As has been tradition for over 15 years, there has been an email discussion forum which we can use for both relevant news and irrelevant twaddle (less of the former, more of the latter). It's populated by Bandos past and present.
1. To enjoy Oxy to the fullest, we highly recommend using a Gmail account to receive list email, or another email service that enables threading (plus, then you can filter it too).
2. To submit anything to the list as a whole, simply mail your message to "the-roost@googlegroups.com". Your message will reach each of the approximately 150 members on the mailing list. FYI: The list serve is set up so that clicking reply automatically replies to the entire list serve. So if you want to respond "off list" to a specific member, make sure to edit the "To" box before you send.
3. If you would like to subscribe, unsubscribe, use the googlegroups website. If you have problems receiving mail from the mailing list, or have any questions in general, please email Adam Sherr at sherr@nursing.upenn.edu.
4. Don't be shy. Everyone on Oxy is quite nice in real life (we promise.)
6. Instead of posting large attachments (eg >500 kb), you can post items to the roost google group home page (http://groups.google.com/group/the-roost ). Then you can send the list serve a link to it. (Adam Sherr Clause I).
7. If you're going to include a previous message with your message, it's a good idea only to include the relevant parts. Edit out everything else. Also, before responding to someone's post, at least skim through all the subsequent postings (this is where gmail's threads help). Someone else may have already said what you were about to say. (Adam Sherr Clause II)
8. Keep the subject lines of your email rated ‘G’ – many of our subscribers check their email from work and public places. No one should get fired or blackballed because of oxymoron email (of all things!). (Al Hemmingsen Clause)
9. Please don't send messages saying, "so-and-so has an account, put them on the list." It's rude (as well as illegal) to put someone on a mailing list such as this without their consent, especially because not everybody reads mail on a regular basis. One needs to explicitly state that he/she wants to be on the mailing list.
10. Enjoy!