[Leica] Re: [LEICA] New club for R users

[Ray Moth <ray_moth@yahoo.com>]

Dear LUGers,

[Please not that I have added * to words like 'sub*scribe' below, to
avoid possible complications with the LUG server]
 
I was remiss in not explaining properly how to sub*scribe to the two
Leica R clubs I mentioned. If you already know your way around Yahoo /
Topica it's not too difficult but not everyone does. So here goes:

For the Yahoo Leica R club, the URL is:
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/leicar. To sub*scribe, click on the "join"
link in the upper-right-hand side of the page. Note that you cannot
receive emails from this club; on the other hand, there is a place
where you can upload scanned photographs. It's got off to a very slow
start, with only 6 members a week after it was created. 

For the Topica Leica Reflex Forum (LRF), if you go to the following
URL:
http://www.topica.com/lists/leica_reflex_forum/prefs/info.html
you will see the following screen:

List Information 
 
List Name Leica Reflex Forum (LRF) 
Purpose: A forum for users of Leica single lens reflex cameras. 
List Type: Unmoderated discussion 
Subscription: Does not require owner approval 
Archive: Readable by sub*scribers only 
Created: Dec 05, 2000 
Owner: Ray Moth 
To Join: Sub*scribe here, or send an email to
leica_reflex_forum-subscribe@topica.com 
To Post: Send mail to 'leica_reflex_forum@topica.com' 
Stats: 18 sub*scribers / 1 message per day 
Categories: New Lists
 
As it says, 5 lines from the bottom, you can click on the word
Sub*scribe or you can send a blank Email to the subscription address.
The posting address is used only for submitting posts to the list,
after you have already sub*scribed. Also, in the preferences, you can
state whether you'd rather receive individual emails of posts or the
daily digest; alternatively, you can view the messages on-line without
having to receive emails at all (not very convenient in my experience).

I'm afraid I've found the information/guidelines in Topica a bit
scattered and not too clear: it seems not to follow the KISS principle.
However, it does work if you persevere (even *I* managed to join the
LEG in Topica, after some acrobatics) :-)  BTW, there are already 18
members even though the LRF was created less than 24 hours ago.

Regards,

=====
Ray

"The trouble with resisting temptation is
 you never know when you'll get another chance!"

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