The Museum-Ed Discussion List
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
March 1, 1999
Please save this message for future reference, especially if you are not
familiar with LISTPROC. This might look like a waste of disk space now, but
in 6 months you will be glad you saved this information when you realize that
you cannot remember what are the lists you are subscribed to, or what is the
command to leave the list to avoid filling up your mailbox while you are on
vacations. In fact, you should create a new mail folder for subscription
confirmation messages like this one, and for the "welcome messages" from the
list owners that you will occasionally receive after subscribing to a new
list.
Please contact Larisa Somsel at [log in to unmask] if you have any
questions.
PURPOSE & HISTORY:
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MUSEUM-ED is an open, unmoderated discussion list which serves as a forum for
museum educators. It was created in response to an EDCOM luncheon at AAM in
Philadelphia (1995). At that luncheon, museum educators expressed a need to
create a network for the easy exchange of information. With that goal in mind
the list was created by Kris Wetterlund and Larisa Somsel with the help of
the Minneapolis Telecommunications Network.
Topics for discussion will most likely be wide-ranging. We hope that
MUSEUM-ED will provide participants with opportunities to ask questions, to
exchange ideas, to explore current issues, to share experiences, to reflect
on the process, and to inspire new directions in museum education. The
exchange of information is the key here, so if you feel it is important to
the museum education community, go ahead and discuss it!
Owners and Managers:
Larisa Somsel
Education and Outreach Coordinator
California Historical Society
[log in to unmask]
Kris Wetterlund
Education Consultant
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Please contact Larisa Somsel at [log in to unmask] if you have any questions.
SENDING MESSAGES:
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To send a message to all the people currently subscribed to the list, just
send mail to [log in to unmask] This is called "sending mail to the list,"
because you send mail to a single address and LISTPROC makes copies for all
the people who have subscribed. This address ([log in to unmask]) is also
called the "list address."
You must never try to send any command to that address, as it would be
distributed to all the people who have subscribed. All commands must be sent
to the "LISTPROC address", [log in to unmask] It is very important to
understand the difference between the two, but fortunately it is not
complicated. The LISTPROC address is like a FAX number, and the list address
is like a normal phone line. If you make your FAX call someone's regular
phone number by mistake, it will be an unpleasant experience for him but you
will probably be excused the first time. If you do it regularly, however, he
will probably get upset and send you a nasty complaint. It is the same with
mailing lists, with the difference that you are calling hundreds or thousands
of people at the same time, so a lot more people get annoyed if you use the
wrong number.
UNSUBSCRIBING:
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You may leave the list at any time by sending a "UNSUBSCRIBE MUSEUM-ED"
command to [log in to unmask]
SUBSCRIBING:
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If you ever need to subscribe again, send "SUBSCRIBE MUSEUM-ED FIRSTNAME
LASTNAME" to [log in to unmask] [Firstname Lastname being your own of course]
ARCHIVES:
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To get a list of the archived files send a command to [log in to unmask] like
this:
index museum-ed
You will see a list like this:
Archive: museum-ed (path: listserver/museum-ed) -- Files:
96-12 (1 part, 102482 bytes) -- OT - Help the Kids
97-01 (1 part, 579245 bytes) -- Re: Trends/Tech/Vision
97-02 (1 part, 133589 bytes) -- Re: Master's Degrees for Museum
Education
To get one of the archived month files, send [log in to unmask] this:
get museum-ed 96-12
That will cause listproc to e-mail you the first file in the above list
(filnames are on the left), which is 102482 bytes long. It contains all of the
e-mail messages which were received in December.
DIGEST FORMAT:
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If you'd like to receive only one e-mail a day from museum-ed, set your
subscription to digest by sending the following command to [log in to unmask]:
set museum-ed mail digest
To switch back to non-digest format, send "SET MUSEUM-ED MAIL ACK" to
[log in to unmask]
POSTPONE:
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If you would like to postpone your e-mail for a time (e.g if you will be gone
on vacation), set your subscription to postpone by sending "SET MUSEUM-ED MAIL
POSTPONE" to [log in to unmask]
To resume once you return, send "SET MUSEUM-ED MAIL ACK" to [log in to unmask]
If you have any questions or problems, please contact Larisa Somsel at
[log in to unmask]
COMMANDS:
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Send listproc commands to [log in to unmask] The following commands will
produce the mentioned results.
recipients museum-ed
Get the total number of current subscribers.
set museum-ed [option] <arg>
Valid options and arguments are:
[mail] <ACK> <NOACK> <POSTPONE> <DIGEST>
[password] current-password <new-password>
[address] current-password <new-address>
[conceal] <YES> <NO>
Please note that it is presently possible for other people to determine that
you are signed up to the list through the use of the "REVIEW" command, which
returns the e-mail address and name of all the subscribers. If you do not
want your name to be visible, just issue a "SET MUSEUM-ED CONCEAL" command.
Please contact Larisa Somsel at [log in to unmask] if you have any questions.
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