Congratulations!

As we promised, we've moved Roadmap to the new mail list software. Below, you will find the message that is sent to every new subscriber. It contains important information, so please read it carefully. Also, attached, you will find the original announcement about the mail system change.

You can find information about mail list rules and regulations on IPC's home page. ( http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm ).

Please contact me if you have any questions or problems.

Regards,

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Dmitriy Sklyar
Electronic Communication Manager
IPC
2215 Sanders Road
Northbrook, IL 60062-6135
voice  :  847-509-9700 ext. 311
fax     :  847-509-9798
e-mail :  [log in to unmask]
URL   :  http://www.ipc.org
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You have been added to  the Roadmap mailing list (Roadmap
Mail Forum.) by Dmitriy Sklyar <[log in to unmask]>.

Please save this message for future  reference, especially if this is the
first time you subscribe to an  electronic mailing list. If you ever need
to  leave the  list,  you  will find  the  necessary instructions  below.
Perhaps  more importantly,  saving a  copy of  this message  (and of  all
future subscription notices  from other mailing lists) in  a special mail
folder will give you instant access to the list of mailing lists that you
are subscribed  to. This may  prove very useful the  next time you  go on
vacation and  need to leave  the lists temporarily so  as not to  fill up
your  mailbox while  you  are away!  You should  also  save the  "welcome
messages" from the  list owners that you will  occasionally receive after
subscribing to a new list.

To send  a message to  all the people  currently subscribed to  the list,
just send mail  to [log in to unmask] This is  called "sending mail
to the  list", because  you send  mail to a  single address  and LISTSERV
makes  copies  for all  the  people  who  have subscribed.  This  address
([log in to unmask])  is also  called the  "list address".  You must
never try to send any command to that address, as it would be distributed
to all the people  who have subscribed.

All commands must  be sent to the
"LISTSERV address", [log in to unmask] It  is very important to understand
the difference  between the two,  but fortunately it is  not complicated.
The LISTSERV address is like a FAX number that connects you to a machine,
whereas the list address is like a  normal voice line connecting you to a
person. If you make a mistake and  dial the FAX number when you wanted to
talk to someone on the phone, you  will quickly realize that you used the
wrong number and call again. No harm will have been done. If on the other
hand you accidentally make your FAX call someone's voice line, the person
receiving the  call will be  inconvenienced, especially if your  FAX then
re-dials  every 5  minutes. The  fact  that most  people will  eventually
connect the FAX machine to the voice  line to allow the FAX to go through
and make the  calls stop does not  mean that you should  continue to send
FAXes to  the voice number.  People would just get  mad at you.  It works
pretty much the same way with mailing lists, with the difference that you
are  calling hundreds  or  thousands  of people  at  the  same time,  and
consequently  you  can  expect a  lot  of  people  to  get upset  if  you
consistently send commands to the list address.

You may leave the list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF Roadmap"
command to [log in to unmask]  You can also tell LISTSERV how  you want it
to confirm the  receipt of messages you  send to the list. If  you do not
trust the system, send a "SET Roadmap REPRO" command and LISTSERV
will send you a  copy of your own messages, so that you  can see that the
message was distributed and did not get damaged on the way. After a while
you  may find  that this  is getting  annoying, especially  if your  mail
program does not  tell you that the  message is from you  when it informs
you that  new mail has arrived  from Roadmap. If you  send a "SET
Roadmap ACK NOREPRO"  command, LISTSERV  will mail  you a  short
acknowledgement  instead,  which  will  look different  in  your  mailbox
directory. With most mail programs you will know immediately that this is
an  acknowledgement  you  can  read  later. Finally,  you  can  turn  off
acknowledgements completely with "SET Roadmap NOACK NOREPRO".

Following  instructions from  the list  owner, your  subscription options
have been  set to "SUBJECTHDR"  rather than the usual  LISTSERV defaults.
For  more   information  about   subscription  options,  send   a  "QUERY
Roadmap" command to [log in to unmask]

Contributions sent to this list are automatically archived. You can get a
list of the available archive files by sending an "INDEX Roadmap"
command to [log in to unmask]  You can then order these files  with a "GET
Roadmap LOGxxxx" command,  or using  LISTSERV's database  search
facilities. Send an  "INFO DATABASE" command for more  information on the
latter.

This  list is  available  in digest  form.  If you  wish  to receive  the
digested version of the postings, just issue a SET Roadmap DIGEST
command.

Please note that  it is presently possible for other  people to determine
that  you are  signed up  to the  list through  the use  of the  "REVIEW"
command,  which  returns   the  e-mail  address  and  name   of  all  the
subscribers. If  you do not  want your name to  be visible, just  issue a
"SET Roadmap CONCEAL" command.

More  information on  LISTSERV  commands  can be  found  in the  LISTSERV
reference  card, which  you can  retrieve  by sending  an "INFO  REFCARD"
command to [log in to unmask]