Periodic Info Message for Learning-Org (May 8, 1995)
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Topics
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1) How to leave Learning-org
2) For info about Learning-Org
3) Telling others about Learning-org
4) World-Wide-Web version of Learning-Org is now available!
5) Please sign your messages, etc.
6) How to contact your host
1) How to leave Learning-org
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To leave the learning-org list send email to majordomo@world.std.com
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unsubscribe learning-org
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subscribe learning-org
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2) For info about Learning-Org
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For info about Learning-Org, you can use a Web Browser or send
an email message.
Via the Web, the URL is <http://world.std.com/~lo> and the last
two characters are "el-oh," not "one-zero."
By email, please msg to our faithful robot,
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info learning-org
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3) Telling others about Learning-org
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Please do spread the word! But, please remember that this is an
all volunteer effort. The procedures above are designed to give
complete information without any manual intervention. If you
pass on incorrect information, it will create work for your
hosts.
Please do not casually give the subscription instructions from
memory, this has caused a lot of trouble in the past. Instead,
wait till you can locate and pass on the "How to get info"
instructions above.
4) World-Wide-Web version of Learning-Org is now available!
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I am very pleased to announce that a World-Wide-Web version of
Learning-Org is now operational. It provides a different way to
participate that may be more attractive to some of you that the
email format. This will be attractive to some, while others will
prefer participating through email.
It's hard to describe the Web, and I won't try here, except to
say that it's the fastest growing element of the internet, and
has tremendous promise for ease of use, once set-up.
On the Web, resources are located by URL, and the URL for
Learning-Org is given above.
If you have a Web Browser, you can find messages by date,
thread, subject, or author. You can read what you want, when you
want, and your Browser will probably keep track of what you've
seen vs. what's new to you. You can continue a discussion thread
right from your Browser or start a new topic. In short, this is
not just an archive for use once in a while to find a lost
message, but a different way to participate fully in the
Learning-Org discussions.
Here is some brief information about getting onto the Web: if
you are on a Unix system, try Lynx. If you have a SLIP or PPP
account, find and download Netscape or Mosaic. Prodigy now has a
Web browser, and the other large providers (AOL, Compuserve,
Delphi, etc.) will do so in a few months, but not now. If in
doubt, ask your system administrator or computer support people
for a "Web Browser."
I use Lynx on Unix at World. And, I have a PPP account with
Netscape. Both of these work very well. (I use a Macintosh, but
these same tools are available for Windows.)
I'm sorry, but I cannot provide further help in getting on the
Web; you'll have to find local resources who can help.
5) Please sign your messages, etc.
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Please sign your messages with name, organization, and email address, at
the bottom of the message.
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6) How to contact your host
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Send me email (my address is below). And, there are mail-top links on the
Learning-Org web pages.
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