Here is the semi-regular posting of the Museum-L FAQ. Two additional notes
that will be incorporated in future versions:

1. The list is moderated. We are experimenting with various types of
moderation. Right now the list is "self-moderated." This means the postings
from subscribers are sent to the list while postings from non-subscribers
are submitted to a moderator for approval. If your e-mail address varies
even slightly from the one that you subscribed under, then your posting
will be sent to a human being for review.

2. You WILL NOT see copies of your own postings that are sent to the list.
You can manage your subscription via a Web interface at:

http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/museum-l.html

You can set your subscription options to get copies of your own postings,
or you can leave the default option which is to get notification when your
posting is distributed to the list.

Please save this, you never know when you will need it.

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>               The Museum Discussion List (Museum-L)
>                  Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
>                    Last Revised:  July 6, 1998
>
>1. OUTLINE.
>     2. PURPOSE.
>     3. HISTORY.
>     4. OWNER.
>     5. SOFTWARE.
>     6. JOINING / SUBSCRIBING.
>          6.1  From the Internet.
>          6.2  From CompuServe.
>          6.3  From America OnLine.
>         6.4  From L-Soft's Web site
>     7. LEAVING / UNSUBSCRIBING.
>     8. POSTING MESSAGES.
>          8.1  From the Internet.
>          8.2  From BITNET.
>          8.3  From CompuServe.
>          8.4  From America OnLine.
>     9. MANAGING / CONTROLLING YOUR MESSAGES.
>          9.1  NOMAIL/MAIL Option.
>          9.2  REVIEW Command.
>          9.3  NOREPRO Command.
>          9.4  DIGEST Option.
>          9.5  OPTIONS Command.
>    10. USENET GROUP.
>    11. ARCHIVES.
>    12. RELATED DISCUSSION LISTS.
>    13. RETENTION OF THE MUSEUM-L FAQ.
>    14. COPIES OF THE MUSEUM-L FAQ.
>    15. AUTHORS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>2. PURPOSE.
>
>Museum-L is a general purpose, cross-disciplinary electronic discussion
>list for museum professionals, students, and all others interested in
>museum related issues.  All museum related topics are acceptable for
>posting and discussion at this time.  Membership in Museum-L is open to
>anyone with e-mail service.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>3. HISTORY.
>
>Museum-L was started in April 1991.  Membership has grown rapidly and
>totaled 1099 on Nov. 1, 1994.  The volume of message varies from a "few"
>per day, up to as many as 50 messages per day during peak periods.
>Museum-L was linked with USENET in September 1994.  This cross-link is
>full functioning link with messages going in both directions. As of September
>11, 1996, there are more than 1400 subscribers in 30 countries.
>
>With the phasing out of BITNET the University of New Mexico switched
>e-mail distribution software to Listprocessor software on July 2, 1996.
>Because of differences in the functionality of Listprocessor and
>LISTSERV, it became necessary to find a new home for Museum-L.
>
>Museum-L is supported on L-Soft's Listserv software, version 1.8c, and
>is hosted by L-Soft International and Eric Thomas as of August 25, 1996.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>4. OWNER.
>
>John Chadwick is the "owner", i.e. manager, of the Museum-L discussion
>list.  Please direct any questions you have about the Museum-L to him
>at:  [log in to unmask]
>     OR
>     [log in to unmask]
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>5. SOFTWARE.
>
>Museum-L is an electronic discussion list, based on a Pentium PC. The mail
>server is a Digital Equipment Corporation AlphaServer 2100 capable of
>processing up to 90 e-mail messages per second. The LISTSERV software used to
>support Museum-L is L-Soft's LISTSERV software, version 1.8c. More information
>is available via the World Wide Web. Point your browser to:
>
>http://www.lsoft.com
>
>WARNING:  There are several different discussion list software programs
>being used on the Internet.  The specific command and function can VARY
>with each of these different software program.  THIS CAN BE VERY
>CONFUSING TO PEOPLE.  Some of the most frequently used LISTSERV software
>commands are listed in this document.
>
>If you are unacquainted with the LISTSERV commands and software, you can
>request additional information by sending an e-mail message to:
>[log in to unmask]
>and in the body of an e-mail message enter (with no other text following):
>
>help
>
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>6. JOINING / SUBSCRIBING.
>
>There are several methods of joining or subscribing to Museum-L
>depending on which computer systems or network you are using.  There
>is no cost for subscribing to Museum-L discussion list.  HOWEVER, THERE
>MAYBE BE LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDER CHARGES or CONNECT CHANGES for the
>electronic mail messages that you will receive.  Check with your service
>provider or local computer support person, if this is an issue.
>
>6.1 From the Internet.
>To subscribe to Museum-L from the Internet send the following in the
>body of an e-mail message to:  [log in to unmask]
>
>SUBSCRIBE Museum-L Full Name
>
>6.2 From the CompuServe commercial service.
>To subscribe to Museum-L from CompuServe send the following in the body
>of an e-mail message to >INTERNET: [log in to unmask]
>
>SUBSCRIBE Museum-L Full Name
>
>...Beware; it will behoove you to cut costs by using TAPCIS, CIM,
>AutoSIG, Navigator, or the offline reader of your choice if reading
>Museum-L from CompuServe; the volume reaches or exceeds several dozen
>messages a day.  CompuServe also levies a per message surcharge after a
>certain number of Internet messages.
>
>6.3 From the America OnLine (AOL) commercial service.
>AOL doesn't have a text interface.  Internet e-mail is integrated into
>AOL's graphical software, so to subscribe to Museum-L from AOL send the
>following in the body of an e-mail message to:  [log in to unmask]
>
>SUBSCRIBE Museum-L Full Name
>
>Some people use AOLs "FlashMail" feature to capture messages before
>reading them, this will save substantial connect time charges.  AOL also
>allows reading Museum-L messages via the bit.listserv.museum-l  Usenet
>newsgroup.
>
>6.4 From L-Soft's Web site.
>The Web-based archives available for LISTSERV allows individuals to manage
>their e-mail accounts via the World Wide Web. Point your Web browser to
>http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/museum-l.html. From there you may follow
>the link to Join or Leave the List.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>7. LEAVING / UNSUBSCRIBING.
>
>If you absolutely don't want to stay listed at all on Museum-L and never
>want to have anything to do with the list again, from the Internet send
>the following in the body of an e-mail message to:
>[log in to unmask]
>
>SIGNOFF Museum-L
>
>For other networks/systems use the same method you used to subscribe.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>8. POSTING MESSAGES.
>
>There are two addresses used in relation to the Museum-L discussing
>list, both are located at the host:  home.ease.lsoft.com
>
>Administrative and management messages are sent to:  LISTSERV
>Posting to the discussion list, which are then broadcast to the
>full membership are sent to:   Museum-L
>PLEASE DO NOT SEND ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE TO MUSEUM-L.
>Specific address formatting varies slightly from different networks.
>
>8.1  From the Internet.
>After you receive a subscription confirmation, send postings to the
>list using this address:  [log in to unmask]
>
>8.2  From CompuServe.
>After you receive a subscription confirmation, send postings to the
>list to using this address:  >INTERNET: [log in to unmask]
>
>8.3  From America OnLine.
>After you receive a subscription confirmation, send postings to the
>list using this address:  [log in to unmask]
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>9. MANAGING / CONTROLLING YOUR MESSAGES.
>
>9.1 NOMAIL Option
>If you're interested in staying registered with Museum-L but you don't
>want to participate actively (i.e.: can't handle the e-mail volume, not
>able to read your e-mail for a period of time ...), send the following
>in the body of an e-mail message to:  [log in to unmask]
>
>SET Museum-L NOMAIL
>
>Keep this file handy because you will not receive any messages while you
>have your e-mail options set for NOMAIL.  We have suspended the annual
>renewal process because the listowner was swamped each December by more
>than 200 e-mail messages asking how to renew subscriptions.  Therefore,
>you may go years without receiving a message from Museum-L, and if you
>want to start again, send the following message to:
>[log in to unmask]
>
>SET Museum-L MAIL
>
>9.2  REVIEW Command.
>To see the list of subscribers (including yourself, to see where
>LISTSERV thinks you are), send the following in the body of an e-mail
>message to:  [log in to unmask] (subject doesn't matter)
>
>REVIEW Museum-L
>
>9.3  NOREPRO Command.
>If you don't want to receive a copy of the messages you post, Send the
>following in the body of an e-mail message to:  [log in to unmask]
>
>SET Museum-L NOREPRO
>
>9.4  DIGEST Command.
>With the DIGEST option ON the LISTSERV software will send one large
>message per day from the Museum-L discussion list. With the latest version of
>LISTSERV software the default is to send the digest with each message as a
>MIME
>attachment. You may switch the digest to send a single text message by sending
>a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] with the
>following in
>the body of the message:
>
>set Museum-L NOMIME
>
>This single message contains a simple table of contents and the full text of
>the day's messages.  The DIGEST is distributed shortly after midnight eastern
>time. If you would like to switch to the DIGEST option send the following in
>the body of an e-mail message to:  [log in to unmask]
>
>SET Museum-L DIGEST
>
>9.5  QUERY Command.
>If you want to find out your current Museum-L distribution list options,
>send the following in the body of an e-mail message to:
>[log in to unmask]
>
>QUERY Museum-L
>
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>10. USENET GROUP:  bit.listserv.museum-l
>
>All Museum-L postings are now forwarded to the alternative Usenet
>newsgroup bit.listserv.museum-l.  Postings to the newsgroup are
>automatically forwarded back to the list.  Please remember this when
>posting to the newsgroup.  Museum-L has been known to generate more than
>50 messages a day, and the newsgroup was established to allow people
>with access the Usenet another option to read messages without having
>their mailbox fill up.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>11. ARCHIVES.
>
>The archives are searchable on the Internet in one of two ways.
>
>The archives are in searchable format at the University of California Museum
>of Paleontology.
>
>Gopher to host:  ucmp1.berkeley.edu
>
>On the World Wide Web the archives are searchable at:
>
>http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/museum-l.html
>
>The archives at L-Soft are the log files, as the files are built with each
>posting. The L-Soft archives have a graphical web interface for searching.
>
>**HINT** It is much quicker to search by key words rather than reading
>the file.
>
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>12. RELATED DISCUSSION LISTS.
>
>     [To be added later; it may be a different file.]
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>13. RETENTION OF THE MUSEUM-L FAQ.
>
>IMPORTANT:   PRINT OR SAVE THIS INFORMATION FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>14. COPIES OF THE MUSEUM-L FAQ.
>
>These instructions are available via anonymous FTP from two sites:
>
>Host:  darwin.nmmnh-abq.mus.nm.us
>
>Login as anonymous and use your e-mail address as your password.
>This file is contained in the misc directory under the file name:
>     museum-l-faq.txt
>
>Also host:  simsc.si.edu
>
>Login as anonymous and use your e-mail address as your password.
>Change directory to:  museums
>Change directory to:  general
>This file is under the name:
>     museum-l-faq.txt
>
>These instructions are also available via gopher:
>
>Host:  world.std.com
>     Go to:  Membership and Professional Associations
>       Then go to:  Museum Computer Network
>
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>15. AUTHORS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
>
>This document was written by John Chadwick and David Bridge who are
>solely responsible for any errors.  We gratefully acknowledge the
>contributions and suggestions of the following reviewers:  Mignon
>Erixon-Stanford, Guy Hermann, Katherine Jones-Garmil and Suzanne
>Quigley.
>
>Please send any corrections or suggestions for FUTURE additions or
>improvements to the "Museum-L FAQ" to the listowner (see above).
>