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Mallorn Mailing News, Vol. 1

Mallorn Mailing News
Volume #1, 1 August 1997

Table of Contents

   1. New mailing list server at mallorn.com
   2. Rules of list use
   3. Suggested changes
   4. New rose mailing list
   5. List membership
   6. Subscription information
 
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NEW MAILING LIST SERVER AT MALLORN.COM

Urbana (MP) Mallorn Computing, Inc, home of the perennials, prairie, and
woodyplants email lists, is upgrading its mail server to provide increased
productivity and service for subscribers tonight.

Mallorn Computing's President, Christopher Lindsey, says "this faster server
should significantly increase the rate of email transmission for members
of our lists.  This new machine is at least eight times as fast."

The server will also be running the latest version of majordomo, the
software used to manage various mailing lists.  This new version should
provide better protection against unsolicited emails, as well as better
authentication for initial subscribers.

The server upgrade began several days ago, but should be complete tonight.
Says Lindsey, "We started moving majordomo over to the new server a few
nights ago, and hopefully in a transparent fashion.  There's always a
few hiccups, but I think that this will be a relatively smooth transition."

The server is on loan from Ithilien Computer Corporation, an Urbana-based
computer hardware company specializing in the construction of PCs for
free UNIX operating systems.

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A letter from the list owner, Christopher Lindsey:

Lately, I've noticed that the list is becoming chatty again.  There's
absolutely nothing wrong with that, but people should remember that
whatever they send goes out to the other 300 members of the list.  
For private responses, check the email headers and see if you can
just send mail to that single address instead of to the entire list.

Another problem that has been creeping up on occassion involves
staying on topic.  Most of the subscribers have been REALLY good
at this, but every once in a while someone new strays from the
path of righteousness (or something like that).  Anyhow, remember that
we're here to discuss perennials.  Indoor gardening, annuals, favorite
species of birds, etc. are all not applicable to the list's primary
purpose.

I must say that it's been a blast so far, and I hope to keep
having fun (even if I seem a little too nit-picky).  

Chris

P.S. Included below are the standard rules that list members are sent
     upon subscription.

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RULES OF LIST USE

  Mail that you wish to send to the list should be addressed to
  perennials@mallorn.com (or woodyplants/prairie as applicable).

  The list is maintained by Chris Lindsey <lindsey@mallorn.com>

  Mallorn Computing
  Horticultural Software Solutions


RULES:

   o No images are to be transmitted via email.  If you have a need
     to share pictures, send mail to owner-perennials@mallorn.com 
     and a common area can be set up.

   o Users must respect other users and the content of this list.  We
     reserve the right to remove users from this list if they cannot
     observe these rules.

   o Keep frivolous messages to a minimum, and keep message content
     short.  Each message sent to the list gets redistributed to
     each member, putting a heavy load on our mail server.  Shorter
     messages mean faster delivery and better performance.

   o Have fun.

   For more information on netiquette within mailing lists, look at:

      http://www.plu.edu/home/netiquette.html#OneToMany

Legal Stuff:

   Receipt of this message is taken as acknowledgement of the
   following legalities:

      Space and resources for this mailing list are provided by Mallorn
      Computing ("Mallorn").  Mallorn reserves the right to review any
      material stored in public files to which all users have access
      and will edit or remove any material which the staff, in its sole
      discretion, believes may be unlawful, obscene, or abusive.

      Mallorn reserves the right to remove any member from this list.

      Any illegal activity on this mailing list is the sole responsibility
	   of the individuals involved -- by subscribing to this list
	   you agree to hold Mallorn harmless for the actions of its
	   subscribers.

Archives:

   All messages sent to this list will be archived so that they may be
   accessed at a later date.  They are available at

      http://www.mallorn.com/lists/perennials/

   By posting a message to this list, you agree to give Mallorn permission
   to archive your messages in a publically visible manner.  You do,
   however, retain all rights to whatever copyrights you may hold.

   If you do not wish to have your postings archived, then do not post
   to this list.  There is another method available through special
	email headers as well; see the FAQ at 

	   http://www/lists/FAQ.html

   for more information.

   Mailbox (standard UUCP) formatted archives are available by month,
   but only by special request to lindsey@mallorn.com.

Help:

   To see what options are available to you, send mail to
   majordomo@mallorn.com with a message reading:

      help

   Mail will be sent back to you listing available commands.

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SUGGESTED CHANGES

Another letter from the list owner, Christopher Lindsey:

Lately, there have been a lot of messages sent to other members of 
the list asking where they are located, what type of climate, etc.

It has been suggested that subscribers to the list append to their
messages their hardiness zone and type of climate (rainfall, or
at least a city name).

I know that I'm just as guilty of this (if not moreso) than anyone 
else, but making simple adjustments like this could really help
benefit the quality of information on this list.

Another suggestion that someone had was adding your email address
after your messages with the hardiness zone.  Many subscribers can't
look at message headers to find out who the original sender was, so
they send private mail to the entire list.  If they had a visible
address to use, they could reply more appropriately.

I'm going to try doing this from now on -- each message that I send
should have my email address, hardiness zone, and the city that
I garden in.  I encourage you all to do the same.

Chris

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NEW ROSE MAILING LIST

SEATTLE (MP) -- Duncan McAlpine, a good friend of Mallorn Computing's
and plant enthusiast extraordinaire, announced yesterday the creation
of another mailing list dealing with the subject of roses.  

McAlpine, founder and list manager of the popular propagation and 
veggies lists, feels that there is a definite need for rose support.

The list will address all aspects of rose gardening, including
discussion of various species and hybrids, disease and insect control,
soil mixes, and propagation.

List archives are being hosted by Mallorn Computing at

   http://www.mallorn.com/lists/rose-list/

To subscribe to the list, send email to 

   rose-list-request@eskimo.com

with the single word

   subscribe

in the subject of your message.

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LIST MEMBERSHIP

Urbana (MP) The perennials mailing list, sponsored by Mallorn Computing,
Inc. of Urbana, has been growing rapidly over the past 3 months.  

The list was started on April 16, 1997 and grew to over 200 users in the
first month.  The increased traffic forced a digest form of the list
to be created.  Current subscriptions are:

   perennials         255
   perennials-digest   51

Members come from .net, .com, .edu, and .org addresses, with an
additional 11 countries represented.

The other list, woodyplants, currently has 137 subscribers with
representatives from .net, .com, .edu, .org, .gov, and .mil addresses, 
with 6 more countries.

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SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION

To subscribe or unsubscribe, send mail to

   majordomo@mallorn.com

Set the message body to be the appropriate single line below (the one
under the line with the ':' at the end).  Be sure to replace 'listname'
with either woodyplants, perennials, or prairie):

to subscribe:
subscribe listname

to unsubscribe:
unsubscribe listname

If you are a perennials subscriber, a digest form is currently available.
Send mail to 

   majordomo@mallorn.com

with the message body containing the single line

subscribe perennials-digest

to subscribe.  You will need to unsubscribe from the regular list if
you don't want to keep receiving messages one at a time.

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