[spectre] transmission problem solved / spectre admins note

[Andreas Broeckmann]

dear spectre subscribers,

we had some transmission problems in the last days due to some 
technical changes which i don't really understand but trust have been 
resolved now.


please, note: if your messages don't get through to the list, they 
most likely do not apply to the (strict but healthy) rules that we 
stick with on this mailing list and that are diligently applied by 
the list software, 'Mailman':

- don't use formatted text, send *plain text* only (this is sometimes 
difficult today, since a lot of automatic formatting goes on 
everywhere; but if you dig into the preferences of your mail 
programme you will find that it is actually possible to select the 
option)

- don't send attachments (put what you want to convey into the body 
of the message as plain text)

- message have to be less than 40 K

- post from an address that is subscribed to the list

- post to 'spectre' in the TO: or the CC: field (not BCC:) and don't 
post to too many other recipients at the same time (if you do, 
Mailman thinks you don't really _mean_ us on spectre - instead, we 
like to get a 'personally addressed message from you ;-)

if you still fail after carefully applying these rules, please, look 
into your Spam-folder and check whether you have received 
Bounce-messages from the spectre-mailman which explain why the 
message has been rejected (or is being held for moderation which inke 
and i are finding less and less time for, unfortunately).

please, write to us directly at <spectre-owner at mikrolisten.de> if you 
still cannot get through. truth is that dear Mailman sometimes does 
strange and unexplainable things which we then try to work around.


and then, please, also remember that this is a channel which we have 
been keeping open for close to nine years now on a voluntary basis; 
we value all the varied contributions and the steady flow a news from 
the art, media and culture world. years ago, this was a cosy 
community of a couple of hundred people, many of whom knew each other 
personally. now there are over 1600 subscribers (many of whom are no 
doubt filtering into long-forgotten and never-seen dead mail boxes 
)-; but we still keep a rather fond and personal attitude towards the 
list. this is just an old-fashioned mailing list, first conceived as 
the 'syndicate' list in 1996.

best regards,

andreas & inke