Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:54:51 -0700
Reply-To: Clint Kolda <clint_kolda@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Clint Kolda <clint_kolda@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: [Syncro] Was there ever a 2.1WBX Turbo option?
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Follow this link to the South Africa brochure for the 1983 Turbo Waterboxer. Looks pretty sweet. I especially like the 80's graphics.
http://vwpix.terlinden.com/
On a side note, do any other Vanagon Digest readers get the following text attached to 50%-75% of all messages lately?
Your message to vanagon-request@GERRY.VANAGON.COM has been forwarded
to
the "list owners" (the people who manage the vanagon list). If you
wanted
to reach a human being, you used the correct procedure and you can
ignore
the remainder of this message. If you were trying to send a command
for
the computer to execute, please read on.
The vanagon list is managed by a ListServ server. ListServ
commands
should always be sent to the "ListServ" address,
ie
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM. ListServ never tries to process messages
sent
to the vanagon-request address; it simply forwards them to a human
being,
and acknowledges receipt with the present message.
The "listname-request" convention originated on the Internet a long
time
ago. At the time, lists were always managed manually, and this
address
was defined as an alias for the person(s) in charge of the mailing
list.
You would write to the "listname-request" address to ask for
information
about the list, ask to be added to the list, make suggestions about
the
contents and policy, etc. Because this address was always a human
being,
people knew and expected to be talking to a human being, not to
a
computer. Unfortunately, some recent list management packages
screen
incoming messages to the "listname-request" address and attempt
to
determine whether they are requests to join or leave the list. They
look
for words such as "subscribe", "add", "leave", "off", and so on. If
they
decide your message is a request to join or leave the list, they
update
the list automatically; otherwise, they forward the message to the
list
owners. Naturally, this means that if you write to the list owners
about
someone else's unsuccessful attempts to leave the list, you stand
good
chances of being automatically removed from the list, whereas the
list
owners will never receive your message. No one really benefits from
this.
There is no reliable mechanism to contact a human being for
assistance,
and you can never be sure whether your request will be interpreted as
a
command or as a message to the list owners. This is why ListServ uses
two
separate addresses, one for the people in charge of the list and one
for
the computer that runs it. This way you always know what will
happen,
especially if you are writing in a language other than English.
In any case, if your message was a ListServ command, you should
now
resend it to LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM. The list owners know that
you
have received this message and may assume that you will resend
the
command on your own. You will find instructions for the most
common
administrative requests below.
+---------------------+
| TO LEAVE THE LIST |
+---------------------+
Write to LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM and, in the text of your message
(not
the subject line), write: SIGNOFF vanagon
+--------------------+
| TO JOIN THE LIST |
+--------------------+
Write to LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM and, in the text of your message
(not
the subject line), write: SUBSCRIBE vanagon
+------------------------+
| FOR MORE INFORMATION |
+------------------------+
Write to LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM and, in the text of your message
(not
the subject line), write: "HELP" or "INFO" (without the quotes).
HELP
will give you a short help message and INFO a list of the documents
you
can order.