info/welcome file (periodic)

[P3D Bob Wier <wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

************************** WELCOME! **************************

The 3D photography e-mail list                  Rev'd September, 1996
 
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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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************************ LIST PHILOSOPHY ************************

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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Flaming and spamming are the two big taboos on this list and generally 
result in summary dismissal.  [We hate to be harsh but you have to realize 
that this is an enormous list and managing it leaves little time for 
individualized tutorials on the subject of list etiquette.  If you have 
any doubt about the advisability of a type of post, look and see if it's 
commonly done on this list before leaping or write to the moderators.]

************************ LIST CONTROL INSTRUCTIONS ************************

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may elect to have posts delivered to you as we receive them (immediate 
or "ack" mode) or you may elect to receive the "digest" which is the 
collection of up to a day's posts.

This list is handled by listproc.  It is capable of automatically handling a 
number of requests.  To interact with the list control program, send e-mail to: 

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No subject line is needed or desired.  Put one of the requests shown 
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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 digest reception.  This
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unsubscribe photo-3d 
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Remove yourself from the list.  Note that your name is _not_ given with 
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you.  (Remember that listproc looks at your mail header for your address 
to identify you.  You can't "talk" to the program and tell it, "Ignore the header for a minute and listen to me."  You _can_ send mail to the moderators.)
 
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 they sum about 25 kb of information or 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.  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 #nnnn.
 
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 digest mode 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.
 
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 bounce messages.
 
For more information on this service and how to use it, send the following
request in the body of a mail message to listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
 
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If you have any problems at all, please don't hesitate to contact: 
 
3d-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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