[FAQ] GURPSnet Mailing List FAQ
Sue and Sean
GURPSnet-L and GURPSnet-Digest. It will be posted periodically to
io.games.sjg.gurps, r.g.f.announce and the mailing lists. Please
distribute it further as you see fit. Suggestions are welcome --
email them to owner-gu...@io.com.
--- HOW TO SUB, POST, AND UNSUB ---
Q: How do I subscribe to GURPSnet-L?
A: To subscribe, send email to majo...@io.com. (Note that this is
not the posting address.) In the body, have the single line
"subscribe GURPSnet-L gra...@angels.web" (if your address is
"gra...@angels.web;" if not, use whatever your address really is).
Q: That's not *The One True Right* way to subscribe. Everyone knows
that *The One True Right* way to subscribe is....
A: GURPSnet-L runs under Majordomo. Majordomo is not Listserv. Trust
me. I'm the list administrator, and I'm here to help you.
Q: How do I post to GURPSnet-L?
A: To post, send your message to GURPS...@io.com. (Note that this
is not the subscribe/unsubscribe address.) Your message will be
sent to every subscriber, including yourself.
Q: How do I unsubscribe to GURPSnet-L?
A: To unsubscribe, send email to majo...@io.com. (Note that this is
not the posting address.) In the body, have the single line
"unsubscribe GURPSnet-L bab...@analytical.engine" (if the address
you want to unsubscribe is "bab...@analytical.engine;" if not, use
whatever address you want to unsubscribe.)
Q: The info message seems to be cut off at the bottom. How do I
increase my clearance?
A: You're obviously not cleared to increase your clearance, so it
wasn't cut off, it was censored.
Q: Can I get the messages in digest form?
A: Sure. Use the procedure above to subscribe, only substitute
GURPSnet-Digest for GURPSnet-L.
--- WHAT ARE THE RULES ABOUT POSTING? ---
Q: How about commercial postings?
A: Power corrupts, but absolute power is kinda neat. I run these
mailing lists as a benevolent tyrant with nearly everything handled
on a whim-by-whim basis. I'll warn you if I don't like something.
The only things that will cause you to suffer instant-death-no-
saving-throw are things like posting Make.Money.Fast. (I'll also
send a nasty-gram to your site for that one.)
Q: How about Fluff (game-based fiction)?
A: My whim was to call for a vote. The NOs had an over-two-to-one
margin. My whim was then to go by the results of the vote. Fluff
is Not Allowed.
Q: I don't want to pay for GURPS Faplap. Would someone please type it
in for me?
A: I've always been rather aggressive in defense of copyrights, and
now that I own some, I'm even more so. Violation of copyright is
one way to get summarily nuked from the list. Violations of SJG's
copyrights will also be forwarded to Le...@io.com, and you may well
get a visit from beings in suits with serious briefcases and very
thin watches.
--- WHINES ---
Q: There's too many messages! Stop talking about all that stuff, and
talk about what *I* want to you to talk about!
A: No.
Q: There's too many messages! Someone should start another list!
A: Go ahead. If you want to run it from io.com, write to Mc...@io.com
for help. (Those who complain about the volume of the list tempt
me to start a separate list for them to subscribe to. It would be
called "GURPSnot-L," and no one would be allowed to post to it.)
--
Susan and Sean (order optional) ... unindicted co-conspirators
S & S Enterprises in the Imminent Death of the
sa...@netcom.com Net since 1990.