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Storytell List basics:

getting off, guidelines, & other help

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HOW TO GET OFF THE STORYTELL LIST

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(this comes first, because if you need it, you need it NOW)


Goodbye! We'll miss you. Bookmark this page just in case you ever want to get back. And wear a scarf!-- it can get cold out there! Love, Storytell.

Want to get back on the Storytell list? The best how-tos are here.

We're so glad you came! Lurk a bit, and join in the discussion. Hello!

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Most of the following customary code of conduct is not restricted to the Storytell list, but applies throughout the 'net.

Because people are joining all the time, and because people who've been on the list for a long time sometimes forget, for awhile we found ourselves repeatedly posting certain suggestions and requests. While they may look like a bunch of "thou shalt nots," we're a pretty mellow bunch, actually, and nobody's keeping score. But Storytell is an unusually busy list, and things go more smoothly when we tend to follow these

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FREQUENTLY MADE SUGGESTIONS

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OFFICIAL LIST PURPOSES

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STORYTELL, sponsored by the School of Library and Information Studies at Texas Woman's University is a forum for discussion about storytelling. All persons interested in storytelling are invited to participate: professional storytellers, amateur storytellers, people concerned with the rich history of storytelling, people who enjoy listening to stories, and those who speculate about the place of storytelling in the 21st century. The list will promote collaboration among those interested in storytelling, reflecting diverse viewpoints from around the world. The list is a place for discussion of issues and interaction on topics of concern to the storytelling community. It can serve as a source for information on conferences, workshops, and events or a place to ask (and answer) questions about derivations of stories, intellectual freedom concerns, or organization of storytelling events. The Storytell community is diverse in many ways -- profession, age, ethnicity, geography, gender, class, etc. -- a fact participants might consider in posting and reading messages.

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FOR MORE HELP

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The TWU Official Storytell Page is here: http://www.twu.edu/cope/slis/storytell.htm

The encyclopaedic FAQ-in-progress, maintained by Tim Sheppard, is here: http://www.timsheppard.co.uk/story/faq.html and requests your input.

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BASIC LIST MECHANICS:

posting messages and sending commands

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Texas Women's University library runs this thing. I used to have a lot more instructions here because the official instructions were very hard to follow, and the software kept changing. Things are much better now.

The following information is accurate as of October 2007, and hasn't changed in several years. There is lots more on the TWU website-- worth a look. If things have changed, and the site moved, by the time you read this, try this-- it ought to lead you to what you need..

Most Important concept:

  • There are two addresses.
  • "the list address" is for messages-- storytell@lists.twu.edu
  • "the administrative address" is for commands-- majordomo@lists.twu.edu
  • Posting Messages

    Once you have subscribed, to post a message to all the people currently subscribed to the list, just send mail to storytell@listserv.twu.edu This is the "list address." You send mail to a single address and the listserv program makes copies for all the people who have subscribed.

    Another common way to post is by using the reply function of your mail program. If you "reply to sender only," the list won't get it, it's just a private email to whoever sent the original message. If you "reply to sender and all other recipients," the original poster will get the message twice: once directly from you, and once from the list. This isn't necessarily either good or bad; consider deleting the poster's address before sending.

    Sending Commands

    Do not try to send commands (eg "signoff, damn it! I said signoff!!!!") to the "list address." If you do, they will be distributed as a post to all of us, and annoy us, and do you no good at all.

    All commands must be sent to the "administrative address," here: majordomo@lists.twu.edu

    The administrative address sends your command to the Texas Women's University's computor (which hosts this operation, for free, out of the goodness of its heart) where it is automatically processed, untouched by human hands.

    Here's how to subscribe and unsubscribe

     
    There are many other useful commands--

    I use the options to set mail and nomail without subscribing and unsubscribing, get copies of my own emails, and not get acknowledgement of receipt of said emails-- but you'd best go look at the official website. Everytime I wrote out my favorites here, they changed the commands.

    Personally, I'd rather not get the digest form, I find it harder, not easier, e to cope with. I like to receive posts as separate letters, and have my mail program automatically shunt all the Storytell traffic into its own mailbox. That keeps it separate from all the stuff you need to look at, and takes the heat off. You can read and delete, sort by thread, and search flexibly and at your leasure.

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    this is a work in progress; suggestions are extremely welcome

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