North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

[Thomas Beckett <thomas@tbeckett.com>]

Uwillard@aol.com wrote:
> When I signed up, I asked to receive the digests to my email. This is 
> how I read all the posts. But isn't there some way I can go to the 
> message board at will and read the current posts? I have found no way to 
> do this - so why do I have a password?

Hi Uma.  I think that you can change your user preferences (and add a 
password to your account) you just click on the link in the footer that 
comes at the end of every post:

http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/nafex

You'll find instructions there on how to change your user settings using 
email, or to log onto a Web page where you can change your settings. 
The latter is a bit easier to use.  If you can't remember your password 
or not sure you have one, a the very bottom of the page linked above you 
will find a button to request that a password reminder be sent to you. 
Takes about 3 minutes for that to happen.

> I also need some technical advice. When replying to a post, do I have to 
> manually type in the subject I am referring to? And how do I include the 
> text I am referring to?

If you are replying to a post you received in a digest, it is polite to:

a)  change the subject line to the subject of the original post to which 
you are replying, and

b)  edit out all the other extraneous text from the reply message -- 
that is, don't copy the entire digest in your message just to reply to 
an individual post.

> Sorry to burden the message board with this, but I sent these questions 
> to the list owner (mailman-owner@lists.ibiblio.org 
> <mailto:mailman-owner@lists.ibiblio.org>) and got no response.

Hey, everyone's a beginner at some time or another.  No need to 
apologize.  I admin for another high traffic list hosted by ibiblio, so 
I am a little more familiar with these issues.

I suspect that <mailman-owner@lists.ibiblio.org> is either a null 
address or goes to a very busy person who is in charge of managing all 
of the email lists hosted by ibiblio.  The administrator(s) of this list 
can be reached at <nafex-owner@lists.ibiblio.org>.  Such persons have 
the tools to change your settings "manually" if you continue to have 
problems.

Being a newbie here myself, who is the Admin for this list?  Just curious.

Thomas Beckett