<UPDATED SPORRS INFO FILE> 09/24/97 Welcome to the SPORRS mailing list!
NOTICE: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TEXT IN ITS ENTIRETY. BY ACCEPTING RECEIPT OF THIS INFO FILE AND THE CONFIRMATION OF SUBSCRIPTION TO THE SPORRS LIST MESSAGE, YOU ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF AND ABIDE BY THE FOLLOWING SPORRS LIST RULES WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO READ THEM IN THEIR ENTIRETY OR NOT. THIS POLICY IS INTENDED FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL OF ITS RULE ABIDING SUBSCRIBERS. THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING THIS FILE IN ADVANCE. ABOUT THIS FILE: This file has been redesigned to make it easier to use. Please print out a copy now and keep it handy for reference. THE BASICS: WHAT IS SPORRS?: SPORRS is an acronym for Serious Photographers Of Railroad Related Subjects. The SPORRS list is the ideal place to discuss railroad photography and your related railfan adventures! IF YOU GOT THIS FILE: You are subscribed to the SPORRS mailing list. TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THE SPORRS LIST: If you want to stop receiving mail from the SPORRS List, send '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' a message with the words 'unsubscribe sporrs' in the body of your message. Make sure there is no other text in the body of your message (e.g. signatures). TO RE-SUBSCRIBE TO THE SPORRS LIST: Send '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' a message with the words 'subscribe sporrs' in the body of your message. Make sure there is no other text in the body of your message (e.g. signatures). TO POST YOUR MESSAGES TO THE SPORRS LIST: Send your message to '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. Do NOT send subscribe or unsubscribe requests to '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', as those must go to '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' instead. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SPORRS: Send a message to '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Dave Cohen -- SPORRS List Founder & Director FOR HELP WITH THE MAJORDOMO LIST SERVER: Send a message to '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Jim Gilley -- SPORRS List Administrator SPORRS PURPOSE: A place for serious photographers of railroad subjects to talk about issues related to railfanning and taking pictures of trains. If you have a question or contribution about film, processing, technique, digital photography, camera equipment, or other railfan gear, SPORRS is the perfect place to post. You can post the results of your latest RR trip and shoot, and let everyone know how you did. The SPORRS theme is basically anything that is related to photographing trains. Please use your best judgment in accordance with this list's policy. FOR NEWS RELATED TO RAILROADING: Post your RR news to Foamer instead of SPORRS. Foamer is another automated mailing list that runs in a similar manner to SPORRS. Foamer is dedicated to substantiated railroad industry news. Please do NOT post photographic related topics to Foamer; that's what SPORRS is for. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE FOAMER NEWS LIST: send a message to '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' with the words 'info foamer' in the body of the message. HOW DOES SPORRS WORK?: When you post your message to the SPORRS List, it is automatically and electronically redistributed by a list server program directly back to the mailboxes of all of the subscribed members of the SPORRS list. Do NOT use the SPORRS List for personal E-mail. SPORRS, like Foamer, is currently an OPEN list, which means anyone can subscribe. We do ask that you abide by these SPORRS list rules and use proper list etiquette so that all SPORRS members can benefit from a quality service. Also note that you MUST be a subscriber of SPORRS to post a message to it. This is intended to keep spammers out. One side effect of this is that you cannot post from a different account than you subscribe from. The same is also true of the Foamer list. ABOUT POSTING TO MORE THAN ONE LIST: DO NOT post a message to both Foamer and SPORRS. This would be inappropriate because each list has a different theme, and many people subscribe to both lists. CAN I REPOST A SPORRS POST ONTO AN INTERNET NEWS GROUP?: NO. This is a violation of the subscription rules, as above, and by posting the SPORRS address to another list, you would be increasing the odds that a spammer will pick it up with a 'search and strip' program used to collect E-mail addresses which will then be provided to a multitude of criminals with knowledge of list server programs and the ill-intent of gaining unauthorized access to the SPORRS List specifically to fill our mailboxes with undesirable advertising junk mail. WHY CAN'T I POST JUNK I FIND ON OTHER INTERNET LISTS OR NEWSGROUPS LIKE 'CUNY' ON THE SPORRS LIST?: Because the SPORRS members don't want it here. If we want to read those lists, we will read them ourselves, on our own. SPORRS is original material from and for its members only. Sorry, no exceptions. This policy will be strictly enforced. WHAT CAN I POST?: You may post anything relevant to photography of trains. Please use this file as a guide. ABOUT SENDING CC: CARBON COPIES FOR REPLIES: You do NOT need to copy (CC:) a message to someone who is already on the list, as they will receive your posting directly from the list. If you received their list posting, then this means that they are ALREADY on the list as a subscriber. This also means that anyone that you CC: in your replies WILL get TWO identical copies of your reply message. This is not necessary, and it quickly fills member's mailboxes with twice the amount of files that they should have received, it wastes Internet bandwidth, slowing down everyone's messages and there is no reason to reply to each message TWICE. If you wish to send a personal reply as well to a list member that has posted a message to the list, then return to your original mail message in your 'IN' or 'INCOMING' mailbox and just click on 'reply' again to send them a separate reply message. They will greatly appreciate it at that point if you edit out any non-related text that they themselves just wrote and already have a copy of. SHOULD I EDIT MY REPLIES BEFORE I SEND THEM TO THE SPORRS LIST?: Yes. Please edit (delete) any text content that is not relevant to your reply. If you don't, you are just wasting space and filling our mail boxes with something that all of us have already read the first time. WHY IS MY REPLY MESSAGE ADDRESSED TO THE ORIGINAL SENDER INSTEAD OF THE SPORRS LIST WHEN I CLICK ON 'REPLY'?: This eliminates the possibility of accidentally sending a potentially embarrassing personal E-mail response to the SPORRS List for redistribution to us all. I suggest making an address entry in your mailer software's Address Book to make it easy to address mail that you intend to post on the SPORRS List. I POSTED IT, WHERE IS IT?: Due to the nature of the Internet, mail distribution time varies from message to message. There are many factors involved. Chances are, if you haven't seen your posting come back yet, at least some of the other subscribers have. Be patient. Most postings go through almost instantly, but some of mine have taken hours. Additionally, If you change your Internet Provider (IP) and E-mail address, please unsubscribe first. And DO NOT attempt to post to the SPORRS List from a different address than which you are subscribed with. Your mail bounces when this happens, and the two friendly guys mentioned below get to clean up your mess. A NOTE FROM DAVE AND JIM: Please feel free to tell all your friends about SPORRS. All we ask is that when posting to SPORRS, please try to keep topics somehow related to the SPORRS theme and try to be courteous and respectful of others. THE SPORRS LIST USAGE RULES: 1) DO NOT re-post or redistribute material from SPORRS without the express written permission of the material's author. Copyright notices and any messages labeled 'Do not redistribute' 'Do not forward' or labeled in any way similar mean just that: NO FURTHER USE OF THAT MESSAGE WITHOUT THE AUTHOR'S WRITTEN PERMISSION. PERIOD. Respect any and all copyrights. 2) NO cross-posting of messages allowed to or from SPORRS and any other list in any manner. DO NOT post material to SPORRS that was intended for another type of list. 3) For liability reasons, we cannot allow commercially advertised items for sale on SPORRS. Posting personal photographic equipment for sale IS permitted for the other list members' convenience only. Please, no on-list bidding; take these matters to personal E-mail. 4) Do not post file attachments or binaries to SPORRS. The server cannot redistribute file attachments to e-mail. 5) Use of proper and respectable list etiquette is required. We are pleased to bring you this list, and we hope you enjoy it. This list exists for all of us. Thanks! Sincerely, Dave Cohen, SPORRS List Founder & Director Jim Gilley, List Administrator LEGAL DISCLAIMER: Personal views and opinions posted on the SPORRS list are solely those of the person(s) who authored the message, and in no way reflect the views or policies of Transcrypt International or Action Photographic. Transcrypt International, Jim Gilley, Action Photographic and Dave Cohen cannot be held responsible in any way for the information posted to SPORRS. Any action taken in reliance on the information contained within a SPORRS posting is solely at the risk of the person taking such action. Commercial advertising of any form is prohibited. The SPORRS list is intended for entertainment and educational purposes only. Any action concerning the SPORRS list which is motivated by profit, abuse, exploitation, or malice is expressly forbidden. Copyright violations are prohibited. Copyright (c) 1997 SPORRS -- All Rights Reserved --- last revision 24-SEP-97 DLC --- --> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects
