monthly lightwave mailing list faq lightwave d mail list what is lightwave lightwave d is part of a suite of programs that come bundled with a device called the toaster from newtek inc that operates on an amiga platform the lightwave software lightwave lightwave d and lightwave modeler allows and artist to create three dimensional photo realistic images for a variety of purposes why are we doing this this mailing list is for those interested in the lightwave software how it operates and in ideas on how to obtain the best quality images available to them the list is for those who own the toaster and lightwave as well as those just interested in what can be done with the package we hope to share information tips procedures and to bond as a group what are the rules since lightwave modeler are just a part of the newtek video toaster software i m sure we will discuss a few items related to the operation of the toaster however we will strive to keep the subject revolving specifically around the d software related tools and products you do not have to own a toaster to join this list ok how do i join to become a member of the lightwave d mailing list you must send a mail message to the address lightwave request bobsbox rent com in the body of the message enter subscribe lightwave l your name your site domain or just ask to be signed up and i will sign you up to the list at this point in time the process is manual but i hope to get an automated script based system in place soon there shouldn t be too much of a delay in joining expect a welcome message within days after you send your request then expect the mail to start flowing in how do i post to the list contributing to the list is simple just mail your articles to the following address lightwave bobsbox rent com your article will be processed by the system and distributed to all others joined to the list your articles will also be sent to you so you know that your article has made it to the list however those addresses that are either no good or no longer active will bounce back to you so if you post an article and another members address is no longer valid your original article will be returned to you this doesn t mean it hasn t been posted to the list in fact just the opposite is true it means that your article was posted and that it couldn t be sent to one or more of the members of the list due to a bad address note i hope to have a fix for this behavior soon how do i quit the list simply mail a request to be removed from the list to the same address you used to sign up lightwave request bobsbox rent com in the body of the message enter unsubscribe lightwave l your name your site domain i will remove your name from the list of members please if you join the list and your account is going to be closed or if you will not be able to receive mail for a while send a request to be removed from the list if you are just going to lose access for a short while still send a request for a suspension of your membership and i will suspend forwarding of the articles to you what about old articles i am currently archiving all the articles posted to the list at the originating site bobsbox however i can not continue to do this due to lack of disk space what we need is a volunteer that will maintain a compendium of articles sent to the list they can compress and store them in archives on their system they can then periodically post an index of the contents of the compendium and any other information that relates if there are no volunteers then maybe someone can donate a large scsi hard drive to me for archival purposes grin i have setup a mail based file server so that anyone interested in the list can obtain information as well as the entire archive of past articles the membership listing and other information pertaining to the lightwave d mailing list for information on this service please send a mail message to fileserver bobsbox rent com the first command to the server must be help or user name passwd use help to request a current copy of the helpfile use user name passwd to connect to the service use to get a short listing of all available commands now what do i do well sit back and enjoy the pouring out of information if you have something to offer please feel free to contribute that information to the list every little bit helps questions are welcomed it makes some of us feel important when we can answer them grin if you have any questions or comments regarding the list please contact me at the address lightwave admin bobsbox rent com cheers bob lindabury
