REALbasic-NUG- updated August 8, 1999
1. What is the purpose of REALbasic-NUG?REALbasic-NUG is the name of this list, not of a
computer language. REALbasic-NUG exists as a forum for users of the
REALbasic (formerly
CrossBasic) programming language. While it may be germane to
compare REALbasic with other Basic dialects, this is not the
appropriate forum for discussing programming in those
dialects. 2. What is the history of REALbasic-NUG ?Dan Knight
began the list as XBasic on October 1, 1997 in
response to requests from participants on the Standard Basic
list for a place to discuss Cross Basic. It was later moved
from his personal site to Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.net/>.
For this entire time, the list was handled on a Mac II using
Macjordomo. In February 1998, the list moved to FYI Software (now
REAL Software);
Cross Basic was renamed REALbasic, and the list was named
REALbasic-NUG in April 1998. Janet
Davis is the current listmom. 3. Is REALbasic-NUG only for programmers?While anyone may subscribe, this list will only be
helpful to those using or considering the purchase of
REALbasic. 4. How does an email list work and what is
netiquette?Anyone who has access to internet email may subscribe to
REALbasic-NUG using the administrative mailing
address for the list software (requests@realsoftware.com)
with the appropriate command. Subscribers will receive a
copy of every message sent to the posting address for
the list (REALbasic-NUG@lists.realoftware.com).
If you wish to respond, post, or otherwise have your words
sent to everyone on the list, send email, either by replying
the message to which you are responding or sending a new
one, to REALbasic-NUG@lists.realsoftware.com. The list management program is set up so selecting
"Reply" in your emailer will send a message to the entire
list. If you wish to respond individually to the sender of
the message, be sure to address your message accordingly.
There should be no need to copy messages to both the author
and the list. There are informal rules of the internet which are termed
"netiquette" to help people use proper etiquette within this
form of communication. Some examples of poor netiquette are
not to signing messages, unsubscribing by sending mail to
the posting address instead of the administrative
address, or TYPING IN ALL CAPS (which is
considered yelling). This is a dynamic environment and
netiquette is changing rapidly. And please don't send attachments to the list. 5. Remind me again, how do you subscribe to
REALbasic-NUG ?Send e-mail to requests@lists.realsoftware.com The subject line is ignored, but the text of the message
should read: subscribe realbasic-nug To switch from individual messages to the daily digest,
send e-mail to requests@lists.realsoftware.com.
Your message should read: subscribe digest realbasic-nug 6. How can I remove my name from REALbasic-NUG ?Send e-mail to requests@lists.realsoftware.com
with the following text in the body of the message: unsubscribe realbasic-nug To unsubscribe from the digest, send e-mail to requests@lists.realsoftware.com.
Your message should read: unsubscribe realbasic-nug digest 7. Who is on the list?Because the list software is handled by REAL software,
not by me, I do not have names of subscribers. 8. How can I get a copy of the e-mail addresses on the
list?You can't. To communicate with the list, send messages to
the posting address. 9. What topics may be discussed?Anything relating to Basic programming, REALbasic in
particular. REALbasic-NUG is an unmoderated closed list.
Unmoderated means messages are sent to the list
without prior knowledge of the listmom; closed means
only subscribers may post. 10. What tone is expected in the discussion and who will
facilitate this?I hope this will be a kind and helpful community. Since
Basic is often a first programming language, we should be
tolerant of "dumb" questions. 11. Is there an accessible archive of messages sent to
REALbasic-NUG ?Glen Mark Martin is maintaining an archive at
<http://wwwvms.utexas.edu/~glen/xbasic/>. 12. I subscribed, but get no messages. What's up?It is possible to successfully subscribe with an
incorrect email address. We check bounced messages to
determine why they bounced. If the address is invalid, we
will delete it from the subscriber list. If the problem is
temporary, like a full mailbox, we'll keep the address on
the list. Of course, since there's a problem with the email
address, there's no way we can contact you to tell you of
the problem. :-( To contact the list manager, email <listmom@realsoftware.com> 13. What other Internet resources are available for
Basic programmers?Dan Knight, retired listmom
<dknight@mail.iserv.net>
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