Dear MCG List Members
Quite a few new members of this list have joined since I took over from
Tony Gill as "owner", just before Christmas. As there still isn't any
traffic to speak of, I thought I would remind subscribers of how to post
messages and also give some sources of help in using the MCG list to best
advantage. I know that I have a tendency to forget where I have put the
instructions one receives on joining such lists, and I doubt that I am
alone in this.
HOW TO POST A MESSAGE TO THE GROUP
Simply send your e-mail to
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Please ensure that it is encoded as plain text, NOT HTML or some other
encoding scheme. Please do not attach anything to your message -
software, images, sound files etc. Many members, myself included, access
this list by means of primitive text-based e-mail systems rather than
sophisticated web browsers. If you do want to submit software, images, etc.
for distribution to MCG members, please contact me personally. There are
means by which this can be done safely. The list is not moderated (yet!)
so you can say what you like, in any way you like, on any subject you
like. Please try to observe the basic rules of netiquette as far as
possible. There is an excellent summary of this, in relation to
discussion groups at
http://www.fau.edu/netiquette/net/dis.html
HOW TO LEAVE THE GROUP
To leave mcg send this command:
leave mcg
as the only text in the body of an email message addressed to:
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I have had a number of messages to MCG members bounced back to me by
Mailbase, because they cannot be contacted. If this happens repeatedly
over a period of a week or so, I shall remove them from the membership
list. If this happens to you, simply re-subscribe. The sole
reason for adopting this procedure is to cut down the number of
administrative messages I receive from Mailbase. It is possible to
suspend your membership temporarily, which will avoid the problem at my
end. See the mailbase instructions for details.
TO GET MORE INFORMATION
For any queries relating to the list, contact the owner at:
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Comprehensive instructions, a list of members and an archive of recent
correspondence are also available at
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/mcg/
Thanks for bearing with me thus far.....
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Ian O. Morrison, Scottish Museums Documentation Officer &
SCRAN Data Co-ordinator. http://www2.scran.ac.uk/staff/ianm/index.htm
-I never take people for granite- anonymous CV
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