You walk in worlds the others can't begin to imagine.

Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier  

A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.

Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych


Jon B. - Dec 20, 2002 1:54:41 pm PST #1295 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Am I supposed to be on that admin mailing list?

There's two different "lists". One is just a POP/IMAP/WebBasedMail mailbox that some Admins access regularly. All you need is the server info and password. That's where the new member emails go. The other is a "normal" listserv that hasn't had any traffic in weeks that I know of.


DXMachina - Dec 20, 2002 2:05:56 pm PST #1296 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

IIRC, ita sent the password for the mailbox out via the list, so if you changed e-mail, you might not have gotten it. I can send it to you when I get home (real late tonight, our time).


DXMachina - Dec 20, 2002 2:11:44 pm PST #1297 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

John, insent to your profile address.

(Remembered the password).


John H - Dec 20, 2002 2:52:09 pm PST #1298 of 10001

Thanks for that. Should I be looking at the other mailbox regularly? And what am I looking for when I do it? Apart from things like the creator of Buffy actually signing up!

I'm really not cool, am I?


Jon B. - Dec 20, 2002 2:54:28 pm PST #1299 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Just the occasional question or request for a password reset. 95% of the messages are of the auto-generated "JoeShmoe is the newest Buffista" variety.


DXMachina - Dec 20, 2002 2:56:30 pm PST #1300 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Usually, the only things in there are the sign-up messages (of which there have been a ton lately), and very occasional "I forgot my password" e-mails, which you can handle if you see them first. Oh, and we've started getting spam, which has to be dumped.


Rob - Dec 20, 2002 4:15:52 pm PST #1301 of 10001

Is it possible to get an announcement list set up for Bay Area Buffistas?


§ ita § - Dec 20, 2002 4:27:04 pm PST #1302 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Done.

To start a subscription for an address, for example "john@host.domain", just add a hyphen and your address (with '=' instead of '@') after the command word: t bayarea-subscribe-john=host.domain@buffistas.org


esse - Dec 20, 2002 10:28:36 pm PST #1303 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

So, what's the spoiler policy in the LOTR thread? Because the other day I got spoiled for something that happens in the next movie, which I'm not sure if I'm cool with or not. I haven't read the books, so I don't know what's going to happen. But I don't want to impede the fun discussion of the vast majority of people in the thread who *have* read the books. Thoughts?


§ ita § - Dec 20, 2002 10:37:23 pm PST #1304 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Dunno. I asked that meself and got no answer.