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Additional questions about list management should be send to macgroup-admin at erdos.math.louisville.edu. [1] How do I unsubscribe from MacGroup? Send email containing only the one line in the body unsubscribe macgroup to the address majordomo at erdos.math.louisville.edu. Make sure your mailer does not automatically append anything else to the message, and it's best to send the message as plain text e-mail. The return address on your message must be in the database of subscribers, so send the message from the same account you use to receive mail from the list. You should get an acknowledgement from the Majordomo software a short time after you unsubscribe. If this acknowledgement does not appear, something went wrong. More information about unsubscribe and other commands is available by sending e-mail containing the single word "help" to majordomo at erdos.math.louisville.edu. If you change e-mail accounts, please remember to unsubscribe from your old one and subscribe under your new address. [2] How do I subscribe to MacGroup. Anyone can subscribe to the MacGroup list. To do so, send an email message to the address Majordomo at erdos.math.louisville.edu containing only the single line in its body subscribe macgroup You should get an acknowledgement from the Majordomo software a short time after you subscribe. If this acknowledgement does not appear, something went wrong. More information about subscribe and other commands is available by sending e-mail containing the single word "help" to Majordomo at erdos.math.louisville.edu. [3] How do I post messages to MacGroup? To post a message to the MacGroup discussion list, just send an ordinary email message to macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu. This message will be automatically distributed to all 150+ subscribers. Only subscribers are allowed to post messages, so be sure to send the message from the same email address you use to receive messages from the list. If the return address on the message is not in the subscriber list, the message will be rejected. There is no moderation on the list, so be careful what you post. When your message is sent, it will be immediately forwarded to all list subscribers. There are a few nuances to posting that are sometimes nuisances. First, the list management software, Majordomo, is set to look for certain key words in the subject of messages to avoid administrative commands being posted to the list. These include words such as subscribe and unsubscribe. Messages posted with these key words in the subject are likely to be rejected. Second, only those subscribed to the list may post to the list. All other messages are rejected. The way Majordomo determines membership is from the sender's e-mail address. So, if you want to post to the list, you should probably send the message from the same account at which you receive mail from the list. (Or set your mail software to have an appropriate return address.) The reason for this requirement is to keep the spammers off the list. [4] What kinds of messages can be posted to MacGroup? Any message that concerns Macintosh computers. The connection can even be quite tenuous. This includes computer items for sale and commercial events and seminars with Macintosh themes. When in doubt, ask first. The answer will probably be to go ahead and post it. The list is closed to general spam mail, and we have gone to some trouble in our efforts to keep spam off this list. We do not consider advertising for Mac-related products to be spam, in the context of the MacGroup list. [5] Will you give me a list of all subscribers to MacGroup? No. [6] Is the MacGroup list hosted on a Macintosh? Unfortunately, no, although it could easily be hosted on Mac OS X. The current hardware is a Linux server with dual Pentium III processors. The list management software is Majordomo. If someone wants to donate a Macintosh on which to host it, we'll be happy to entertain that idea. Until then, we have better things to do with our Macs. The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be September 24 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
