This is a regular administrative message regarding the GBrown-L
discussion group at Yahoo. It is also sent to new members when they
subscribe. Please review it so you understand of the guidelines for the
operation of the group. This message also contains information on
unsubscribing and changing delivery options and has links to other
information.


PLEASE NOTE

Due to the amount of spam, the moderators no longer read mail sent to
the GBrown-L-owner address. See "YAHOO GROUP '-OWNER' ADDRESS" below
for more information.


POSTING - MESSAGE TOPICS

The group is for discussions related to Greg Brown and his artistic
endeavors. It's fine to post messages on Greg's efforts for charitable
causes (such as In Harmony). Occasional messages about his close
associates (such as Bo Ramsey, Dave Moore, Nina Gerber, etc.) are OK.

It is fine to write to the group to let people know about the
availability of commercial products related to Greg (CDs, T-shirts,
etc.).

DO NOT WRITE OR FORWARD TO THE GROUP ANY PETITIONS, VIRUS
WARNINGS, POLITICAL STATEMENTS, CHARITABLE REQUESTS, "BREAKING NEWS,"
ETC. Please do not send "test messages" to the group.

Considerate debate and critical analysis are OK; name-calling or
otherwise attacking other group members is not.

Send messages in plain, simple text. Do not send binary attachments,
nor messages in HTML or "rich text" format. Be kind to your fellow list
members, some of whom have relatively slow dial-up connections!


POSTING - REPLIES

By default, replies to go the original sender. Before sending a
message, check the "To" address to verify that it is going to the
intended recipient(s). Send personal replies and replies only of
interest to one person to the original sender, not to the whole group.

Please use a meaningful subject in messages to the group (not blank or
"Re: Digest Number...").

Quote judiciously. Usually it's best to include a few lines from the
original message so that readers can understand the context of your
replies. Don't quote the whole original message, especially if it's a
digest!


MESSAGES ABOUT "VINES"

Some members of the group like to trade recordings through a structure
called a "vine," in which each person who receives a recording offers
to make copies for others.

If you are offering vine recording(s), your message to GBrown-L *MUST*
have the characters "VINE:" (4 capital letters followed by a colon) in
the subject of the message. This is so people can filter vine-related
messages.

If you are replying to a vine offer, please do so directly to the
person making the offer, not to GBrown-L.


UNSUBSCRIBING AND CHANGING SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS

If you do not wish to belong to GBrown-L, you may unsubscribe by sending
a blank e-mail message to:

GBrown-L-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

You may also visit the Yahoo Groups web site to unsubscribe or modify
your subscription options:

http://groups.yahoo.com/mygroups

For additional information, see "Message Delivery Options" at:

http://www.gregbrown.org/gbmllst1.html


YAHOO GROUP "-OWNER" ADDRESS

Due to the amount of spam, the moderators no longer read mail sent to
the GBrown-L-owner address, even though Yahoo may still offer this
address in the "To" or "Reply-To" fields of messages. This means:

(1) If you reply to a message via the Yahoo Groups web site, be
sure not to select that "To" address.

(2) If you receive an administrative e-mail message from an
owner/moderator via Yahoo, you cannot reply to that message directly
because it will not be received. Instead, send your message to the
address listed at http://muras.net.


OTHER QUESTIONS

Additional information on the GBrown-L discussion group:

http://www.gregbrown.org/gbmllst1.html

The FAQ has answers to some frequently asked questions:

http://www.gregbrown.org/gbfaq1.html

Yahoo Groups help:

http://help.yahoo.com/help/groups/



Regards,

Ron Mura
List owner
(See http://muras.net for contact info.)