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Article #828Extropian Digest available
From: Harry Shapiro
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 03:31
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 03:31
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This message is copyleft! - habs First! Ray Cromwell (rjc@gnu.ai.mit.edu) is a true Extropian hero. Acting in his own self interest he has hacked together a working version of an Extropian digest. Of course all of us will benefit. Three cheers for Ray! 1) The main list is and will remain operating as a real time reflector. 2) Add and drop requests from the "real-time" list should be as always, made to: Extropian-request@gnu.ai.mit.edu 3) Add and drop requests for the Digest must be made to: exi-daily-request@gnu.ai.mit.edu 4) If you wish to add one list and drop the other, requests must be made to Both addresses, as both lists are maintained in separate files and I do not compare them, nor do I alway maintain them at the same time. Also, some "beings" have indicated they would like to get both! How does it work? Mail comes into FSF (gnu) and is processed by a perl script written by Perry. Each piece of mail is sent to everyone on the real-time list and a single copy is passed to Ray's code. Ray's code is also a perl script which stores the message; when the file gets to be >45K an other perl script is called and it formats the "digest." This digested version is mailed to each person on the digest list. Digested messages contain the x-Extropian date of when they are sent and contain a "serial number" which is incremented every time a digest is sent out. How are replies handled? Replies to the digested version of the list are set, in the reply-to field, to the real time list. Anyone responding to the digest and who quotes the entire digest or a large part of it will be removed from the list without further notice. Remember, quote as little as possible. How about the rules Legally speaking it is the same list and the same rules apply! Will it come once a day? *No!* In respect to both old out dated mailers still on the net and the disk-space at FSF (It doesn't stand for Free Storage Foundation), we mail out the digest whenever the collected messages get to be greater than 45 kilo bytes. In practice that means each digest will be about 50k and will be sent on average of 1 to 3 times a day; depending on the bandwidth of the list. It is possible on a very busy day you could get more than three messages, esp. if there are lots of long posts. Send in your requests! Ok we are ready for your requests although you will not be added until sat. Send them to, as indicated: exi-daily-request@gnu.ai.mit.edu Remember to send a separate request to: Extropians-request@gnu.ai.mit.edu if you wish to drop the real time list. -- habs@acf3.NYU.EDU habs@gnu.ai.mit.edu habs@well.sf.ca.us habs@panix.com -- Harry Shapiro habs@panix.com List Administrator of the Extropy Institute Mailing List Private Communication for the Extropian Community since 1991
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!igor.rutgers.edu!planchet.rutgers.edu!nanotech From: habs@panix.com (Harry Shapiro) Newsgroups: sci.nanotech Subject: Extropian Digest available Message-ID: <Jan.4.22.31.34.1993.8056@planchet.rutgers.edu> Date: 5 Jan 93 03:31:34 GMT Sender: nanotech@planchet.rutgers.edu Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC Lines: 85 Approved: nanotech@aramis.rutgers.edu