mailing list instructions

[bercov@xxxxxxxxxx (John Bercovitz)]

Getting to the archives of photo-3d is simple if you have access to
the web.  The address you need is: http://bobcat.etsu.edu/
 
If you prefer to use ftp, then
 
ftp bobcat.etsu.edu
Connected to bobcat.etsu.edu.
220 bobcat.etsu.edu FTP server (Version wu-2.4(3) Mon Dec 26 22:44:42 CST 1994)
ready.
Name (bobcat.etsu.edu:bercov): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Password:
ftp> cd pub/photo/photo-3d
ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list.
utilities
images
SL3D
digests
info
archives
t1.txt
programs
sizefile.txt
technical
00index
226 Transfer complete.
102 bytes received in 0.019 seconds (5.3 Kbytes/s)
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.
 
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The 3D photography e-mail list                 Rev'd August, 1995
 
Please save this message!  It is your list of instructions for interacting 
with the photo-3d mailing list.  Referral to it when the inevitable 
questions arise will save you a _great_ deal of time and frustration.
 
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mailer daemons, and advertising.  If any of your messages is ever rejected,
please contact the list's owner: 3d-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
The e-mail mailing list named "photo-3d" has been established for the 
purposes of discussing 3D photography and closely allied subjects.  In 
this list, 3D is defined as the presentation of separate and different 
images to the left and right eyes.  This definition is not intended to 
exclude lenticular presentations or the Pulfrich effect or "wallpaper" 
stereograms.  However, it is intended to exclude discussions of, for 
instance, perspective drawing and "ray tracing" (often called 3D by people 
in other fields) and is also intended to limit the discussion of 
holography to headlines only, inasmuch as holography is a radically 
different technique.  Unfortunately, this is not the place to post 3D 
computer images; many subscribers cannot afford to receive messages that 
large.  We have available a number of FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) in 
our ftp directory.  Also in the ftp site are a number of stereo image 
files.  The ftp site is at bobcat.etsu.edu under pub/photo/photo-3d.
 
Discussions of the following (in no particular order) are encouraged.
 
Topics:
3D art 
3D equipment and products, both commercial and home-brew
3D personal experiences
3D techniques
3D theory
 
Media:
3D photographic stills and movies
3D television
3D computer graphics
 
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may elect to have posts delivered to you as we receive them (immediate 
mode) or you may elect to receive the "daily digest" which is the 
collection of a day's posts.
 
Here's how to join:
 
This list is handled by listproc.  It is capable of 
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To interact with the list control program, send e-mail to: 
 
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body of the mail message.  Response takes a minute or two, not including 
possible e-mail delays.  Below is a list of the requests which you may put 
in the body of the message.
 
subscribe photo-3d your name
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Subscribe to the list.  The default mode is daily digest reception.  This
can be changed to immediate reception, see below.  "your name" really 
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your message's header.
 
unsubscribe photo-3d 
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Remove yourself from the list.  Note that your name is _not_ given with 
this request.  Send this request from the same address you used when you 
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address so it can identify you.  You can't "talk" to the program and tell 
it, "Ignore the header for a minute and listen to me.")
 
set photo-3d MAIL DIGEST
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Sets digest mode.  This will select the daily digest mode of traffic - the 
articles are collected until the oldest article is 24 hours old.  This mode
can be very useful if you are going on vacation and don't want to have to 
see a zillion messages waiting for you when you get back.  You will receive 
only one (long) message for each day you're gone.  Others prefer this mode 
because they don't have the time to read the list more than once a day anyway.  
However, this mode does make replying to a message a little harder as it's 
somewhat uncool and not very helpful to just hit reply and leave the subject 
line of your message as Re: PHOTO-3D Digest #nnn.
 
set photo-3d MAIL ACK
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Sets immediate mode.  You will receive articles as they are posted.  This 
request is used to switch you from the daily digest to the immediate-
reception mode.
 
set photo-3d MAIL POSTPONE
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Sets postpone mode.  You will still be a member of the list but you won't
receive any postings from the list.  Use this when you go on vacation and
don't want to read the messages generated while you were away.  When you 
come back, set to ack or digest mode and you're back in business.
 
 
Here's an example of someone adding themselves to the list: 
 
% mail listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:
subscribe photo-3d Clem Kadiddlehopper
 
Note that if your address begins to have trouble and starts sending bounce
messages to the moderator group, the moderator group will first put your
address into digest mode if it's in immediate mode and then if your address
continues to bounce for a while in digest mode, you will be unsubscribed.
This is not to be construed as a personal attack on the subscriber.  8-)  
It is merely a self defense action taken to prevent cluttering the moderators'
mailboxes with bounces.
 
For more information on this service and how to use it, send the following
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                        HELP
 
 
If you have any problems at all, please don't hesitate to contact: 
 
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