Re: Welcome to NEW new MF3D list (UNH)

[Bill Costa <Bill.Costa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

     Paul Talbot recently posted a welcome message to all of the 
     MF3D.Forum subscribers.  Let me second that and offer a few
     additional comments and minor corrections.

> This is expected to be the "final" home of the list, at
> least for as long as Bill Costa remains at UNH.  He assures
> me that will be quite a long time...barring an act of god. ;-)

     Or early retirement.  Not!  :-(  Guess I'm going to be here
     for a while yet...

> The list software is ListProc.  Subscribe/unsubscribe requests
> go to ListProc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx  Commands should appear in the
> subject line.  ACK, DIGEST, and POSTPONE methods are supported.
> These modes operate just like they do with Photo-3D.

    The Photo-3D list runs V6 of ListProc, the last public domain
    version of that software.  We're running V8.2 which is the one
    rev back from the latest.  You will find that all the commands
    you already know from dealing with the Photo-3D list will work
    with our server.  A minor correction to Paul's comment above.
    Commands to the server go in the *body* of the message, not
    the subject line.  In fact the server for the most part ignores
    the subject line so you can use it as a comment to yourself 
    if you are saving a copy of your message for your own records:

    +---------------------------------------------------------------
    |    To: listproc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    |    CC: <self>
    |  Subj: Suspending MF3D.Forum subscription while on vacation
    |
    |  set  mf3d.forum  mail  postpone
    |

> You may want to make note of this address for the ListProc
> user manual: http://www.unh.edu/NIS/Docs/ListProc/userman.html

    Fair warning -- the documentation is awful.  The vendor has 
    promised a complete re-write with the next major version, but
    for now it is all we've got.  :-(

    On the subject of archives, you have available to you 3 basic
    commands:

         INDEX  -- list available archives
         GET    -- retrieve named archive
         SEARCH -- search archive contents for 'pattern'

    See the documentation for more information about using these
    commands.

    Archives are saved in digest format.  That is, each digest that
    is sent out should also be saved as an archive.

    Of course where this is a new list on a new server, we don't
    have any archives yet.  :-)    A next major version of the 
    server software will have archives available via the web, but
    for now access is only via e-mail.  Sorry, no idea when the
    next major release is.


                                                       Later....BC

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