CHL FAQ: Basic ChileHead List Questions and "Rules"
B001 Q: What is a Chilehead
A: Anyone who likes to eat chile peppers - either whole or prepared
B002 Q: What is the Chilehead List
A: An electronic mailing list established for the discussion of chile peppers.
Chile-Heads postings are also available in a daily digest format.
B003 Q: How do I subscribe to the email list / digest Revised: 29 July 05
A: 1) Send the following command in the body of a mail message:
SUBSCRIBE
to chile-heads-request @ globalgarden.com (for list, remove spaces)
or chile-heads-digest-request @ globalgarden.com (for digest, remove spaces)
Note: If present in your email, the 'Reply To:' will be used (instead of the 'From:' ), so be sure
that your Reply To: is either missing or its entry is correct.
2) When you get the authorization back, don't send it to 'majordomo' as instructed;
instead send it to the same address you used to send the origional request.
B004 Q: How do I remove myself from the list / digest Revised: 05 July 05
A: Send the following command in the body of a mail message
UNSUBSCRIBE
to chile-heads-request @ globalgarden.com (for list, remove spaces)
or chile-heads-digest-request @ globalgarden.com (for digest, remove spaces)
If you need to change your address, it is a two-step process:
1) Using your old ISP UNSUBCRIBE as above;
2) Using your new ISP SUBSCRIBE as in B003
B005 Q: How do I get a help file Revised: 05 July 05
A: Send the following command to chile-heads-request @ globalgarden.com
HELP
Note: This is a general GlobalGarden response -- not specific to the chile-heads list.
B008 Q: How can I send a message to the Chileheads List
A: First you must be subscribed, as in B003
Please use a subject
Send to chile-heads @ globalgarden.com (remove spaces)
B007 Q: Can I send commercial messages
A: Absolutely not - this would be considered as spam on this list.
B008 Q: Can I send in HTML format
A: No, ASCII text only. HTML would automatically be rejected.
B011 Q: Why don't you allow sending in HTML Revised: 05 July 05
A: Screws up the Digest. Too much incompatibility. Not needed.
For more information on why you should use plain-text to mailing lists,
see http://www.expita.com/nomime.html.
B010 Q: Can I send Attachments
A: No, these would automatically be rejected
B011 Q: Why don't you allow the sending of Attachments
A: Too much likelyhood of viruses, worms, etc.
B012 Q: Can I reference a picture
A: Yes, post it on a website (it should remain there for some time)
In the text, briefly describe the pic and include its URL.
B013 Q: Why doesn't this webpage use lots of fancy HTML stuff
A: The CH List is in plain ASCII. Accordingly, the Q& A parts of this
website is in the equivalent of ASCII (by using PRE and FONT FACE="TT").
In this way it is easy to copy from here and paste into an ACSII editor,
preserving the format as you see it on this web page.
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