A reminder of SeeSat-L posting rules

Bart De Pontieu (bdp@cds.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de)
Thu, 25 Sep 1997 13:03:55 +0200 (MET DST)

Hi all,

It thought it might be useful to remind you all of the following
posting 'rules' that are described in the help file, which you
can obtain by sending a message to
SeeSat-L-request@cds.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de
with the word "help" in the SUBJECT.

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SeeSat-L was created and intended to be a low-to-moderate volume mailing
list with high information content.

We would like to ask you not to post off-topic messages to SeeSat-L.  Also
not to comment on off-topic posting, except to us, the creators of the
list, Bart De Pontieu <bart@satellite.eu.org> and Walter Nissen
<dk058@cleveland.Freenet.Edu>. So what is considered 'on-topic' then?
Discussions about any aspect of visual (!) satellite observing are welcome
of course, but the endless and inane bickering so frequently observed on
Usenet is not. New data (orbital elements, etc...) or news about
satellites is welcome, as are reports of observations (very much!). 

Try to avoid using large .sig files.  As you may know, the netiquette
maximum is 4 lines.  If you quote previous posts, please only quote the
parts relevant to your reply. Most people get pretty solid e-mail service,
so that you can assume they have read the post you're replying to.

SeeSat-L is read by many busy people and we try to respect the time it
takes them to read messages, by not asking them to read repetitive or
unproductive material.
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Also note that SeeSat-L is read by over 400 subscribers. Perhaps they are
not too interested in not-so-focused messages which deal with peripherally
on-topic messages? 

If you're in doubt whether YOUR messages are considered on-topic, please
contact us privately.

Cheers,
     Bart

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Bart De Pontieu    --   bart@satellite.eu.org     -- SeeSat-Ladministrator
solar physicist at Max-Planck-Institute for extraterrestrial Physics, Garching
   "Phew, for a minute there I lost myself" -- Radiohead, "Karma Police"
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