Read This! Administrative notes...

[Jeremy Osner]

Sorry, I joined the group recently and just now sent my first message,
which was indeed in reference to M&D. It did not follow these
guidelines. In the future I will strive to do so.

Jeremy

Murthy Yenamandra wrote:
> 
> Hello foax,
> 
> I've been noticing a creeping influx of M&D posts and quotations without
> spoiler warnings. This is just plain wrong! I'm enclosing the spoiler
> warning guidelines at the end of this message - please read them again
> (even if you think you know them) and try to be nice. Don't make me post
> them everyday. And while you're being nice, when you're following up to
> someone else's post, try to cut down the amount of material that you
> quote to the barest minimum necessary to supply the context. Remember:
> we want to know what you have to say, but we've already seen the stuff
> you're quoting. The more you quote, the more we agree with the other
> guy!
> 
> In recent weeks, there has also been a steady stream of people joining
> and leaving the list and sending all sorts of commands (and multiple
> copies of them) to the wrong address and wondering why they take so long
> to work (that's because if you send them to the wrong address, I have to
> process them manually). Please note that the address to send commands is
> <waste at waste.org>. The body of the request should be:
> 
>     subscribe pynchon-l                 (to join the regular list)
>     unsubscribe pynchon-l               (to leave the regular list)
>     subscribe pynchon-l-digest          (to join the digest version)
>     unsubscribe pynchon-l-digest        (to leave the digest version)
> 
> Murthy
> 
> -----
> 
> Discussion of _Mason & Dixon_:
> -----------------------------
> 
> With the publication of _Mason & Dixon_, many of us hope to keep our
> reading experience uncluttered, and so we ask you to follow these
> Spoiler Warning Guidelines to accommodate everyone and make the First
> Reading of the long-awaited Book an enjoyable experience filled with
> Unanticipated Pleasures.
> 
> If your message includes comments on or references to the contents of
> _Mason & Dixon_, please indicate that in your subject header.  Identify
> the highest page number that you feel relates to your comments and use
> the following subject line:
> 
>     Subject:  M&D [page number]
> 
> If you are responding to someone else's message, be sure to edit the
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> or the page number (to reflect the extent of your comments). Do not
> include references to _Mason & Dixon_ content on the subject line
> itself. In the body of the message, include the line:
> 
>     ***** Mason & Dixon Spoiler *****
> 
> at the beginning of your message. And if you feel it necessary, include
> a few blank lines after the above warning to avoid accidental reading on
> email programs with preview windows.
> 
> Be aware that a lot of your questions or comments about _Mason & Dixon_
> may remain unanswered or undiscussed because few people may have read
> them or the corresponding parts of the novel.
> 
> --
> Murthy Yenamandra, Dept of CompSci, U of Minnesota. mailto:yenamand at cs.umn.edu
> "It is of no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is
>  our preaching." -- Saint Francis of Assisi