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The modeleng-list is a mailing list dedicated to model engineers.
This term is used to describe those that make things, usually from
metal, usually at home or in a home shop, sometimes using fairly
advanced tools and techniques or old tools and techniques. In short,
this list is dedicated to those that make neat things and want to
talk about them.

To date the list is pretty international in scope, with many members
from the UK, USA, Canada and Australia. Other members hail from
Japan, New Zealand, Germany, Holland and South Africa. Please keep
this in mind when discussing tools or materials that might not be
available everywhere, or when a generic term might be used instead of
a specific (as an example, "high-carbon tool steel" is generally
better understood than "drill rod" (specific to USA and Canada) or
"silver steel" (more of a UK term).

This list was started by Mick Collins in the UK, and later moved to
the USA when it was discovered that Mick was remailing everything by
hand. It's currently managed by sympa (a mail server program)
and administered by Russ Kepler at russ@kepler-eng.com, but since
he's not always around please be patient with list requests that
cannot be satisfied by sympa@kepler-eng.com

On subscribing to this list please post an introductory message about
yourself and your model engineering interests.

You are encouraged to post your questions and advice about anything
related to model engineering or related topics (machining,
metallurgy, etc.). Please put a subject line on your message that is
descriptive. If you post something in response to a question, please
indicate it in the subject line. Should you post something of
interest to the community but not directly related to model
engineering or related topics put YAK in the subject line. Be
considerate of your fellow list subscribers.

You should save this message for future reference. Please take
special note of the few rules below:

List rules:

1. This list is for model engineering topics. Anyone making
off-topic commercial posts will be removed. Occasional posts of a
semi-commercial topic (such as "I wrote this book.." or "I have
this grinder for sale...") are entirely on-topic. If you join this
list to make sales you may have made a mistake; if you've joined to
make friends you're in the right place.

On occasion folks on the list will veer somewhat off-topic. This
is normal in a group with wide interests, and often the off-topic
posts will return to on-topic. While off-topic it is considered
polite to mark the posts with "YAK" as noted above. If you feel
that the topic is off-charter and perhaps should be dropped please
contact the list admin at modeleng-list-owner@kepler-eng.com.

2. Flaming and personal attacks will not be tolerated. If you want
to make a comment on anything other than the model engineering
content of a post make it personal and private to the poster, not
to the list.

3. Do not post copyrighted material that you do not have explicit
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4. This is an 'open' list - please avoid posting anything that you
wouldn't put in a letter to your mother.

5. Forwarded mail. Don't forward mail to the list. In particular
mail on virus warnings, new laws proposed in congress, small boys
with cancer, ways to get rich, etc.

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There are no warranties to the correctness of the information
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or provider. If you don't know something to be completely safe
don't try it. If you do - you're on your own.

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will be assessed a fee of $1 per use of each name so harvested.
Placing off-topic commercial messages to the list or to the names
harvested as above is your acceptance of these terms. If you're
offended by this or want to be sure that a post is acceptable
please feel free to contact the list owner using the
"modeleng-list-owner@kepler-eng.com" address.

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address modeleng-list@kepler-eng.com and not via a reply. Some mailers
will 'thread' messages with their replies, and mixing threads this way
can be confusing. If you are replying in the thread but find that the
subject has mutated feel free to change the subject to improve it.

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"set modeleng-list mail". The digest is sent out once a day. The
total traffic is quite reduced, but please remember when replying to
a message in the digest to set the "Subject:" line to reflect the
particular message to which is being replied.

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