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I am a member of the following mailing list
communities:
A mailing list is where you can read
(and/or post) emails from people that have the same interests as you -- A
community, a club.
A mailing list is not like a newsgroup or UseNet.
If you post to Newsgroups using your private email address, you run the risk of
being spammed (junk mail) by advertisers.
If you join an Yahoo!
Groups
community ( or mailing list) you will not be spammed by advertisers.
When you join a mailing list, you will receive
emails (or posts) from the other members of the list. You don't have to post any
emails when you join a list. You can choose to just read the posts from the
other members. If you do choose to read (and not post any comments) you are
called a 'lurker'.
On Yahoo! Groups, I belong to two Bee Gees related
mailing lists - RingsAroundTheMoon (women only) & Keppel_Road . The
other great mailing list that I belong to is "Words & Music" -
Fans of the Brothers Gibb. This is an independently run mailing list and is not
a Yahoo! Groups community.
Although I am no longer a member (due to lack of
time), two another great Bee Gees communities on Yahoo! Groups are Now_Voyager
(dedicated to Barry Gibb) & brothersgibb (safe for kids).
All the Bee Gees related mailing lists, are
extremely friendly. We welcome new members and will answer any new questions you
have regarding the Bee Gees and their families.
When you join a group, you will start
receiving mail from the other members almost immediately. Simply hit reply
to the email you want to respond to.
For example:
1. If Diana posted to the RingsAroundTheMoon
mailing list saying...
- "I went to the studio
today, and talked to Barry about the new album, he said.....
- Diana"
2. You would respond by hitting the reply
button on your email program
3. You would then type your reply
- "Diana -- Did you ask Barry
if the songs "Just in case" will be on the new album?....
- Julie M"
<<I went to
the studio today, and talked to Barry about the new album, he
said.....Diana>>
4. Then you would hit the send button.
Your post will then be sent out to the other
members on the mailing list. You will be able to read your own post, as it
is sent back to you along with the posts from the other members. (In
other words, you get to see the stupid typos you might have made - I've made
some doozies that I don't care to discuss...lol...)
| HINT #1: Make
sure you add some of the original email, so the other members know what
you are talking about
HINT #2: Make sure the
subject line matches your message content. i.e.: A message with the
Subject line "New album" would be about the new album, and not
about the colour of Robin's car.
HINT #3: Please send your
mail in TEXT format only,
not MIME or
FORMATTED TEXT.
HINT #4: Make sure you DELETE
any excess garbage not referring to your reply.
- Remember there are some members who don't have fast
computers and it takes forever to download the mail
HINT #5: Want to send us
a picture? Save your images as .jpg or .jpeg files. That way,
every member will see those gorgeous Gibbs.
Also, only send one picture per email, as they convert
to MIME, and members without MIME can't see them. |
List (abbrev. ml;
ML; list) = An online email community or club.
Post = To send an
email or reply to another members message (post)
Mail volume = The
amount of emails (posts) for that club. If the mail volume is high, then you
will receive a lot of mail. (i.e. RingsAroundTheMoon has a high mail volume, so
be prepared for lots of reading)
For new Bee Gee fans, it can be a little
confusing at first on the lists. Some members will post messages using
abbreviations. Here are a few... (anyone who chats may recognize some of these)
- lol = Laugh out loud
- <G>= Grin (also <VBG>= very big grin )
- ROFL = Rolling on the floor laughing (can be expanded:
ROFIBLH to mean basically a bigger laugh)
- BTW = By the way
- FYI = For your information
- IMO = In my opinion (also IMHO, in my honest opinion)
- OMG = Oh my god
- OTOH = On the other hand
- Mo = Maurice
- Baz = Barry
- Rob = Robin
- BGS = Bee Gees (also bgs, bg's; BG's ..ect...)
- ISAJ = I started a joke
- HDIYL= How deep is your love
- SW = Still waters
ect...... You can figure out most of them if you
stare at them long enough ..lol... If you are stumped, just ask and ye shall be
told! If you haven't already, I recommend you get a list of all the Bee Gees
albums, including solo albums, as these are where most of the abbreviations
stump newcomers!
For other chat & email acronyms please visit THE
CANONICAL ABBREVIATION/ACRONYM LIST
To Subscribe
to Yahoo! Groups Mailing lists:
1. Go to Yahoo!
Groups,
and sign up for FREE membership.
2. Type Bee Gees in the search groups box.
- 3. Select a Bee Gees group and click it.
4. Click join group and follow the remaining
instructions.
5. Set your account to:
-
Single Emails.
-
Digest (several posts in one email ).
If you do set it to digest, you don't receive the images of the brothers
that are posted) , but if the picture sounds too delicious to miss out on,
you can ask the person who posted it, to send it to you privately.
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NO MAIL (read from your web browser)
Note* Mail volume varies for each mailing list. Keppel_Road is about 20-30 posts per
day where as Rings is on average 70+ posts per day.
What else is there?
CHAT: You can find
me in the #bee-gees chat room on the Xworld server at the scheduled
chats. I usually only visit Sunday the Sunday chat schedule, but I do
occasionally drop in on the other days. To find out more about accessing this
room, our moderator Georgette has kindly set up a web page for instructions. To
go there now, click
here
NEWSGROUPS: There is
of course alt.music.bee-gees newsgroup you can subscribe to. Some other good
message boards can be found in Yahoo Clubs.
YAHOO CLUBS - LOG
IN HERE. Here are a few good ones to join!
BGFIRST
CLUB
ROBIN
GIBB'S ROOM
VESTA'S
MAURICE GIBB CLUB
BARRY
GIBB
Gibb Kids
Club
BLOWN
AWAY - 54 Seconds Fans
Don't foget to search for some Andy Gibb clubs. There are plenty to choose
from.
CHAT
- mIRC CHAT PROGRAM - Go
here to download the
program. For instructions & times, on accessing the room, please
visit Georgettes IRC
Chat page
- - SERVER = X-WORLD
- - ROOM =
#bee-gees.
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- CLICK HERE FOR AN EXCELLENT USER FRIENDLY WORLD
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