The Miyazaki Mailing List [ Welcome! New Subscriber Information ]
This page is for new subscribers to the
Miyazaki Mailing List. It is recommended
that you read this page once you are subscribed,
but before you post any messages to the list.
If you've made it this far, congratulations! As a result of a careful
screening process, it is very likely that you have the following desirable
traits:
you're a fan of Miyazaki, Takahata, or Studio Ghibli's works in
general,
On behalf of the mailing list owners, I hope that you will enjoy the time
you spend with us, and find the list to be a wonderful resource for
information about Miyazaki, Takahata, and their Studio Ghibli.
Your subscription to the mailing list gives you the ability to reach over
350 people with each message you send to it. 350 people talking all at once
without rhyme or reason can be very chaotic. Even 35 people talking can be
too much to follow. So this mailing list has rules that we ask everyone to
abide by to make your participation on this list enjoyable for everyone.
Learn the rules
This mailing list has a number of rules and guidelines for acceptable
behavior that we would like you to familiarize yourself with before posting
messages. Remember: you can find general information about the mailing list
on the web at http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/mailing-list/.
More specific information, such as the rules of acceptable behavior
online, can be found under the topic of
"netiquette".
What you can and can't do right away
When you first join the list, you will be able to receive messages that
other people send, but you will not be able to send your own messages to the
list. This is to encourage you to become familiar with how to control your
mailing list subscription and how to find the answers to your questions on
the Nausicaa.net web site before you ask questions we've already answered.
What can I do about not being able to post messages to the list?
Information about how to get the ability to post messages to the list
can be found later in this page. Hint: look for the word "NOPOST."
Where to look for answers before you ask the mailing list
Many people join the Miyazaki mailing list so that they can ask questions
that are really important to them, like "Where can I buy a Totoro doll?" or
"When will Disney release the film Mononoke Hime (The Princess
Mononoke)?" So many people have asked questions like that -- the
same questions over and over and over again, that we've put together a web
site to help you find the answers to those questions. If you visit the
Miyazaki Web site, there is a very good chance you will find the answers to
your questions without having to ask the mailing list.
Where are you most likely to find the answers to your questions?
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) are available in the many FAQ
pages you can find on this web site. Here's the main one, for starters:
http://www.Nausicaa.net/miyazaki/FAQ/.
Lurking means reading messages from a mailing list without posting any
messages to it. For the first week or two while you are new to the list, it
is recommended that you do not post any messages to the list. This is
important because it allows you to get used to the atmosphere on the list --
how people on the list behave and how they prefer to hold their
conversations. Lurking also helps you to avoid asking embarrassing
questions: questions that others have already asked recently.
How do you avoid asking a question someone else has already asked? Browse
or search the mail archive first.
Browse or search the Miyazaki web site first.
Netiquette is short for "network etiquette." It is the set of guidelines
and protocols that describe acceptable behavior on the Internet in general,
and this mailing list in particular. Please
learn about Netiquette. It is required for subscribers of this mailing
list.
To send messages to everyone subscribed to the list, send them to the
address nausicaa@brownvm.brown.edu.
Language
Please use the English language. It is the language understood by all
subscribers. Do not post messages in Japanese or other languages without an
English translation.
Formatting
Do not post messages in RTF ("Rich Text"), HTML, BIG-5, or JIS; many
subscribers cannot read messages with those codes in it.
Line width / Word wrap
Do not send messages with lines longer than about 76 columns. Many
subscribers are still using fixed-width, 80-column terminal programs to read
their e-mail with.
This is a highly-exaggerated
example
of what a message written
with
long lines looks like on a
terminal
which is narrower than the
sender's.
Looks awful, doesn't it?
If you do not see a copy of your message sent back to you, or
If you are not receiving mail from the mailing list,
you can use the "REPRO" setting to tell the list
server to send you copies.
If you receive an error message saying that you cannot post messages
to the list,
use the "POST" setting to tell the
list server to allow you to send messages to the list.
If you receive an error message saying that you are not a subscriber
to the list,
you might not currently be a subscriber of the mailing list.
Find out how to subscribe.
you might have been unsubscribed by the list owner because
of trouble trying to deliver mail to you from the mailing list.
People who are not subscribed to the list are not allowed to
send messages to it. This is a preventative measure to protect
the list against spammers.
Contact the list owners for
assistance. The list owners can help you diagnose the problem.
If you do not see a response to your message, or
If you suspect that there are problems with your subscription,
DO NOT SEND TEST MESSAGES TO THE MAILING LIST!
Contact the list owners for
assistance, instead. The list owners can help you diagnose the
problem better than other subscribers can.
If you want to receive messages from the mailing list, send a piece of
e-mail to the list server at the address listserv@brownvm.brown.edu
with only the words "SET NAUSICAA MAIL" in the message.
If you temporarily DON'T want to receive mail from the mailing list, send a
piece of e-mail to the list server at the address
listserv@brownvm.brown.edu with only the words "SET NAUSICAA
NOMAIL" in the message.
Q. Why would you NOT want to receive messages from the mailing list?
A. If you are going on vacation (or summer break), and won't be able to
empty your mailbox on a regular basis, then you should consider using the
"NOMAIL" setting to stop messages from the list from reaching you while you
are away. You can use the "MAIL" setting when you return from vacation to
receive mail normally again.
If you PERMANENTLY don't want to receive mail from the mailing list, simply
unsubscribe.
If you want to send messages to the mailing list, send a piece of e-mail to
the list server at the address listserv@brownvm.brown.edu with only
the words "SET NAUSICAA POST" in the message.
If you temporarily DON'T want to send messages to the mailing list, send a
piece of e-mail to the list server at the address
listserv@brownvm.brown.edu with only the words "SET NAUSICAA
NOPOST" in the message.
Q. Why would you NOT want to send messages to the mailing list?
A. If you are testing procmail or some other incoming-mail
filtering program (such as Microsoft Outlook's Inbox Assistant) which can
auto-respond to incoming e-mail, it would be a good idea to set "NOPOST" so
that your automated program doesn't accidentally send e-mail back to the
mailing list. You can use the "POST" setting when you are sure that your
program is working properly.
If you PERMANENTLY don't want to send mail to the mailing list, simply unsubscribe. This will of course
also prevent you from receiving any messages from the mailing list.
If you want to receive copies of the messages you send to the mailing list,
send a piece of e-mail to the list server at the address
listserv@brownvm.brown.edu with only the words "SET NAUSICAA REPRO"
in the message.
If you DON'T want to receive copies of the messages you send to the mailing
list, send a piece of e-mail to the list server at the address
listserv@brownvm.brown.edu with only the words "SET NAUSICAA
NOREPRO" in the message.
LISTSERV is the name of the program that handles the Miyazaki Mailing List.
It is the program that keeps records of everyone's subscriptions, and
delivers mail to them whenever someone sends a message to
nausicaa@brownvm.brown.edu.
You can control how LISTSERV handles your subscription -- especially in ways
other than subscribing, unsubscribing, or using "NOMAIL", "NOPOST", and
"NOREPRO" -- but that can be difficult to learn, so we've written something
to help you use LISTSERV effectively. It's called (for historical reasons)
the FILESERVER
MEMO.
The list owners can help you with questions
or problems related to the mailing list, including details related to your
subscription, or complaints about other subscribers.
The list owners can, for example, help you conceal your subscription so that
no others can find out that you're subscribed to this list. This may be
helpful for professionals subscribing from work-related e-mail addresses:
people who do not want their e-mail address easily discoverable.
Please feel free to contact the list owners with any help you need,
especially if you have already consulted the helpful information in these web pages and didn't find what you
were looking for.
![[Free Speech Online!]](../icons/blueribbon.gif){kind=icon}
These pages brought to you by
Team Ghiblink.