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Handy Board list now a LUGNET newsgroup
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Wed, 15 Sep 1999 04:15:08 GMT
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Dear all,
As announced, the Handy Board mailing list is now also a LUGNET (LEGO Users
Group Network) newsgroup.
What does this mean to you? It depends; if you are lazy, it can have no effect
at all (maybe this is what you want :-). Or, if you are motivated, you now
have many options for getting your Handy Board information fix.
OPTION 1: NO EFFECT.
You can still send mail to handyboard@media.mit.edu, and it will still work
just fine. Mail sent to this addr will seamlessly appear on the LUGNET
newsgroup (yay, Todd!). Also, "articles" (that is, messages) originated on the
LUGNET group will be mailed to you on the handyboard list.
OPTION 2: BROWSE THE NEWSGROUP ON THE WEB.
You can now browse threaded discussions of the HB list on the web! Wow! Just
visit <http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/handyboard/>. If you want to reply to a
message you see on the web, you'll have to fill out a LUGNET news-posting form;
the link'll come up when you try to post.
OPTION 3: ALL HB TRAFFIC THRU LUGNET.
At some point, you may like the web interface, and no longer want messages
mailed to you. That's fine: just write me (Fred Martin, fredm@media.mit.edu)
an unsubscribe message. I'll take you off the handyboard@media.mit.edu
distribution. You can still browse the web interface.
Or, you may decide you'd prefer the HB mail to be sent to you from LUGNET.
This gives you lovely archive options and the like. (Visit the LUGNET Mail
Setup Page, <http://www.lugnet.com/news/mail/setup/>, to do this.) You'll
probably want to unsubscribe from the Media Lab distribution if you sign up for
LUGNET delivery; otherwise, you'll be getting two copies of everything.
Remember, write to me (Fred Martin, fredm@media.mit.edu) to unsubscribe from
the handyboard@media.mit.edu list.
OPTION 4: SUBSCRIBE TO LUGNET.ROBOTICS.HANDYBOARD AS A NEWSGROUP.
Some of you may prefer to use a news-reader rather than the web interface or
direct email. Now through LUGNET, you have that option. See
<http://www.lugnet.com/news/> for info.
Just so people know, I'll be directing new users to subscribe via LUGNET rather
than adding people to the handyboard@media list.
I realize this may be a little confusing. Keep in mind that if you do nothing,
everything will still work like it has been. So take your time, explore the
options, and if you're ready to try the LUGNET delivery, go ahead and send me
an unsubscribe message.
Todd Lehman, co-creator and administrator of LUGNET, is around to answer your
questions. I hope people don't mind a little bit of administrative traffic as
we all figure this out.
I think it'll
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| The tail end of my message got cut off. All I wanted to say was, "I think it'll be worth it. Yours, Fred" :-) BTW, one nice feature of LUGNET over handyboard@media is that messages get distributed a LOT faster when they come from LUGNET. Fred (...) (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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