[Lvas] Mailman, more info on using the mailing list

[Douglas Phillipson]

Using the mailing list is simple.  It's just like your regular email. 
When a message is sent by a member to the list at lvas at lvlug.org it gets 
distributed to everyone and archived.  A simple reply with your email 
client software is all that is required to reply to someones post.  Your 
reply will also be distributed to everyone on the list.  This type of 
communication tends to foster a sense of community and strongly enhances 
communication between members. It will also allow members to request 
information from the group as a whole, quickly and efficiently.  When 
that information is given, via the list, everyone gets the benefit of 
seeing it and the archive will retain it for those that join at a later 
time.  The archive is handy to give as a reference to new members so you 
don't have to repeat commonly useful information.  If someone posts a 
good article about anything, lets say collimation for example, it is 
archived and can be referred to later by a URL from the archive.  I 
can't tell you how many times I've used the archive to dredge up useful 
but somewhat older information that someone posted years ago on our 
Linux mailing list. The historical archive really saved my bacon a few 
times.

I hope the club enjoys it...

Doug P