[KLUG Members] KLUG List FAQ

[John Bridleman]

Greetings everyone to the first of what will probably be a monthly KLUG list FAQ.

The purpose of the FAQ will be to remind everyone of our list guidelines and which lists are available. We encourage everyone to think about what list would be most appropriate for their message.

KLUG currently has the following lists available:
  Members    - The main KLUG mailing list
  Novices    - A list for Linux beginners to ask questions
  Phpsig     - Discussion of PHP web programming
  Speakers   - Speakers and presentation topics
The following list has been renamed to, hopefully, better reflect the purpose of the list:
  Advocacy   - *Formerly OS-discuss* - Pro's & cons of operating systems
(Sorry to those whose email filters we have broke).

AND we also have two new lists to announce today:
  Hardware   - A list for hardware discussions
  Inschool   - A list for the Linux in schools project

IMPORTANT: To send to any of our mailing lists, please make sure you follow the following guidelines:

* In order to belong to any mailing list, please join the "members" mailing list first. Similarly, if you wish to drop of the general mailing list, please terminate your subscription to all other mailing lists. We do not want to break up our membership into many unconnected lists, and want a common point of contact for everyone.
* You must send messages to the list from the same email address as you are subscribed to the list. The list server will reject all email from anyone who is not subscribed to the list to help eliminate spam.
* The list server will not accept email sent to the list that is sent while you are logged on as the user "root". Please send from a non-root user account.
* There are some "special" email addresses that the list server will reject all email from unconditionally. You should see all emails you send to the list sent back to you. If you do not, please contact us and we will work with you to diagnose the situation.
* We do not accept and cannot support advertising messages on this mailing list. Advertising is a message intended to solicit commerce for the benefit of the sender. The officers of KLUG, and operators of the KLUG mailing list shall be the sole judges of what constitutes advertising. Anyone violating this limitation will be warned, and if the practice continues, other action, up to and including removal from the mailing list, will be forthcoming.
In no case will this restriction apply to specific recommendations regarding the performance of hardware or software, or alerting the mailing list as a whole about particularly interesting pricing or equipment availability, as long as it is fairly clear that there is no connection between the author of the message and the merchants under discussion.

Problems, questions or suggestions related to the lists can be sent to listmaster@kalamazoolinux.org.

Thanks for supporting KLUG!
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John Bridleman / listmaster@kalamazoolinux.org