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From: Alex Hirsekorn (no email)
Date: Thu Jan 01 2004 - 07:59:28 EST
Ahoy the List!
What follows is a copy of the "Welcome to Trawler World List" message
that is sent to each new member of our list. This message, along with
the "lists.samurai.com mailing list memberships reminder" that you
received a couple of hours ago contains just about all of the
information you need to do anything with your Trawler World List
membership.
PLEASE SAVE THIS MESSAGE!
If you have a question about your account, posting rules, archive use,
related services, etc. the information that you need is probably right
here.
Welcome to the mailing list!
Welcome to the Trawler World List
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Trawler World List is an interactive mailing list of the type seen all
over the Net. It's informative, it's entertaining, and it's free!
Voyaging, cruising and living aboard under power is what Trawler World
List is all about. We are a community of like-minded souls in
cybersea, a world-wide network, a forum for the exchange of
information, ideas and inspiration. The List is also a lot of fun, and
it can be addictive.
Trawler World List was founded in 1997 by Georgs Kolesnikovs who
continues to sponsor the List as a community service.
The gateway link for learning about and joining Trawler World List is:
http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawler-world-list If you
have friends or dock neighbors that might be interested in Trawler
World List please give them this link.
The latest version of List rules, policies and procedures can always
be consulted at: http://www.trawlerworld.com/c_listrules.htm
HOW AN INTERACTIVE MAILING LISTS WORKS
The operation of Trawler World List is quite simple and
straightforward. Essentially, what one posts to the List all
subscribers receive as email. To post to the List, send your email to:
Note: When replying to a posted message you'll need to manually change
the address from that of the original poster to:
. We have configured the list
this way for a reason; for further information go to:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?Y233148C5
In many ways, a list functions similarly to a newsgroup/bulletin
board/discussion group. You read what you want and skip what doesn't
appear interesting. Unlike newsgroups on the Net, a mailing list is
much more focused on the topic of interest--i.e., voyaging, cruising,
and living aboard motorboats and motorsailers--of the people who
subscribe to the list.
But it does have rules, regulations and procedural policies as
outlined below. Don't be put off by the rules as they have helped,
over the last six years, to make the List such a valuable forum for
more than 1,200 trawler crawlers in the U.S., Canada and around the
world.
RULES OF CONDUCT
By subscribing to the Trawler World List, you agree that you will not
post:
a) Messages which libel, defame, abuse or threaten others, or are
inflammatory.
b) Statements that are bigoted, hateful or racially offensive.
c) Material that advocates illegal activity or discusses illegal
activities with the intent to commit them.
d) Unauthorized copyrighted material.
e) Material that contains vulgar, obscene or indecent language or
images.
f) Advertising or any form of commercial solicitation.
g) Material that does not pertain to voyaging, cruising and living
aboard motor vessels.
h) Attachments of any type or size.
You also agree to not attempt to use subscriber addresses for
mass-mailing purposes or any commercial solicitation.
Please follow the rules of conduct or your subscription will be
terminated.
OTHER POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
In addition to the rules shown above, we also request members to
conform to the following policies:
1) Snip those quotes!
When replying to a Trawler World List post please keep material quoted
from previous posts to the minimum required for clarity. For more
information go to: http://makeashorterlink.com/?S143418C5
2) Computer virus discussions are off limits on the List!
For more information go to: http://makeashorterlink.com/?B557269E5
3) Please set your email program to Plain Text.
"Fancy" formatting such as HTML, Rich Text, or MIME will be
automatically stripped from your post but its remnants could cause it
to be blocked by certain anti spam/virus filtering programs.
4) Don't cross-post!
Cross-posting is not allowed on Trawler World List. If you wish to
transport a topic from another list please do so with the appropriate
background material and a new subject line. [If your post's subject
line identifies it as coming from another list it will be
automatically blocked by our software.]
5) Please use a properly descriptive subject line.
For more information go to: http://makeashorterlink.com/?S143418C5
6) Please keep your signature block (sig) short.
Keep in mind that your post is being read by more than 1,200 people
and, if you're an active poster they will be seeing it over and over
again. Four lines is the standard for "good form" on Trawler World
List and on the Internet as a whole.
7) Be VERY careful about humor.
While everyone likes a good laugh it's important to remember that our
membership is worldwide and made up of people of numerous races,
creeds, religions, and nationalities. Also keep in mind that this is a
text-only medium and that something that's funny in person can come
across as mean-spirited when stripped of intonation, expression,
and/or body language.
MANAGING YOUR TRAWLER WORLD LIST ACCOUNT
When you joined Trawler World List a Personal Account Management
web-page was created for you. A link to that page and your password
for using it are shown at the bottom of this message. Additionally,
you will get a reminder message at the beginning of every month that
will give you the same information. That web-page gives you the
ability to monitor and change many parameters of your Trawler World
List subscription. We HIGHLY recommend that you visit this site and
bookmark it for future reference. For more information go to:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?N253128C5
ACCESSING THE TRAWLER WORLD LIST ARCHIVES
Trawler World List has been around for quite a while and you'd be
amazed at the range of topics that have been discussed and the variety
of questions that have been answered: What's the best material for
seat cushions?; How often should Lehman fuel pump oil be changed?;
What's the limiting depth on the Dismal Swamp route?; Is there a good
restaurant in LaPush, WA? It's all in the Trawler World List Archive
which can be found at:
http://lists.samurai.com/pipermail/trawler-world-list/
Finding something specific can be a daunting task since the archive
contains more than 50 thousand posts totaling over 100MB of
information. To make things a bit more manageable there is an
independently run search engine that indexes the archive. You can find
it at:
http://abaco.pwr.com/twl/ - Pretty much self explanatory and easy to
use.
NEED HELP WITH USING TRAWLER WORLD LIST? INTRODUCING THE TRAWLER WORLD
LIST HELP TEAM
These are long-time List members who have stepped forward to provide
assistance to other Listees as well as advice and counsel in the
administration of the list.
Alex Hirsekorn (Listmaster - Posting, Snipping, Spam
response, Etc.) NOTE: Messages sent to any of the various Trawler
World List Administrative addresses are forwarded to Alex.
Georgs Kolesnikovs (Listmeister emeritus)
Jerry Munson (Helper emeritus)
Mike Eedy (Virus czar)
Mike Tellup (Great Loop Listmaster)
Bob McLeran (B-S-T Listmaster)
Dave Ross (Helper at large)
OTHER TRAWLER WORLD LISTS & SERVICES
Trawler World Online, the sponsor of Trawler World List, invites you
to consider:
1) The Trawler World List Digest provides an alternate format for
reading our list's messages. Trawler World List is a pretty busy list
with as many as 50 messages per day (30 to 35 on average) and that can
get overwhelming. The digest format combines all Trawler World List
messages into a once per day mailing that you may find more
manageable. To switch to digest format (or back to individual
messages) see the section on managing your Trawler World List account
above.
2) The Trawler World gateway to Amazon.com at:
http://www.trawlerworld.com/bookstore_index.htm This helps generate
funds that enable Trawler World List to continue operating as a free
resource.
3) The Trawler World List Burgee is already flying aboard a couple of
hundred trawlers around the world. Find out more here:
http://www.trawlerworld.com/burgee.htm
4) The Trawler World Buy-Sell-Trade list, where commercial messages,
for-sale offerings and for-charter postings are encouraged. More
information and a link to the Trawler World Buy-Sell-Trade archives
can be found here:
http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawler-world-buy-sell-trade
5) The Trawler World Great Loop list is similar to Trawler World List
but with a special focus on cruising all or parts of the Great Loop
route of the eastern U.S. More information and a link to the TWGL
archives can be found here:
http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawler-world-great-loop
6) The Trawler World Hybrid Power list is a low volume list for those
who are interested in non-traditional methods of powering a
recreational boat (diesel-electric, Sterling cycle, steam, etc.). More
information and a link to the Trawler World Hybrid Power archives can
be found here:
http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawler-world-hybrid-power
7) The newsletter Trawler World News is published by Trawler World
Online as a free, email service to the trawler community. It's all
about voyaging, cruising and living aboard under power.
How-to-subscribe information and a link to the Trawler World News
archives can be found here:
http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawler-world-news
8) Last but not least is, of course, Trawler World Online itself. As
the premier trawler-oriented site on the Internet Trawler World
provides news, how-to articles, detailed cruise reports, extensive
trawler links, and other information of use and interest to the
trawler community. You can find it here: http://www.trawlerworld.com/
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Enjoy the List, along with your fellow subscribers in Anguilla,
Australia, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, China, Denmark,
France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands,
New Zealand, Norway, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia,
Spain, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, U.S. Virgin Islands, and
Venezuela, in addition to the U.S. and Canada.
--Alex
Alex Hirsekorn Trawler World Listmaster
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