hammond list maintenance

["Mark Longo" <longo@zk3.dec.com>]

        Greetings,

        At last I have a mail alias in place for use in requesting 
subscriptions or other administrivia regarding the hammond mailing list.  
Following existing list conventions, the admin address for the Hammond list 
is:

        hammond-request@zk3.dec.com

        At the moment mail directed to this list comes to me.

        I will post a formal announcement of the list to 
rec.music.makers.synth, giving the list admin address (see below).  When 
someone joins the list I will manually send them welcome mail (see below).

        Anyone who wants to post an announcement of this list to a forum 
(CompuServe, AOL, etc) may do so but please use judgement in limiting 
announcements to forums where you think there is genuine interest in the 
Hammond.  This will help keep the list size managable (and keep my job 
efficient and easy) and keep list traffic quality high.  That said, I 
certainly don't intend to exclude ANYONE from list membership.  Just use 
judgement in posting announcements.

        Also, please send mail to me at hammond-request@zk3.dec.com letting 
me know where you posted the announcement.  This will help me to keep track 
of where we've made annoucements, just for general info.


Mark Longo
longo@zk3.dec.com


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        ANNOUNCEMENT TEXT
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        This is to announce an informal internet mailing list for and by 
people interested in Hammond organs (old and new) and related issues.  The 
purpose of the list is to provide a forum for sharing general questions and 
answers, technical information, equipement reviews, etc, regarding the 
Hammond organ, it's clones, accesories, etc.

        This is not a formal list server, but is just a mail alias which 
distributes e-mail to addressees.  Hence there are no digests, automated 
subscription facilities, or any other automated ways to request any 
information whatsoever.

        A Hammond FAQ is currently being compiled.  When it's available 
I'll send a copy to new members, to anyone else explicitly requesting it 
via the below request address, and I'll also post it to 
rec.music.makers.synth.

        Those interested in subscribing should send their internet address 
and full name to:

        hammond-request@zk3.dec.com


        Mark Longo
        maintainer, Hammond interest list


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        WELCOME MAIL
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        Welcome to the Hammond organ interest list.  This list is a very 
informal mail distribution of people interested in the Hammond organ, it's 
clones, assecories, and other closely related issues.

        This list is being used to share a variety information, including 
equipment reviews and opinions, references to places for purchase and/or 
repair of new or old gear, spare parts, all sorts of questions (and the 
answers!), for-sale listings, and more.

        There is a Hammond FAQ currently being compiled which will be 
distributed to the list when it's done (if not before).

        This list is not maintained by an automated list server (LISTSERV, 
Major Domo, etc) but is just a mail alias for distributing mail to a list 
of addresses, to which yours has now been added.  I'd be delighted if 
anyone would like to setup and maintain a list server to handle this list, 
but right now I'm doing it by hand in my few spare minutes.  Consequently, 
there is no digest posting of mail to the list.

        Thanks for joining us!

        Mark Longo
        maintainer, Hammond interest list