Darlings,
Here is one item in a continuing series of
self-help instructional messages.
Perhaps I don't send this item out often enough, and
some gentle-folks tend to forget how really automated
and up to date we are. As we approach the new millenium
and edge ever closer to world peace and the sibling-hood
of all sentient beings, I shall standardly endeavour to
improve the semi-regularity of my instructional
communications.
Your eternally bustling servant,
-- Sarasvati
UNICODE MAIL LIST HELP FILE
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list's "request" address which is:
ADDDRESS TO: unicode-request@unicode.org
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both circumstances. In general, you can expect to see 5 to 10 messages per
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The subscription mechanism is very literal, and it doesn't know about all the
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If you subscribe to both, you will get two copies of all official
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6. MAIL LIST RULES AND ETIQUETTE
The Unicode list is mostly an uncensored forum, with one exception: job
postings and recruitment campaigns have always been strictly forbidden.
Sarasvati is ever watchful for breeches of this rule, and is merciless in her
wrath.
Correspondents should remain tolerably polite and consider carefully before
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upon by the community at large. However for the most-part, other than
profanity, "anything goes". We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone,
at any time, on any whim.
7. NOTES
If you experience difficulty with subscription or unsubscription, please write
to "postmaster@unicode.org", which is read personally by Sarasvati.
The mail lists are not serviced by a LISTSERV type of server. The command
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There is no digest mode. The list of subscribers is not available.
Messages are usually archived on a temporary basis, and some archives are
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them available in any other form. Any available archives can be retrieved on
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