> It was on April 11th, 1991 that the Team.Net domain name
> was first registered.
...and on Sept. 13, 1991, I joined, thanks to a note from Gene Balinski via a
"usenet" group. I kept the "introduction" email. Pretty interesting, still
relevant; here it is:
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Okay, you are now on the British cars mailing list, aka Scions of Lucas (SOL)
Submit your stuff to
british-cars@autox.team.net
Send address changes and such to
british-cars-request@autox.team.net
If your mailer doesn't handle MX records and can't get mail through to
autox.team.net try hoosier.utah.edu as the host.
Some things to note:
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Mail for the list gets sent to hundreds of people, traveling through many
hundreds, if not a thousand or more, computers. This may take days to
actually occur, as some sites still use once a day polling to transmit mail.
Given the current state of technology it is not improbable that one of those
links will exhibit some sort of problem. When you post a message, you may get
back error messages. This DOES NOT mean you need to resend it. What it does
mean is that everybody got it except for maybe one or two folks. Don't repost
things unless you are absolutely, positively sure it did not reach anyone on
the list.
Also remember that not everyone has the latest and greatest technology at
their fingertips. Keep your text limited to lines less than 80 characters
long. Don't think that just because you have all sorts of neat display stuff
and whizbang text tools that everyone else does. Use simple ASCII text.
Try to keep the size of your submissions under control. Feel free to write
on all sorts of British car related stuff, but don't get too far overboard,
elaborate only on the necessary points. The same sort of guidelines apply to
technical postings. This list generates a lot of traffic, and keeping the
volume down will keep folks happier. If folks have to wade through pages
and pages of stuff they don't find interesting, they won't be happy with
you, or this list. And we do want folks to enjoy themselves. And avoid
long and usually less than funny signatures on the ends of your mail.
You shouldn't need a dozen lines to tell folks who you are.
Also, instead of sending three messages of one sentence each, try to send
one message with three sentences in it. Same information content, it just
puts a little less load on the system. And if you are replying to a message,
use discretion in how much of the original message you quote. Forwarding a
complete message only to add a single sentence or two of your own doesn't
make you look too smart. Folks will delete the message they think they've
already seen long before they get to your comments. And speaking of trying
to look smart, read over your text at least once to catch the obvious editor
errors, spelling errors and such.
In general, enjoy this list, but do be nice to others.
mjb.
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