Feline-L Welcome Letter
FELINE-L is a discussion list for and about cats; all kinds, types and
varieties of cats. Postings ranging from care and feeding of your
household tom or tabby to scientific research concerning any aspect of wild
or domestic feline populations are welcome. If you wish to discuss
training, human-feline PSI experiences, cat "ghosts", seek a bit of comfort
over the loss of a cherished cat, or find the best way to handle any aspect
of cat ownership, you may reasonably expect to be welcome on FELINE-L.
FELINE-L is a very high-volume list. It is also unique in the sense of
"community" and "belonging" which exists among subscribers. If you are
seeking a "just-the-facts" list, this may not be the place for you. If you
are seeking an environment wherein participants regularly share one
another's feline joys and sorrows, you have found a home.
Managers and Administrators of any institution maintaining a feline
population, such as zoos, game parks or research installations may discuss
mutual problems and points of interest here. Graphic discussion of
research techniques may be inappropriate for this list and offensive to
some subscribers. Use good taste in what you post.
Reasonable discussion of conservation and environmental issues, as they
specifically relate to feline populations, are welcome here. The same
holds true for almost any aspect of feline veterinary care and management.
In short, absolutely anything that may reasonably be seen to have a
relationship to felines and/or to human-feline interactions may be posted
here... with one or two exceptions.
What FELINE-L is NOT!
FELINE-L is not the place for flames in any form. Period. As list owner I
do not expect to read every post on this list, nor do I want this to become
a moderated/digested list. However, I will not look kindly upon deliberate
attempts to disrupt the list, usurp it to some other topic unrelated to
felines, or use it as a format for politicized "position statements" or
axe-grinding over some emotion-charged subject.
This is not the place for campaigning for animal rights, debating the
ethics of maintaining pets, pleading generalized environmental cases not
directly bearing on a feline population, arguing the pros and cons of
vegetarianism, hunting, logging or any similarly tangential topics.Arguing
the pros and cons of declawing and indoor/outdoor cats is sternly
discouraged. This is, first and foremost, a place for people who love cats. Any kind of cats.
Blatantly commercial postings, ads, solicitations, chain letters, etc., are
forbidden. There will be NO cross posting to/from FELINE-L and other
lists. FELINE-L is a private list -- that means posting privileges are
restricted to subscribers only. Forwarding posts, notes, comments,
solicitations, not related to Felines from non-subscribers is a breech of
the usage guidelines of this list. Forwarding posts *from* Feline-L
without express permission of the author, is also a breech of the usage
guidelines.
Beyond an initial, bulletin-style announcement at startup, there will be no
recruiting for other lists on FELINE-L. Requests and information are to be
sent via private e-mail.
Occasionally you may receive private e-mail with comments about a post you
sent in to the list. Please remember that these e-mails are *private*
regardless of content and all discussion regarding them is to be kept
*off-list*. Posting of private e-mails to the list, without specific
consent, or by request of the author, is a breach of the usage guideline
of Feline-L.
None of the foregoing is intended to stifle discussion; it *is* intended to
ensure that problems which have sometimes plagued other discussion lists do
not take root here. The List owner is not going to "look over your shoulder" to scrutinize every word posted.
This overview of Policy is to avoid future misunderstandings. It is
necessary to state these restrictions at the outset, rather than attempting
to impose them at some later date. It is my hope that all this will make
FELINE-L the kind of place you want to return to often, and whose arrival
in your mailbox becomes a welcome and anticipated event.
Once you have been added to the list, the LISTSERV will send you a file
detailing further options you may wish to employ. Part Two of this
Document informs you of the Topic Headers which are in place and must be
used when posting to Feline-L.
Once again, welcome to FELINE-L.
SUBSCRIBING, UNSUBSCRIBING AND POSTING TO FELINE-L
When subscribing to Feline-L you must use your *full legal* name. You
may post using an "Alias" if you wish, but you MUST subscribe with your
full legal name. You must supply a full, i.e. first and last name. Use
of pseudonyms, e.g., "Phantom Phreaker" and the like will get your
removed from the list without warning unless you have previously
communicated with the List Owner justifying your need for anonymity.
To leave FELINE-L, proceed as follows:
Send E-mail to:
LISTSERV@LISTS.PSU.EDU
with a blank subject line and the following command as the first
(and only) line in the message of the body:
SIGNOFF FELINE-L
*****HOW DO I POST TO FELINE-L?***** IMPORTANT*****
This list now has LIST TOPICS installed. List topics are keywords used
in the subject line of messages to the list so subscribers can set their
individual subscriptions to only receive messages they are interested
in.
**Click here to download the Topic Micro Faq**
You can keep this by your computer for quick reference when posting to Feline-l.
The following are the list topics that have been installed on this list
along with descriptions of each. When you first get on the list, certain
"default" topics are set for you. You may change these topics to any
combination you wish. (See "How to set your subscription for Topic
Headers")
| TOPIC
| DESCRIPTION
|
| ALL:
| This is NOT a list topic. If there is something that you
feel needs to go to the entire list, send a note to the
list owner asking permission or that he send the post
for you.
|
| ADMIN:
| This is for the use of the *list owner* only. |
| CATCHAT:
| For talk from cat to cat. |
| TAILS:
| A *general* category. This section will include general
news items, cute stories, sad stories, in other words,
any "Tales" about about cats, or anything else that
would fall under general discussion about cats. Put
general postings that clearly do not fit under any other
topic, here. If you are new to Feline-l, please post
your introduction under Tails. |
| CATCARE:
| This section is for cat medical and behavioral problems
and information. It includes requests for help on these
subjects as well as replies, and also information about,
food, litter, new products, vaccines, spaying/neutering
and any other related products. Things like flea
problems/ treatments/ products, food/ litter questions/
answers / comments, any health/ behavior/ product/ vet
postings fit here. |
| RESCUE:
| This covers all things related to rescues and rescuing
cats. It can include initial discussions of FUR runs,
until those are taken over by the proper channels. Cats
needing homes, emergency situations, requests for help
in feeding, trapping, caring for feral/ stray cats and
general rescue information will go under this topic. The
bi-weekly adoption list will go out under this topic and
will also be available by request to all members. |
| ARCHIVE:
| For remembering past posts. |
| EVENTS:
| This covers all events, both real and virtual. Such
events might include CATCON, real life meetings, the
Virtual Cat Show, and items such as Christmas gift or
card swaps. |
| NEWSLETTER:
| A weekly newsletter summarizing each topic will go out
to subscribers under this topic. It will contain
relevant information from *all* subject headers and
include special petloss remembrances, birth/naming
announcements, new or interesting web sites and new
product information. The newsletter will go out Sunday
night for Monday morning. This topic should only be
used by the person mailing the newsletter.
|
| RAIN:
| The subject matter posted under RAIN will be material
dealing with feline deaths. Condolence messages, replies
to announcements of a cat who has gone to Rainbow
Bridge, any messages of support, memorial/poems that
people write to honor a cat that has passed on, etc. The
Candle Service will also be posted under RAIN. The name
"RAIN" was chosen because of it's connection with
Rainbow Bridge, and because it symbolizes the tears we
shed for our lost feline friends. |
| HUGS:
| Postings under HUGS will be:
1. "Welcome to the list",
2. "I'm sending you/your cat vibes",
3. "Human Birthday Greetings",
4. "Happee Birfday and Gotcha Day Greetings",
5. "Happy New Year, Merry Christmas, Happy Halloween,
etc",
6. "Cat / kitten adoption announcements",
7. "Con*cat*ulations" replies that follow #6
announcements",
8. "General, upbeat, positive, warm / fuzzy, support
messages that *clearly* don't fit under TAILS,
RAIN, or any of the other topics |
| PALS:
| This topic covers all posts relating to *Secret Pals* The co-oridnator will post all info under this topic, all thank yous for gifts, card ect, will be posted here. |
***************HOW DO I USE THESE TOPICS*************
Simply add the words to the beginning of your subject line remembering the
following things:
1) Always follow the topic with a colon:
eg HUGS:
2) If you use more than one topic, separate them by a comma
eg HUGS, RESCUE: (you only need one colon at the end)
Please use discretion when posting to more than one topic. Make sure
your post *really* belongs to each topic. TOPICS are implemented on
Feline-L to make it easy and convenient for subscribers to control the
volume of mail that they receive. With TOPICS, you may read all posts
sent to the list, or only posts about particular subjects which you are
interested. When you post to Feline-L, it is important that you be sure
to direct your post to the topic in which it would fit. There may be
more than one topic in which your post would fit, and if so, by all
means, send to more than one topic if necessary; but bear in mind that
appropriate directing of posts is essential to the use of TOPICS in
efficiently controlling list volume for subscribers.
And that is it, simple and easy!!
************WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF I MAKE A MISTAKE?************
If a post goes out without a topic, then it will be read only by DIGEST
subscribers and not subscribers who are set to MAIL. You may have
wished for better distribution of your post.
****HOW TO SET YOUR SUBSCRIPTION FOR TOPIC HEADERS****
All of the commands below must be sent to the *LISTSERV* not the list
address. Leave the subject line blank and type the command, and only the
command, in the body of your post. The listserv address is:
LISTSERV@LISTS.PSU.EDU
*to set your mail so that you receive many posts together in one file,
send:
SET FELINE-L DIGEST
***********
* to set your mail so that you receive each post one at a time
send:
SET FELINE-L NODIGEST *or*
SET FELINE-L MAIL
***********
*to set your mail so that your receive an index of posts that were sent to
the list send:
SET FELINE-L INDEX
**********
*to temporarily turn off receiving mail from the list
send:
SET FELINE-L NOMAIL
(Remember, when you are nomail you can still send posts
to the list but you won't receive any mail back from the
list. So be sure to ask folks to respond to you
privately.)
**********
*to change from nomail to mail or digest, send the appropriate command:
SET FELINE-L MAIL *or*
SET FELINE-L DIGEST
*If you wish to receive all postings as individual messages, you may
accomplish this by sending the
Set Feline-L TOPICS =ALL message to the
listserv.
**********
*to select specific topics which you do not want to receive send:
SET FELINE-L TOPICS=-LEGIS where LEGIS is the topic that
you don't want to receive.
(If you have selected DIGEST as the way you receive mail you don't have
the option of selecting or deselecting specific topics. You will
receive a copy of every post which goes to the list no matter what the
topic)
***********
*to select specific topics which you do want to receive send:
SET FELINE-L TOPICS=+EVENTS
where EVENTS is the topic that you do want to receive.
*these are the topics that you can chose from. ADMIN is for the use of
the listowner (only) and is set so that everyone receives it.
CATCHAT, TAILS, CATCARE, RESCUE, LEGIS, EVENTS, NEWSLETTER, RAIN, HUGS,
TEST
**********
* to see what options you currently have set with the listserv send:
QUERY FELINE-L
**********
* to access the Feline-L archives send:
INDEX FELINE-L
you will get back a large file listing the available
logs. Find the date range that you are interested in
and request it from the listserv by sending:
get FELINE-L LOG9605C
where LOG9605C is the designator of the log you want to
receive.
**********
These next commands will give you general information about the listserv.
It sometimes happens that you won't get any Feline-L mail and you'll
want to know whether it's your system or the list. If you send a message
to the list and it's down no one will see your message and you won't get
any responses. So, here are a couple of helpful things you can try
instead.
*to find out if the listserv is up and running send:
THANKS
if the listserv is operating you'll get a message back
saying
YOU'RE WELCOME.
**********
There is also a separate check "list" that was set up by Diana Gregory
so there's a place you can post a message asking if other folks are
having the same mail problem that you are. To have Diana add you to this
list contact her at:
diana@Wetware.Wetware.com
**********
*to get a short post with general information send:
HELP
**********
*to get a short list of listserv commands send:
get LISTSERV REFCARD
***********
Finally, to send messages to the other furfolk use the following address:
FELINE-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU
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Thank you and we hope that you enjoy being a member of Feline-L.
W. K. (Bill) Gorman & Sherri Brooks
FELINE-L List Owner & Associate List Owner
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