To subscribe to PPS-L (Philopsychy Society List), send the message "subscribe PPS-L" (without the quote marks) to:
majordomo@listserver.hkbu.edu.hk
When you do this, a "Welcome" message will be sent to you. The text of that message is given below, for your convenience.
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PURPOSE:
This list exists as a forum for discussing issues of interest to members of the Philopsychy Society. Likely topics of discussion are: the interface between philosophy and psychology, any philosophical or psychological topics that are likely to enhance our understanding of the theory and practice of "soul-loving" ("philopsychy"), topics from any area of academia (or life in general) that are likely to accomplish the latter goal. Issues relating to the theory and practice of self-publishing should be addressed to a separate list sponsored by the Society, GAP-L (Global Author-Publishers List). (Subscribe by sending a "subscribe gap-l" message to majordomo@listserver.hkbu.edu.hk.) PPS-L was officially launched on July 11th 1996. After reading this message, please save it for future reference. It contains helpful information about how to subscribe, unsubscribe, and send various other commands to the list.
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LISTOWNER:
PPS-L is sponsored by the Philopsychy Society (for further information, see http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/PPS.html), and is owned and operated by Stephen Palmquist (stevepq@hkbu.edu.hk), with the assistance of the Hong Kong Baptist University Computing & Telecommunications Services Centre.
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ETIQUETTE GUIDELINES:
To send a message to everyone on the list, address it to "PPS-L@listserver.hkbu.edu.hk". At the moment, PPS-L is a fully open, unmoderated list, and will stay that way as long as members are careful to abide by standard internet etiquette. Here is a short summary of the guidelines we should all try to follow:
1. Be brief. Most members of this list are too busy to read long messages and may prefer to press the "delete" key if your message is too long. With this in mind, please do not copy a previous message in your reply unless the message was posted at least a week earlier. Instead, take the time to write a line or two explaining which message you are responding to.
2. Be clear. Out of respect for the other people who will be reading your message, take the time to proofread it at least once. Make sure your ideas are clear, your grammar is correct, and silly spelling mistakes are corrected. This requires you to spend a bit more time on your message, but it saves everyone else time in trying to figure out what you're trying to say!
3. Be polite. If you are offended by something somebody has written, it is best to contact that person privately. If your personal attempts to resolve the problem are unsuccessful, or if you are concerned about a certain person or the tone of certain messages, contact the listowner. Do not "flame" the person on the list.
4. Reply conscientiously. The "reply" function is set to reply to the individual who wrote the message rather than to the group. Use "reply all" to reply to the whole group. But before doing the latter, always stop to consider whether your message is really intended for everyone. When it becomes apparent that a conversation is developing between only two or three persons, it should be continued through private e-mail, with periodic summaries posted to the list inviting others to join in. If "lurkers" are interested, they'll make that clear by asking you to continue the conversation on the list.
Members of PPS-L should also join the Philopsychy Society (our sponsoring organization). To join, fill out the form located at http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/PPSform.html, or notify the listowner, if you do not have access to the World Wide Web.
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MAJORDOMO GUIDELINES:
This list is run by the common "majordomo" software. You can get a summary of all majordomo commands by sending a message to
majordomo@listserver.hkbu.edu.hk
with the body of the message containing the single word:
help
You will receive a message informing you about numerous commands that can be sent to the above address (the same one you used for your initial "subscribe" command). The most important command to remember is "unsubscribe" (without the quote marks). Don't send this (or any other commands) to the list address; send it to the majordomo address.
Here are a few of the most useful majordomo commands:
WHICH: This command will tell you which HKBU lists you are a member of.
INFO PPS-L: This command will send you a copy of this welcome message.
WHO PPS-L: This command will send you a list of all the current subscribers.
Send comments to: StevePq@hkbu.edu.hk
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This page was last updated on 5 October 1996.