The Ufomind Mailing List was designed primarily to add text documents to the Ufomind server. Topics include UFOs, Las Vegas, Psychology, Philosophy and anything else the webmaster deems interesting. Every message sent to the list is also added automatically to one or more index pages on www.ufomind.com. We make the list public as a courtesy to our readers who would like to receive new documents by email rather than reading them on the web. [gc 6/19/97]
How to SubscribeTo subscribe to the "single message" version of the Ufomind Mailing List, send an email message to ufomind-request@lists.best.com with the word "subsingle" in the body of the message. In this version of the list, you receive each message shortly after the moderator approves it. To subscribe to the "digest" version of the Ufomind Mailing List, send an email message to ufomind-request@lists.best.com, with the word "subscribe" in the body of the message. In this version, you receive a digest of messages only when a number of them accumulate or a certain length of time has passed (currently 5 days or 10 messages, whichever comes first).
The latest messages will also be listed in What's New as they become available.
Further Documentation on User Commands* Submissions to the list (messages you want to send to all subscribers) should be sent to ufomind@lists.best.com. The message will first go to the moderator, who will accept or reject the message based on the criteria below. For questions, contact the webmaster. (Note that "Replying" to a message from the list only replies to its author, not the entire list.) |
Traffic on this list could be uneven. There could be a lot of documents one day and none the next. This list will not operate on weekends or on days when the webmaster is off-duty.
This list differs from the Area 51 Mailing List in that a document does not have to be directly related to Area 51 or obey any of the other criteria for that list. The Ufomind list is more flexible and covers any topic the webmaster deems appropriate.
This list also is not expected to overlap the UFO UpDates Mailing List, since those messages are already preserved on this server. We do not intend to duplicate any other mailing lists or documents that already have a stable "home" on the web. Instead, the Ufomind list is more likely to focus on messages from newsgroups, private mailing and high-volume mailing lists that would not be reliably preserved on the web otherwise. It will also preserve controversial documents from websites that may not be stable and that could vanish. (For example, if someone makes some extravagent claims on their website, we might want to preserve those claims as they existed on a certain date.)
Once added to the web archive, messages will generally not be deleted or edited. No attempt will be made to fix errors or repair expired URLs. When a reader looks at a message with a certain date, he should have confidence that the document is shown exactly as it appeared on that date. (In the rare cases where a document is edited, that fact and the date of the edit must be clearly indicated. Usually, editing will be limited to an indication that the document is out of date, with a URL leading to a newer version of the document.)
The criteria for submissions is very loose: virtually any document relating to UFOs or any other topic we cover is permissable, so long as the webmaster regards it as interesting and worth preserving on the server. Generally speaking, these rules must be followed:
At Ufomind, we are more concerned with personalities and philosophy than with the direct investigation of UFOs. This is our "speciality" in the UFO field, so documents of this nature are given precedence.
The acceptance and rejection of messages is strictly at the discretion of the webmaster. No explanations or notice need be given. This mailing list exists to serve the needs of the webmaster and is made available to the public only as a courtesy.
Experience is the best guide as to what is acceptable on this list.
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Ufomind Index: http://www.ufomind.com/ufo/topic/sighting/
...where the URL given is that of a valid index page on the www.ufomind.com server.
When the message is added to the web, the URL is automatically replaced by the page's name and a hot-link to that page. At the same time, an entry is automatically added to the index page referring back to the message.
Note: The line of dashes above will be replaced by a bar in the web version. The be replaced, the line must be at least 10 dashes long with nothing else on the line.
The webmaster reserves the right to edit any message in the following ways:
StatsThere are about 30 subscribers (9/8/97). The digest (for those who select it instead of the single message version) is generated every 5 days or 10 messages, whichever comes first. |
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