MARHST-L
is an INTERNATIONAL electronic discussion group
sponsored and administered by the
Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston
with the assistance of Queen's University at Kingston.
This web page
has been created primarily for the use of MarHst-L subscribers.
This is the link to current posting
This is the link to archived postings
Index
INTRODUCTION
PURPOSE
DEBATE
CULTURAL SENSITIVITY
GUIDELINES FOR POSTINGS
WHEN YOU POST
PROPERTY RIGHTS
THE MODERATORS
DO PEOPLE GET DELETED
ARCHIVES
SPONSOR
LIST VS THE SERVER]
A SUMMARY OF BASIC LIST COMMANDS
ON NETIQUETTE and MARHST-L
Welcome aboard MARHST-L.
We hope you will find this international forum
Informative and Enjoyable.
INTRODUCTION
MARHST-L is an
INTERNATIONAL electronic discussion group sponsored and administered by the Marine Museum
of the Great Lakes at Kingston with the assistance of Queen's University at Kingston.
Subscription is free, and subscribers will automatically receive messages in
their computer mailboxes. Messages can be saved, discarded, copied, printed out, or
relayed to someone else.
PURPOSE
The purpose of MARHST-L is to
promote communication among persons with a serious interest in maritime history and
maritime museums. This list has, since 1994, provided a forum for ideas and a place where
subscribers may ask for information, post notices of meetings, programs for conferences,
announcements of new scholarly projects, and queries about particular problems.
DEBATE
Debate should and must be temperate and informed.
GUIDELINES FOR POSTINGS
The
following are subscriber guidelines.
1. Subscribers are encouraged to post questions, comments, or their own announcements
about maritime history and maritime museums to the list at any time. A short introduction
of who you are and what you are working on is an appropriate introduction for your first
posting.
2. Always include a description in the subject header your e-mail program
provides. This lets other subscribers scan their mail to see the topics being discussed on
the list. Many subscribers do not read postings that do not have a subject listed.
3. Responses to a posting may be sent to the list or directly to the individual who posted
the message. In most cases, the responses will be of interest to other subscribers, and
should be sent to the list. Purely personal responses, however, should be sent by regular
e-mail to the individual instead of posted to the list.
4. Please avoid using the list for the "causes" of others. If you are
forwarding an announcement, but you are not sure if it is appropriate for the marine
content of MARHST-L, please forward it to one of the editors for comment.
WHEN YOU POST TO THE LIST
A
posting to the list is simply an e-mail message from you to the subscribers. The
difference is that more than one person receives your message, without you having to
specify each and every recipient. Just compose your posting like you would any e-mail
message, and send it to: marhst-l@Lists.queensu.ca.
The listserv redistributes your message to the other subscribers.
PROPERTY RIGHTS
Subscribers
give MARHST-L the limited right to redistribute their postings on other lists and to have
them stored in archive files, logs, and gophers. Authors retain their copyright
privileges. Any other reproduction of the text must have either the permission of the
author or follow 'fair use' practices. If you intend to use posted material as a quote or
citation please contact the author of the posting.
We have now told you what is needed to get started. What
follows is more detailed information that you will probably need later
WHO ARE THE MODERATORS?
The Moderators are Walter Lewis
(lewisw@hhpl.on.ca), a marine historian; Maurice D. Smith (barque2@cogeco.com)
is the Curator Emeritus at the Marine Museum
of the Great Lakes at Kingston. The moderators are "primarily facilitators", on
duty as volunteers to maintain the flow of information on the list and to help when
needed.
DO PEOPLE GET DELETED?
Yes, but usually after more than 108,000 postings, for technical reasons
only. Less than five people have been barred for personal rudeness or
offensive remarks. Debate should be temperate and informed.
ARCHIVES
The link to the archives (above) starting in 1994 can be found on this web site.
The archives is a valuable source of information on a wide variety of marine
topics. To search the current archives go to
SPONSOR
MARHST-L is sponsored by the Marine
Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston through the courtesy of Queen's
University at Kingston. The Marine Museum web
www.marmuseum.ca. Follow the research
link to marhst-l.
THE LIST VS THE SERVER
There is a critical distinction to keep in mind when dealing with lists: the list
(MARHST-L) and the server that distributes it (LISTSERV) are two separate entities, each
with a distinct purpose and a distinct address for receiving e-mail. The list is the
mechanism for the actual distribution of mail messages to each subscriber. Only those
messages (usually referred to as "postings") intended for redistribution to
everyone subscribed to the list should be sent to the list address, which is
"marhst-l@lists.queensu.ca" (without the quotes). Commands, for example, to
signoff the list, etc., are sent to the server:
listserv@Lists.queensu.ca