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<span> </span>L O W L A N D S - L - 01 October 2013
- Volume 01<br>
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</font><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><br>From:
R. F. Hahn <</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">sassisch@yahoo.com</span></a><span style="color:black">><br>
Subject: Administrativia</span></span></div><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">[Please
do read this, especially if you are new on board!]</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Dear
Lowlanders,</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Welcome
to Lowlands-L in the month of October of 2013!</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"> </span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Welcome
to the persons that joined us since the beginning of September 2013!</span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">United
Kingdom</span></b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"> (Ruwvaneth
Unys, y Deyrnas Unedig, Unitit Kinrick, <br>
<span> </span>Reeriaght Unnaneysit,</span><b><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3"> </font></b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">an Rìoghachd Aonaichte, an Ríocht
Aontaithe):<br>
<span> </span>England (Pow Sows):</span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><span> </span>Norfolk:<br>
<span> </span><span> </span>Dersingham [1]</span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><span> </span>Tyne and Wear:<br>
<span> </span><span> </span>Newcastle [1]</span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">United
States of America</span></b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">:<br>
<span> </span>Indiana:</span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><span> </span>Muncie [1]</span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"> </span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Reminder</span></b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">: This discussion forum
deals with a number of languages, cultures, etc. It is not possible to limit
subscription to certain topics (languages, cultures, etc.)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">SPECIAL
LIST BUSINESS</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"> </span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Subject
headers</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Some
of you are still not following the subject header rule (see <i>Do not mix
topics</i> under Rules below). Here in brief:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><ul type="disc"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Only one topic per message</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></li>
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</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">In responding to an earlier posting,
please use the subject line that already exists for a given thread. <u>Do
not change or "tweak" it, not the date and language labels
either!</u></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></li><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Only if you <u>start</u> a thread may
you <u>suggest</u> your own subject header, but do not insist on your
subject header if I change it.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></li><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">List
Mail v Private Mail</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Folks,
please make sure that you send private messages to me to my private address (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">sassisch@yahoo.com</span></a><span style="color:black">), especially if they could be taken as responses to what
has been said in the forum. If you do not make this distinction it could happen
that your private message ends up posted to the List. For administrative
purposes, it's best if you use </span><a href="mailto:lowlands.list@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">lowlands.list@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color:black">.</span></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"> </span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Rejected
Mail</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Once
in a while subscribers tell me that they receive List mail but that their
posting submissions keep being rejected. In most cases, when I investigate this
it turns out that a given subscriber has List mail forwarded from his or her
subscribed e-mail address to another e-mail address, and, forgetting this, they
try to send posting submissions from the address at which they read the mail.
The list server rejects mail from that address because it is not subscribed.
Also, some people try to unsubscribe or change their subscription
configurations from addresses that are not subscribed. The simple solution is
to address the list server only from the subscribed e-mail address.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"> </span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Language
Codes</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">In
the subject line of each Lowlands-L issue you find language codes in square
brackets ([ ]). This indicates which language or languages are used in that
issue. I now use the ISO codes where available (and make up the rest). I used
to provide the key for the abbreviations in the masthead, but that made for
overly large mastheads. Instead, the masthead now contains the URL of the page
of the key:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><a href="http://lowlands-l.net/codes.php" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">lowlands-l.net/codes.php</span></a></span></p>
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"> </span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">You
do not need to indicate the language varieties of you posting proposals. In the
rare event of me not knowing it I will ask you.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Projects</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Please
don't forget about our activities:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"> </span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Anniversary (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><a href="http://lowlands-l.net/anniversary/" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">lowlands-l.net/anniversary/</span></a><span style="color:black">)</span></span></p>
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Gallery (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><a href="http://lowlands-l.net/gallery/" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">lowlands-l.net/gallery/</span></a><span style="color:black">)</span></span></p>
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Travels (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><a href="http://lowlands-l.net/travels/" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">lowlands-l.net/travels/</span></a><span style="color:black">)</span></span></p>
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">History (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><a href="http://lowlands-l.net/history/" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">lowlands-l.net/history/</span></a><span style="color:black">)</span></span></p>
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Traditions (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><a href="http://lowlands-l.net/traditions/" target="_blank"><span lang="FR" style="color:black">lowlands-l.net/traditions/</span></a><span style="color:black">)</span></span></p>
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Crypt (</span><span style="color:rgb(153,102,51);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><a href="http://lowlands-l.net/crypt/" target="_blank"><span lang="SV" style="color:rgb(0,102,204)">http://lowlands-l.net/crypt/)</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Beyond the Pale (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><a href="http://lowlands-l.net/beyondthepale/" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">lowlands-l.net/beyondthepale/</span></a><span style="color:black">)</span></span></p>
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Members' Resources (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><a href="http://lowlands-l.net/resources/" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">http://lowlands-l.net/resources/</span></a><span style="color:black">)</span></span></p>
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Resource guide (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><a href="http://lowlands-l.net/rummage/" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">http://lowlands-l.net/rummage/</span></a><span style="color:black">)</span></span></p>
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Shop (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><a href="http://lowlands-l.net/rummage/shops.php" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">http://lowlands-l.net/rummage/shops.php</span></a><span style="color:black">)</span></span></p>
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"> </span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">All
of them have growing numbers of visitors.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"> </span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">If
you have anything in mind for any of those presentations but lack confidence
for some reason or other, please bear in mind that assistance is available.
Please write to my private address or to our administrative address (see above)
to propose or ask and also to send your works.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"> </span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">If
you want to order books, CDs, DVDs, or pretty much anything else from Amazon
(in the US even groceries!) you might as well do so via our Lowlands-L shops
(so far in Canada, Germany, France, Japan, UK and USA - (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><a href="http://lowlands-l.net/rummage/shops.php" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">http://lowlands-l.net/rummage/shops.php</span></a><span style="color:black">)) which have constantly changing Lowlands-related selections.
We (i.e. Lowlands-L) get a small percentage of Amazon sales if you enter Amazon
through these portals. Believe me: it hardly pays a tiny fraction of the money
I pay out of my own pocket to bringing Lowlands-L to you, and I am not even
counting the hours of work I put into it.</span></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">REGULAR
LIST BUSINESS</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"> </span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Rules</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">A
few of you are still making three basic mistakes when submitting postings. So
here's a quick review:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"> </span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="color:maroon;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Do
not mix topics.<br>
</span></b><span style="color:maroon;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Many
of you are still not following this rule. (Please see my note at the top.)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Stay
with the subject line (and don't add stuff to it) when you respond. It is only
when you start a new thread that you may suggest a subject line.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">When
you respond to someone's posting, please only quote the relevant portion. If
you allow an entire issue to dangle as a quote behind your response I will
remove it, even if your response does not make much sense then.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"> </span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Please
consult the rules and guidelines: </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><a href="http://lowlands-l.net/rules.php" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">lowlands-l.net/rules.php</span></a></span></p>
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Please
inform me if you route LL-L issues to or via email addresses other than those
you subscribed. Right now, once again I am getting failure reports concerning
email addresses that are not subscribed. This is really annoying, because I
have no idea whose they are, so I can't do anything about it.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Membership</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">As
most of you know in the meantime, our email addresses are visible only to
subscribers. I hope this will encourage more of you to come forward and
participate in our discussions.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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<span style="color:black">We send the postings in Unicode (UTF-8) format. You
need to switch your view mode to it if you want to see all "special"
characters.</span></font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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<span style="color:black">You must always give us your name, given name and
family name.</span></font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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<span style="color:black">If you forward Lowlands-L mail to another (alias)
account, please give us the address of that account. We need to identify it so
we can do something in case we get error messages from that server.</span></font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">If
you wish to leave ("unsubscribe" from) Lowlands-L, please follow the
appropriate steps as described below. DO NOT mark Lowlands-L mail as SPAM. If
you take this unethical action, it may detrimentally affect the entire list and
its subscribers, as well as LINGUIST, our server hosts. Besides, we will be
able to tell that it was you that did it and we will consider reporting you. SO
DON'T!</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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<span style="color:black">You must credit the writers of anything you quote. "Lowlands-L
wrote:" simply won't do. Several of you are still not getting and doing
this.</span></font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><br><font color="#000000">
<span style="color:black">Please continue already existing subject headers
(rather than making up your own for the same thing). If you do begin a new
topic, please make sure "Lowlands-L" or "LL-L" is in the
subject line as well.</span></font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><br><font color="#000000">
<span style="color:black">DO NOT SEND POSTING SUBMISSIONS IN CAPITAL LETTERS
ONLY.</span></font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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<span style="color:black">Many beginners, but also a few older hands, forget to
provide their names with their posting submission. Please remember that
anonymous posting is not an option, that you are obligated to give your given
and family name, even if you do not put them right next to each other.</span></font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Even
some people who have been with us for a while persistently ignore the following
rules:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Keep subjects separate: Only one topic per
posting! Don't mix things up, please!</span></font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Stick to the subject title: Do not change the
topic name in your responses. Just stick with the one we have, even if you
think it doesn't apply or is silly. I will change it if I think it needs to be.</span></font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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<b><span style="color:black">Edit quotes:</span></b></font><span style="color:black">
If you hit the "reply" button and simply write your response before
or after an unedited, complete quoted LL-L issue, please do not complain to me
that I have removed the quoted text in the published version. It is proper
email behavior to quote only the portions that are relevant to your response.</span></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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<b><span style="color:black">Give credit:</span></b></font><span style="color:black">
Let us know who the authors of quoted text portions are. If you just hit the
"reply" button, it will automatically give "Lowlands-L" as
the author. That simply will not do. You must be more specific, and you owe
authors the courtesy of crediting them by name.</span></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Sign
off:</span></b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"> If
you feel like leaving the List, please do not send the sign-off command to the
posting address or to my personal address.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Change
of Address</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">You
do no longer need to sign off and on again if your email address changes. It
suffices if you send me (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">sassisch@yahoo.com</span></a><span style="color:black">) a message giving us the old address and the new address.
If you don't remember under which address you were first subscribed, it will
suffice if you give us only the new address and your name.</span></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Temporary
Absence</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Before you take a trip or for some other
reason need to stop LL-L mail arriving for a given length of time, please
write to us (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><a href="mailto:lowlands.list@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">lowlands.list@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color:black">) to let us know the date you want mail to be stopped
and the date you want mail to be resumed. As some of our members can
attest, this has been working really well. It certainly beats the old,
crude method of signing off and on again.</span></span></li><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Once in a while people find themselves unsubscribed
without notice. Some of them immediately suspect the worst: that I have
"booted them out" for some infraction or other. (I know this for
sure only about those that contact me. But it happens again and again and
involves even the nicest, best-behaved people.) Please do not jump to this
conclusion unless you have received prior reprimands and warnings (which
happen very rarely, have not happened at all for well over two years). If
you find yourself disconnected from Lowlands-L, the reason is most likely
that the automated server has unsubscribed your address because of
repeated "bouncing," i.e., because your mail servers keep
informing the list server that you cannot be reached or is filled above
quota. Most of the time this is due to temporary disconnection.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></li><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Sometimes the reason is that a
subscriber's junk mail filter (or "spam" filter) has not been
"told" to exempt Lowlands-L mail, which is why our mailings do
not arrive in your in-boxes.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></li><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">So, if Lowlands-L mail stops coming,
please first check your "spam" filters and adjust them if
necessary, and only contact me about the problem if all of the above
fails.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></li><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Should you indeed be disconnected,
please write to me or resubmit an application. I'll be more than happy to
bring you swiftly back to the fold.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></li><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Again,
dear Lowlanders, thanks for your support and cooperation and for all those
interesting contributions past and future!</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Regards,
Reinhard "Ron" F. Hahn</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Co-Founder&
Chief Editor<br>
Lowlands-L (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><a href="http://lowlands-l.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">lowlands-l.net</span></a><span style="color:black">)<br>
</span><a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">sassisch@yahoo.com</span></a><span style="color:black"><br>
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