Subject: Subscription to next-managers@stolaf.edu


You have been added to the next-managers mailing list.


Last Updated: 6-April-1993

EVERYONE WHO RECEIVES THIS MESSAGE: READ IT THOROUGHLY.

This message is a summary of the next-managers charter and rules.
Failure to adhere to these guidelines may result in severe
chastisement by the list maintainer and other list participants or
your being removed from the next-managers mailing list.


1:  Requests to be added to or removed from the list should NOT be sent
    to the entire list.  Instead, they should be mailed to:
                 next-managers-request@stolaf.edu

2:  This list is NOT moderated!  Every message that is sent to the list
                 next-managers@stolaf.edu
    will be passed on to every member of the list

3:  This list is intended to be a quick-turnaround trouble shooting aid
    for those who administer and manage NeXT systems.  Its primary purpose
    is to provide the NeXT manager with a quick source of information for
    system management problems that are of a TIME-CRITICAL nature.
    Its secondary purpose is to disseminate time-critical or security-
    related information.

    To help maintain the sanity of the next-managers administrator (me!)
    the next-managers list processing software performs some simple tests
    in an attempt to prevent subscription and unsubscription requests and
    other inappropriate messages from finding their way to list members.

    Please do not send flames to the entire next-managers mailing list,
    no matter how inappropriate a posting; rather, follow up with the
    original sender directly.

4:  Answers to questions are to be mailed back to the questioner and are
    NOT to be sent to the entire list.  The person who originally asked
    the question has the responsibility of summarizing the answers and
    sending the entire summary back to the list.  If everyone follows
    this, one problem will only generate two or possibly three messages
    on the list.  The summary message should contain the keyword "SUMMARY"
    in the subject line.

5:  Corrections to compiled answers should be addressed only to the
    person who first asked the question; this person (the writer of
    the original question) is then responsible for distributing
    the corrected information to the list.

6:  Discussions on ANY topic are very strongly discouraged.

7:  If it is not specifically related to NeXT system management, then it
    does NOT belong on this list. This includes advertising.  Advertising
    is not appropriate for this list.

8:  PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE...Think before you send a message!  Ask yourself
    is this really appropriate?
         have you checked in the reference manuals?
         have you checked NextAnswers?
         have you checked the Digital Librarian?
         have you checked in the online man pages?
         have you checked the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list?
         have you checked the next-managers archive?
         have you checked Nemeth-Snyder-Seebass "Unix System Administration
                 Handbook"?
    If your message is not time-critical or not quite appropriate for
    the next-managers mailing list, try one of the comp.sys.next USENET
    newsgroups:
                 comp.sys.next.misc
                 comp.sys.next.sysadmin
                 comp.sys.next.programmer
                 comp.sys.next.announce
                 comp.sys.next.advocacy
                 comp.sys.next.hardware
                 comp.sys.next.marketplace
                 comp.sys.next.software
                 comp.sys.next.bugs

    There are enough other newsgroups, mailing lists and other resources
    around to cover the marginal topics.

9:  Do not send message from "root" or from "me"; send them from
    your own personal account.

10: Do not send messages with NeXT attachments; please use straight-text
    only.

11: Do not send messages with NeXT "Read-Receipt Requested" set; if set,
    "Read-Receipt" generates unwanted traffic. This issue is especially
    important due to the international nature of (and associated costs to)
    next-managers subscribers.


NeXT-Managers Archive

         next-managers is currently archived on "ftp.stolaf.edu" in
                 pub/next-managers

Bounced Mail Messages

         If you receive a message saying you have been removed from the
         next-managers mailing list, or if you find you are no longer
         receiving messages from next-managers, I may have found that
         mail to your electronic mail address has been bouncing.

         If a given email address bounces for more than a couple of days,
         I will usually just remove it from the list.  Getting the problem
         fixed, resubscribing to the list, and retrieving the archive to
         catch up on what you missed are up to you.

         Sorry for the hard-nosed policy, but my mailbox has been filled
         with an incredible amount of bounced next-managers mail mail lately,
         and I need to do something about it.

--
Craig D. Rice            UNIX Systems Specialist/Network Analyst
cdr@stolaf.edu           Academic Computing Center, St. Olaf College
+1 507 646-3631          1520 St. Olaf Avenue
+1 507 646-3549 FAX      Northfield, MN  55057-1098   USA

next-managers-request@stolaf.edu



=END=