Cookbook-Recipes
Welcome Letter
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Cookbook-RecipesWelcome Letter |
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Please save this post for future reference. Yes, you see that on a LOT of mailing list welcomes. But it is ESSENTIAL for this one! At the bottom of it, the list server has given you a password that you will need to access and manage everything to do with your subscription. You will need this information at some point.
Before we dive too deep into this Welcome Letter, here's the address to send list messages to:
Cookbook-Recipes@cooking-lists.com
This is a long and involved Welcome Letter. Do read it over at least once!
Here's what you'll find below:
If you are on more than one of my lists, the Posting Guidelines and List Etiquette are always essentially the same. So you only need to read those once.
Thanks so much for joining the list! With your help, we'll all have lots of cookbook recipes soon in digital format!
Just a reminder...this is a recipe typing list, where we each copy-type from cookbook(s) of our choice.
Each month, you will type and post 10 recipes per month (within the calendar month) from the cookbook(s) we've agreed upon. You will format from each cookbook until every recipe has been formatted. When you finish a cookbook, let me know...and we can discuss what you'll work on next.
You can work as many cookbooks at a time as you like. Variety makes this kind of *work* more interesting.
If you've joined us later than the 15th of the month, you need only format 5 recipes your first month.
NOTE: If you ever need to unsubscribe from this list...please let me know privately so I don't just see the unsub notice come through my mailbox.
All recipes should be posted in plain text format (no HTML or graphics of any sort).
At the beginning of the month, I will post a reminder of what each member is working on. You can work on any number of cookbooks at a time that you wish. Just always remember to discuss with me any book you would like to work on before you start, so we can be sure that it is still available.
During the month, type 10 recipes from your cookbook(s) into 10 separate emails...and send them into the list (see Posting Format below for more details). The address is: Cookbook-Recipes-at-Cooking-Lists.com
Near month's end, I will post a status report, noting how many recipes have been completed by or are needed for each listmember.
If you see an error in the Status Report...just let me know privately.
You are supposed to finish your 10 recipes for the month before the month's end. If you finish your monthly requirement within the calendar month, you will be able to download all finished cookbooks for that month. If you are late, you will not be able to download those finished cookbooks with everyone else. If you are too late, you will be removed from the list. More details about this aspect below.
When you finish a cookbook, let me know! I'll gather up the recipes into a single file for members to download (or you can do this if you like). And always discuss with me what you'd like to format next! That way we can be sure that no two members will separately be working on the same thing.
Please use a subject line identifier so we'll all know at a glance what this recipe is and where it is from.
For instance:
VinSeas (1 of 10): Asparagus Risotto
...would signify that you are posting the Asparagus Risotto recipe from Vineyard
Seasons cookbook...and that you are posting the first of that month's required
recipes.
[NOTE: You can always post MORE than your required recipes. Just use BONUS between the parentheses instead of a number count.]
ALWAYS be constistent about your subject identifier! This will help me gather the recipes when you finish your book(s)...as well as help other members keep track of your *book*.
Begin your e-mail body with the recipe title. Then proceed with the ingredients
(one on each line), following the format of the cookbook. Separate the ingredients
from the directions with a return; separate each paragraph of the directions
with a return.
You can include any extras at the bottom of the directions: servings, yield,
author commentary, nutritional information, etc.
Looking something like this:
Serves:
Yield:
Notes:
Nutritional Information:
End each e-mail with these lines below filled in....
Cookbook:
Author:
Copyright:
Chapter:
Typed By:
End your recipe with your name (first only is OK) and e-mail address as the
recipe typer.
Try to make each recipe in a cookbook look fairly consistent. Just copy the
end information from recipe to recipe.
If you submit all of your 10 recipes by the calendar end of the month, you will be given access to download zipped files of all books completed in that calendar month...by both this list AND MC-CookbookRecipes (my Mastercook-formatting version of this list). I will wait until the 1st of the month of the NEXT month to tabulate who has done what in the PREVIOUS month. Those who submitted ALL 10 recipes on-time will be sent a link to download the previous month's zips.
Newer members can *purchase* access to old archives by simply being good, contributing members: for each month you are an on-time, participating member, you will be given access to a previous month's archive until you have EVERYTHING! This is not automatic! You'll need to keep track of what you have and don't have. When you think you've earned an older archive, just drop me a note privately asking for the archive you want.
If you submit double the required recipes in a calendar-month (20+), you will be given a special treat! I've collected zipped files of recipes from all over the Internet over the last 7 years, as well as having made lots of my own. I will share one of these per month with the super-posters of this list!
[Note: If YOU would like to share a special collection of your own with the super-posters of the list...just talk to me about it! If you share a special collection in a given month...and have your regular assignment completed...you will receive the link to the ALL the special collections in a month.]
[Please note: If you send in any of your recipes after the calendar month, you will not be given access to the THAT month's archive until you have completed your past dues AND the current month.]
If for any reason you cannot complete your assignment in any month...just drop
me a quick line privately. No need to go into a long explanation
This list is meant to be a participation list. You filled out a pre-subscription questionnaire before you agreed to subscribe...letting you know what your responsibilities would be if you joined. I expect all list members to live up to that. I do understand that *life happens*...but there do need to be some boundaries here.
You need to get in your 10 recipes in the appropriate calendar month. September's recipes...need to be sent to the group in September (not August or October!) Your required recipes CAN be sent early by pre-arrangement if you know that you will not be able to do your assignment in the given month (vacations, planned hospital stays, etc.)
You will be unsubscribed with or without notification at the start of the new month, if your assignment has not been done OR you have not contacted me to explain why you need an extension. Barring extreme circumstances, you will only have a two week extension to complete the previous month's assignment.
If you will need more than two weeks to complete your previous month's assignment, you should unsubscribe from the list until your life gets less hectic. No hard feelings, either way (I hope!)...if we communicate.
Many of us are accustomed to posting on YahooGroups and other free servers that will strip attachments sent to the list if the listowner sets the preferences that way. And, as a listowner, I have been able to trim listmember posts from the admin page at YahooGroups.
The newest version of the listserver software at Cooking-Lists.com has some facility to strip attachments and convert HTML/Rich Text e-mails to plain text. This must be configured by me, though, so it is possible that I have not taken all possibilities into account.
So I ask you to send your messages in plain text, and without attachments of any sort.
To keep list mail flowing easily, I need all listmembers to:
Keep your questions and comments relevant to the focus of the list.
Disagreement is OK; disrespect is NOT.
Follow any and all guidelines that the ListMom posts; Jamie establishes the local *netiquette* standards and posting guidelines for this list. For your ease in spotting these posts, they will start with ADMIN in the subject. (There will also be ADMIN posts about various issues that effect listmembers). All ADMIN posts must be read and complied with, if necessary. If you have problems with my decisions or any aspect of an ADMIN post, contact me PRIVATELY about them. On-list discussion of ADMIN posts is not allowed, except when I explicitly tell you so in the post.
Please consider whether or not a reply you are planning to send to the group would be better sent to the original poster. If it would be of interest only to him or her, or to a small part of the group, please send your reply privately.
If you want to forward a list recipe to your family and friends, or even another list, it is perfectly acceptable to do so *IF* you include the list and the poster in your e-mail. This is just common courtesy and respect, properly accorded to those who brought you a particular recipe in digital format. If I discover you have been posting recipes from the list without proper attribution in other places, you may be dropped from the list. Please do not forward ALL or MOST of the list recipes to other lists; forward only a reasonable amount.
Please keep discussions of administration with the ListMom private. If you transgress one of the rules of etiquette/topicality, you may very well here from me privately. I ask that you keep these private conversations private. Do not feel as though you must take the private admin discussion to the list, to plead your case. Such action may be cause for removal from the list.
Similarly if you ever feel that because of my actions as ListMom you must unsubscribe from the list, you are responsible to do it yourself. Sanctimoniously demanding that I unsubscribe you, will not result in your removal from the list.
Never post (in whole or in part) personal e-mail that you have received to the list, unless you have permission to share. Such is considered extremely rude. Keep private electronic mail private, just as you would wish others to do for you.
If you are a listowner yourself, please do not plagiarize my writings here or in any admin posts. If you want to use my words, please ask, and do give me credit!
You are expected to be able to fully manage your subscription (sub, unsub, switch between digest and single messages and change your address). Asking the list or listmom to do it for you is NOT an acceptable way to manage your subscription.
Further details are given below to manage your subscription via e-mail. It is tricky, as your list password (NOT your YahooGroups password...rather, the password assigned to you at the bottom of THIS welcome letter) is required to make everything happen. The password is case-sensitive.
If you have web access, the easiest way to manage your subscription is at the list webpage:
http://www.cooking-lists.com/mailman/listinfo/cookbook-recipes_cooking-lists.com
Enter your subscribed e-mail address next to the *Unsubscribe or Edit Options* button...press the button, and you will be taken to a page to log in with your password to edit your options. If you don't know your password, it can be sent to you from this page. If you just want to unsubscribe, it can be done from this page. Just press the *Unsubscribe* button in the middle of the page, and you will be sent a confirmation e-mail to completely unsubscribe.
One you log in with your password, you will be taken to a page where you can edit all your list options.
You might want to change your assigned to password to one that you will remember!
Note that one of the list options you can set is to Conceal your address on the member list. Do NOT do this. As I abhor spam myself, I have set this to be so at the management level; no one besides me has access to the member list. If you hide it at your level...you are only hiding it from ME! If I've found that you've hidden your subscription, I may remove your subscription altogether. Please DO NOT change this option.
I am a ListMom to other lists, and I have a few pet peeves that are my own.
First, if someone posts something you don't like, don't post to them about it on list or in private. Learn to use your delete key! If someone is really out of line, I will say something publicly or privately....no need for you (as a list member) to do anything.
Second, I will sometimes make administrative decisions regarding topicality or some such. If you disagree with me, talk to me about it privately and NOT on the list.
Third, since I am the ListMom, only I will determine how recipes are posted, topicality, etc. Please don't send *listcop* posts to the list, where you tell other list members what to or not to post on the list or how to post recipes, etc. I am pretty liberal about what I allow on list...you need to be charitable/friendly too! Write to me privately with any concerns.
The address, again, to send list posts to is: Cookbook-Recipes@cooking-lists.com
Jamie Rahm is the listowner, available at: listmomma@gmail.com
Send all completed cookbooks to: listmomma@gmail.com
The URL for the list's main page at cooking-lists.com is:
http://www.cooking-lists.com/mailman/listinfo/cookbook-recipes_cooking-lists.com
The list is available in single message and digest format. You can also switch your subscription between these formats as well as put your mail on hold if you are going to be away from the computer. This can all be handled via your configuration page at cooking-lists.com (URL below and accessible from the list's main page) or via e-mail.
Here are some of the more commonly used e-mail commands (see how important that password at the bottom of this Welcome Letter is?):
Send all commands to: Cookbook-Recipes-request@cooking-lists.com
Single line commands can be sent in either the subject or message body. For the best results, send Unsubsribe commands in the subject.
If the command requires 2 lines, you must send it in the body of the e-mail (and make sure that HTML or rich text is turned off...or the server will not recognize your commands).
Do not use the placeholder PASSWORD! Use your real list password...and remember that it is caSe-seNsiTive.
To unsubscribe from the list, send this command line:
unsubscribe PASSWORD
(PLEASE NOTE: only subbing and unsubbing do not require a password. Changing all other list options requires use of your list password.)
To temporarily hold mail delivery:
set authenticate PASSWORD
set delivery off
When you want to receive mail again, send this to the request address:
set authenticate PASSWORD
set delivery on
To switch your subscription between single messages and digest, send this:
set authenticate PASSWORD
set digest plain
To switch your subscription between digest and single messages, send this:
set authenticate PASSWORD
set digest off
You can find out what your list options are set to by sending the command SET SHOW to the request address.
You can get a list of all the commands available to you via e-mail by sending an e-mail to Cookbook-Recipes-request@cooking-lists.com with HELP in the body or subject.
If your mail bounces for too long (more than 10 days), the server will remove you from the list. Just ask me to resubscribe you.
If you miss any posts or digests, write me off list, and I can send you any digests you missed during your mail problems.
Happy Cooking,
Jamie
Cookbook-Recipes ListMom
Cookbook-Recipes-owner@cooking-lists.com
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