Hi everyone, As SeeSat-L maintainer, I would like to remind you of one of the 'unofficial' posting guidelines, which is that technical or background information about payloads, rockets, etc... is only welcome on SeeSat-L in as far as it is tied in with the broad theme 'visual observations'. With 'tied in' I do not mean 'vaguely applicable to visual observations'. Long texts with technical info should be avoided, instead a reference to the source should be given (such as a URL, ftp-site, etc...). I'm not pointing the finger at any one in particular, but the past few weeks have seen many only semi-related posts by various authors. I just wanted to rectify this situation before it changes the character of SeeSat-L. So, no hard feelings, just call this message one of 'finetuning'. If you're wondering where you can find these guidelines, send a message with SUBJECT: help to SeeSat-L-request@iris01.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de If this text leaves you wondering whether some of your posts are on or off-topic, please contact either Walter Nissen (dk058@cleveland.freenet.edu) or me. You won't be flamed - we don't like flames - but you might save your- self the trouble of posting things that aren't wanted on the list. On an another note, I've heard some comments by various newcomers (all in private messages) that SeeSat-L isn't very responsive to newbies. We *are* working on a FAQ for SeeSat-L (join us at UseSat-L if you want to help us), but until it's finished, I would hope some of the 'old hands' on SeeSat-L reply to frequently asked beginners questions (by private mail). And newbies: don't dispare. The people on Seesat-L really are nice and usually willing to answer your questions. If you don't receive a reply to a question posed on SeeSat-L, just contact one of the people that post regularly to Seesat-L. Personally, I'm always available for questions. And, please download our help-file, it contains references to Web- documents that may answer many of your questions. If your question is how to unsubscribe to SeeSat-L, send a message with SUBJECT: unsubscribe to SeeSat-L-request@iris01.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de Cheers, Bart ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bart De Pontieu -- Max-Planck-Institute for extraterrestrial Physics, Garching bdp@mpe-garching.mpg.de -- http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bdp/satintro.html Join us at Eurosom 2, Oct 19/20 1996 -- http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bdp/eurosom.html BWGS-coordinator -- Flash editor -- SeeSat-L administrator -- would-be-observer "Life is like a jigsaw. You get the straight bits, but there's something" "missing in the middle." -- XTC, "All Of A Sudden (It's Too Late)" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------