Is this real? Am I being silenced for attemping to get some serious discussion going? Am I supposed to be intimidated by this policing? Are you going to *toad* me? Do you have ethics or what? lgs On Sat, 5 Feb 1994, Jeremy Butler wrote: > Louis, > > The following SCREEN-L message was sent out with your postings in mind. > Many of the things you've sent to the list have not been in keeping > with the spirit and guidelines of SCREEN-L. > > Please use a little more consideration when posting messages in the > future. > > Jeremy Butler > SCREEN-L coordinator > > [log in to unmask] > > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > > Folks folks folks! > > Lately it seems like SCREEN-L messages have gotten insulting, contentious > and decidedly un-collegial. Several SCREEN-Litarians have sent notes to > me (SCREEN-L coordinator/owner) personally about it. > > Please! Take more care in composing notes to SCREEN-L. Count to ten. > Take a few deep breaths before zipping some annoyed and annoying note > out to the over 600 SCREEN-L members. > > SCREEN-L's status as a totally free-flowing, UNmoderated list depends > upon us all exercising tolerance of differing viewpoints. > > And just to reinforce this, here's a repeat of the SCREEN-L Principles > and Guidelines. > > Thanks! > > --Jeremy > > [log in to unmask] > > > SCREEN-L'S FOUNDING PRINCIPLE > > SCREEN-L is designed for persons teaching, researching, and > making film and television--whether they are film/TV > educators, students, professionals, media librarians, or > self-schooled fans. Discussion, therefore, is invited > regarding film/TV criticism, theory, history, production > issues, and teaching. > > In other words, SCREEN-L messages should somehow relate to > the >study< of film and TV, not just the casual enjoyment of > these media. This is interpreted rather broadly. Postings > to SCREEN-L need not be dry, didactic treatises from which > all joy has been crushed. But also, they should not noodle > on about, say, the poster's penchant for full-lipped actors. > > CINEMA-L, a lively list also devoted to film, provides an > entertaining forum for folks wanting to chat more informally > about the movies. Its address is [log in to unmask] There are > other film and TV lists available as well. Contact Jeremy > Butler for more details. > > > SCREEN-L GUIDELINES > > 1. SCREEN-L messages should maintain a sense of collegial > respect for SCREEN-L's subscribers, even when disagreeing > with the opinions of others. > > Personal attacks on subscribers will not be tolerated. > > 2. Identities are not always clear from the headers sent with e- > mail messages. It's always a good idea to sign your message > with something more human sounding than your e-mail address > (e.g., JBUTLER@UA1VM). > > 3. Each SCREEN-L message should include a descriptive "subject" > heading. > > SCREEN-L's "digest" (see below) and most e-mail systems use > subject lines in their listing of messages. Descriptive > subject lines greatly facilitate subscribers' use of SCREEN- > L. > > 4. Getting off of SCREEN-L: > > Subscribers may leave SCREEN-L by sending e-mail with the > command > > UNSUBSCRIBE SCREEN-L > > to [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] Please please > please send this command to "listserv" not to "screen-l." > Messages sent to "screen-l" will, of course, go out to > everyone on SCREEN-L. > > If you have trouble signing off, notify Jeremy Butler > ([log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]). > > 5. SCREEN-L messages are sent to hundreds of subscribers. Users > should avoid sending personal messages to a single person > through SCREEN-L. > > 6. Controlling SCREEN-L: > > There are a number of things you can do to control how your > subscription to SCREEN-L is handled. In LISTSERV terms, you > can "set" several options that will modify how SCREEN-L mail > is sent (or not sent) to you. > > Here's the basic method: send mail to [log in to unmask] > or [log in to unmask] Once again, note that the address is not > "screen-l," but rather "listserv." After the header, put in > the command: > > SET SCREEN-L <option> > > "<option>" is the thing you want to set for your subscription > to SCREEN-L. The specific options you can set are: > > >>>SUSPENDING MAIL TEMPORARILY > > NOMAIL turns off your mail delivery but keeps your name on > SCREEN-L. Thus, to suspend mail delivery: > > SET SCREEN-L NOMAIL > > To restart delivery: > > SET SCREEN-L MAIL > > >>>DIGESTS > > Every day SCREEN-L collects all of the day's messages and > packages them into a single file called a "digest." The > digest has an index at the start that contains the messages' > subject headings. Following the index is each of the day's > messages--in chronological order, separated by a line of > hyphens, and identifying each poster with his/her real name > and e-mail address. > > To receive the daily digest of messages: > > SET SCREEN-L DIGEST > > To receive the index that is packaged with the digest but not > the messages themselves: > > SET SCREEN-L INDEX > > Since SCREEN-L is archived, you can order specific messages > that you see listed in an index. > > If your account is set to DIGEST or INDEX you will not > receive individual messages as they are sent by SCREEN-L. To > quit receiving digests/indexes and go back to getting > messages one at a time: > > SET SCREEN-L MAIL > > >>>INFORMATION ABOUT THE SENDER OF SCREEN-L MESSAGES > > In some mail systems it is difficult to tell the original > source of mail that was bounced off a LISTSERV like SCREEN-L. > You can, however, have SCREEN-L put this information into the > body of the message itself (as opposed to it being solely in > the header). > > This is called a "dual header." To receive dual headers: > > SET SCREEN-L DUAL > > To get rid of the dual header: > > SET SCREEN-L SHORTHDR > > If this does not work, try: > > SET SCREEN-L SHORTBSMTP > > >>>ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF MESSAGE > > If you're worried about your mail getting through to SCREEN-L > you can have SCREEN-L acknowledge receipt of your messages. > When you post a message, SCREEN-L will send you e-mail back > saying all's fine. > > To receive acknowledgements: > > SET SCREEN-L ACK > > To turn this off: > > SET SCREEN-L NOACK > > >>>GETTING YOUR OWN MESSAGES BOUNCED BACK TO YOU > > SCREEN-L knows who you are and if you don't want your own > messages sent back to you it won't. But then, if you're > worried about getting through to SCREEN-L you might want > copies of your messages sent to you just to be sure they made > it. > > To stop your messages being sent to you: > > SET SCREEN-L NOREPRO > > To start your messages being sent to you: > > SET SCREEN-L REPRO > > >>>CONCEALING YOUR ADDRESS ON SCREEN-L > > Anybody may review SCREEN-L and see your name and address on > it. To hide that address: > > SET SCREEN-L CONCEAL > > To unhide it: > > SET SCREEN-L UNCONCEAL > > > ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > | | > | Jeremy Butler | > | SCREEN-L Coordinator [log in to unmask] | > | Telecommunication & Film Dept * The University of Alabama | > | | > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||