RX-7 E-mail List FAQ

This FAQ is posted monthly, but basically says the same thing. I'm not planning to HTML-ize it every month, so just take a look here for the info, and remember it might be a little out of date.

RX-7 Monthly FAQ Posting

From: Owner-RX7@world.std.com (R A Lichtensteiger)
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 00:00:01 -0400
Subject: Monthly FAQ/List Description Posting

I am making it a policy to send this to the list at the first of every month because it answers questions frequently asked by members of the list. This is the introductory greeting that I send to all people when they first subscribe. I run several mailing lists so it is impossible for me to answer all of the questions posed to me every day by the *thousands* of people on all of the lists. If you ask a question that is covered in this file, I can't even guarantee that I'll be able to take the time to tell you to look here. In short, PLEASE READ AND SAVE THIS INFORMATION Thank You.

This is an automated message.

Hello and welcome to the mailing list. I am Reto Lichtensteiger , and I maintain the RX7 mailing List. As of Aug 01, 1996, the RX7 Mailing List has 812 subscribers. There has been a rather large increase in mail forgings lately. If you did not subscribe to this mailing list, send to the administrative address listed below saying you wish to unsubscribe. Then contact your mail support people at your site so they know that this has occurred. They might be able to track it down.

This list is not affiliated in any way with anyone at Mazda. Please read this entire introduction and then save it so that you may refer to it in the future if you need. This list is for *ALL* Mazda Rotary engined vehicles and anything that operates using the Wankel type rotary engine. The list's main purpose is to discuss related matters concerning these cars whether it be technical or not. All opinions and postings are welcome. I send this generic introduction out to everyone who requests to be on the list as sort of a greeting. Feel free to start a topic of your choice: talk about your new Mazda, post an anecdote about your old Mazda, discuss a repair you just made or would like to make, etc. There are no moderators on this list, so everything you send to: rx7@World.STD.Com goes directly to everyone in the alias file.

Before you post to the mailing list, keep in mind that many people will be reading what you write. The administrative address for the RX7 mailing lists is: MajorDomo@World.STD.Com Please use the administrative address for administrative messages (removal from list, change of address, etc.,). Please do NOT send administrative messages to the postings address, as the rest of the list recipients probably aren't interested in your request to be removed/changed, etc! DO NOT SEND THESE REQUESTS TO THE POSTINGS ADDRESS! This is one of the worst things a person can do. Please don't do it.

Majordomo List Server

The second worst thing you can do is to include the entire digest inside of your mail message when you are posting. If you are going to include something, only include what is relevant to your posting. Including the whole digest not only increases the size of the next digest two-fold, but it is very annoying. DO NOT DO THIS EITHER.

Do not forge mail to the mailing list. If I find that you've done this, you will be permanently removed from the list. Also, do not send images, sounds, or anything else of large size to the mailing list without first contacting me at the administrative address. When you post, only use regular ascii text. Please don't send your messages in MIME or any other format as some subscribers may not be able to read it and it may also mess up the digest.

If you are going to post something to the list that might require timely responses, keep in mind that the digest only goes out once or twice per day and is an accumulation of everything posted since the last digest. If, for example, you are advertising a car for sale, please allow the digest subscribers some time to respond. If your mailbox has a limit on the number of messages that can be delivered to your mailbox, please consider using the digest and in either case, check your mailbox frequently. I WILL unsubscribe people who bounce list messages due to full mailboxes.

Please note: if you send a message to the list, it is possible that you may get errors. Whenever you send a submission to the list, it gets sent to EVERYONE on the list. I try to have things setup so that the errors get sent to me instead of to you, however that will not always happen. You can ignore these errors. If you receive an error message after posting to the list, this should only mean that piece of mail to that member of the list failed. However, you should always receive a copy of your own submission to the list (if you are on the digest you should receive it via the digest). If you don't receive your own posting, this means the message might not have made it to the list, and you should contact the administrative address. Please do *NOT* resend your posting until you are sure it didn't make it to the list. I do maintenance on the list every day to reduce the occurrences of these errors, but it is a fact of life that the errors will always occur, and I apologize. Given the amount of people on the list, if you receive a couple bounces, that is still a pretty low percentage of failures.

For those who are interested in Mazda vehicles in general and want more information on them, there is also a list devoted to discussing all types of Mazda vehicles. To subscribe, send mail to: mazda-list-request@inslab.uky.edu

Please, keep in mind that this list is what you make of it. The content is entirely based on you, the subscriber and poster. There are a number of "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQs) available for RX7 models. They are available from the respective maintainers.

Here are the FAQ locations:

Send mail for the rx7 mailing list to rx7@World.STD.Com.
Mail administrative requests to MajorDomo@World.STD.Com.