See below for details.
Once a person is subscribed they will recieve all the messages sent to the
list, and they will be able to send messages to the list
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
^
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------------------------------------------
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 for
ward 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 Gregroy 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
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 w
The address of this FAQ is
http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg/photo/faq.html
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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
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Gordon J. Holtslander Dept. of Biology
holtsg@duke.usask.ca 112 Science Place
Tel (306) 966-4433 University of Saskatchewan
Fax (306) 966-4461 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Canda
S7N 5E2
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