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    frenz email mailinglist

    this page is only about the frenz.com email mailing list. if you are looking for other relevant mailing lists that you may want to join, please look here. scroll around that page to find clubs and chat rooms too.

    faq * introduction * rules & guidelines
    subscribing and unsubscribing * netiquette
    if you're looking for our discussion forum, it's here


    introduction

    the frenz mailinglist is an email mailing list and is almost in real time (99% of messages should be delivered within 5 minutes or less). it is hosted by smoe, a free service for certain bands and musicians. members can read the immediate list or the digest.

    is this list some sort of official fan club thing?   no. while the fan club supplies us with lots of good information, news, and merchandise, they do not control frenz.com. this list is a feature of frenz.com, which was created and is maintained by webmistress
    Debbie Levitt, and is in no way the official mailinglist of the Frenz of the Enz Fan Club. the fan club shares important information and news with both our list and other related mailing lists, so if you're reading at least one of these lists or watching the frenz.com website, you should be 100% in the know.

    the FAQ will be posted occassionally for those who may not familiar with the tone of the group or what are appropriate and inappropriate posts..


    rules and guidelines:

    click "more info" for a further explanation and/or example of this rule
    • Debbie Levitt [webmaster@frenz.com] and Heidi Tandy [heidi@frenz.com] are the only administrators of this mailing list. their main job is to promote happy flowing discussion and to make sure the policies in this FAQ and the "more info" page are being adhered to. they will NOT be ruling with iron keyboards, but do plan to step in when necessary to make sure that way-off-topic threads are ended and that EVERYONE has a positive experience on the list. if you post in violation of the rules, you may recieve an email from them asking you to refrain from making those kinds of posts in the future. if you continue to break the same rule, after multiple warnings, the admins may start reviewing your posts before they go to the list, although your list-reading ability will not be affected.

    • the frenz mailinglist is designed as a place for announcements and conversation about frenz.com as well as past, present, and future projects that involve members of Split Enz, Crowded House, or any group or project that includes at least one related musician. the following are on topic: anything related to the frenz.com site or offerings (including this mailinglist); questions, answers, announcements, and opinions on songs, albums, musicians, and performances; announcements of internet resources containing frenz-related material. [more info]

    • don't forget that your posts are public (seen by the list and then as part of the archive), so you may not want to say anything that's read by lots of people and then sitting on a website for eternity that you really wish you hadn't said. if you wouldn't say it to all of our faces while we all had coffee together live in "real" life, then please don't post it.

    • all frenz-related questions are welcome, including those from people who have not read the FAQ, any websites, or certain books.

    • "for sale", "for trade", and "wanted" posts are allowed, but please include the terms "sale," "trade," or "wanted" in the subject line so that people who are not interested can avoid the post. selling fan club cds/photos OR copies of them is not allowed in general and especially on this list. [more info]

    • discussions and suggestions about rules and policies for this mailing list should contain the word "policy" in the subject line so that uninterested readers can easily avoid those threads.

    • the following are off topic: presentations of multi-level-marketing schemes; offerings of sexual services, materials, or correspondence; ads for cheap or psychic phone service or any product or service not related to frenz-related musicians; posting or attaching any files or images; discussion of peripheral musicians outside of the work they did with Frenz-related members and projects; discussion of other musicians, Australasian or not, who have NOT been part of any frenz-related band or project. [more info]

    • postings about where recorded frenz-related music was heard may be off topic. [more info]

    • running a recurring "_____ of the week" request for discussion on a specific song, album, or musician is not for this list. [more info]

    • please don't flame, bicker or dis anyone. someone may have a fact (like what colour was Neil's shirt on what night) but nobody has the best or only way to perceive or understand anything about music, these musicians, or music business. if you have a problem with another subscriber or something he/she said, please take that up with that individual privately. [more info]

    • profanity, vulgarity, or curse words not related directly to a quote from a frenz musican's song, performance, or tv or radio appearance should be excluded from your post. [more info]

    • if you feel like you should be putting "not frenz related" in the subject or body of your post, it probably doesn't belong on this list. [more info]

    • posts that are joking, kidding, or speculation (but are written fairly seriously or matter-of-factly) should be clearly marked toward the beginning "humour," "speculation," or the like so that people don't go around believing the stuff you made up or are speculating about.

    • if you plan to talk about one song or album frequently in your post, please spell it out the first time, show the abbreviation you intend to use, and then use abbreviations afterward if you so choose.

    • please refrain from posting non-informative matter, one-line terse posts, or posts that only say "me too, yeah I agree," or "thanks." [more info]

    • please note this list is set up so that if you hit reply, your post will go ONLY to the person who sent the post to which you are replying. if you hit "REPLY TO ALL" from your email program, you will be sending your reply to the sender AND the whole mailinglist. so just make sure you know what you really want to do before you do it! :)

    subscribing and unsubscribing

    • our list system WILL confirm your subscription, so make sure it is being sent from a valid email address.
    • please use the page smoe provides at here to join or leave the immediate or digest list OR to change your subscription settings. If you have questions or are having problems, just email Debbie; there's no need to email the whole list.
    • the list name is frenz
    • if you are a regular or digest member of the list, you may post to the list at [list@frenz.com]. this goes through smoe, so when the mail comes from our list, it will have lots of headers containing smoe.org and not frenz.com.

    netiquette

    • you can find resources about general internet etiquette (netiquette) at Yahoo: Information and Documentation: Beginner's Guides: Netiquette

    • don't post in all caps unless you want to be read as shouting. please don't shout. instead, you may want to capitalise a few words, use *stars*, or emoticons :) to try to show the emphasis of your sentence or the intention of your words. please remember people are reading and not hearing you, and may miss sarcasm, humour, or something else you thought you were expressing.

    • please do not send entire or parts of a private mail someone sent to you to the list without the sender's permission. there is a reason that person chose to send you that mail privately, so please respect that by not sharing their mail, even if you don't quote the source.

    • please do NOT send emails that contain HTML, styles, or formatting. [more info]

    • please do not publicly correct anyone's spelling, grammar, typos, or word choice.

    • if your reply can benefit from a small quote from the previous mail, please include that quote. if it's not necessary, please do not quote the entirety of a long mail, even if your mail app does it by default - just delete those bits.

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