>               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.
>
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>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.
>
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>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.
>
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>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]
>
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>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.
>
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>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.
>
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>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]
>
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>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.
>
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>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.dc.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.]
>
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>13. RETENTION OF THE MUSEUM-L FAQ.
>
>IMPORTANT:   PRINT OR SAVE THIS INFORMATION FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
>
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>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).
>