[ADMIN]
Bart De Pontieu (bdp@cds.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de)
Thu, 15 Jan 1998 12:47:19 +0100 (MET)
Hi,
Just a few administrative points:
1. You can unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with the word
"unsubscribe" in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org
Don't send things to SeeSat-L-request@cds.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de, even
if you get replies or messages from the latter address.
If you've subscribed under a different address, write
"unsubscribe old@address.net" in the SUBJECT.
Subscription information can also be found at:
http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
2. If you have problems with SeeSat-L, try to read the documentation
carefully first. If you can't solve your problem, it is best to send a
message to both Neil Clifford (neil@satellite.eu.org) and me
(bart@satellite.eu.org). Sending a message to both of us will ensure a
speedy reply :-)
3. SeeSat-L has an aggressive bounce-policy. If your address bounces more
than 5 messages in a short time, you are *automatically* unsubscribed by
the software. If you think you've stopped receiving messages, try checking
our Web-page:
http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/index.html
for the most recent message that appeared on SeeSat-L. Allow a few hours
for any message on WWW to arrive at your account.
If you think you *are* subscribed, just subscribe again by sending a
message with the word "subscribe" in the SUBJECT to
SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org
4. Please limit the signature at the bottom of your message to 4 lines.
5. SeeSat-L is not meant for blatant commercial advertisements. If you
have a service that you think may interest SeeSat-L subscribers (i.e.
VISUAL satellite observers), mentioning it once or offering a URL is OK.
Anything more than that is not. Ask us for advice if you're not sure what
is OK and what isn't.
6. SeeSat-L has as of today, for the first time in its 3-year-and-1-month
history, 450 subscribers. For those who like statistics, 55 people are
subscribed to the SeeSat-digest (SeeSat-D), the rest receives messages in
'real time'.
We have subscribers in Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brasil,
Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kroatia, Netherlands, Peru, Poland,
Portugal, Russia, South-Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand,
United Kingdom and the United States, i.e. 29 different countries!
Perhaps I've even omitted a few countries. European subscribers make up
about 30%, the United States dominates with 60% of all subscribers. Note
that these are estimates, since not all addresses can be traced back to a
country (e.g. .com or .net). Germany and Britain make up 15% of subscribers,
i.e. half of the European subscribers. France only has 3 subscribers!
This dominance in Europe of the UK and Germany is probably due to the fact
that Internet has not taken off in Europe very much except for a few
countries like the UK and Germany. The dominance of the USA is at least
partially due to this as well.
Growth of the number of subscribers is usually in phases, the Iridium
flares have certainly caused another growth spurt. Back in October 1997 we
had about 410 subscribers. Note that we started out with 5 people in
November 1994, had about 150 people at the end of 1995 and 300 in December
1996.
Cheers,
Bart De Pontieu <bart@satellite.eu.org>
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Bart De Pontieu -- bdp@mpe.mpg.de -- Max-Planck-Institute for extraterrestrial physics
SeeSat-L co-administrator -- VSOHP co-maintainer -- solar physicist
Friends help you move. Good friends help you move bodies.
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