HISTORY-OF-GEOG is a moderated discussion list for scholars in the humanities, social sciences and physical sciences who are interested in the history of geography.  Although HISTORY-OF-GEOG is the official discussion list of the History of Geography Specialty Group (HoG) of the Association of American Geographers, membership in the specialty group is not required for becoming a member of the HISTORY-OF-GEOG list and contributing to our discussions. The HISTORY-OF-GEOG list is being served by the Computing Center at Temple University.

• Subscribing to HISTORY-OF-GEOG
• Pointers on list structure
• Managing your subscription
• Introductions
• Contacting the listowner

Subscribing to HISTORY-OF-GEOG

If you need to subscribe to HISTORY-OF-GEOG, please send a message to the following address:

listserv@listserv.temple.edu

In the body of the message, state simply:

SUB HISTORY-OF-GEOG

You may be sent a message asking you to reply with "OK" as text.  This is the way that the listserve insures that your address does indeed work, and cuts down on future errors.  After this, you are a member of the list and reply to discussion messages.

NOTE: Be aware that the list is set up so that "replies" are forwarded to everyone on the list.  If the message is only intended for one person, then please be so kind as to insure that this is address you use.  Everyone makes this mistake occasionally, but if done repeatedly, it can become annoying for other list members.
 

Pointers on list structure

HISTORY-OF-GEOG is a moderated list. It has been set up this way for the safety of subscribers. You will not be bombarded with SPAM messages. All postings to the list must be approved by the list moderator before going on to the list as a whole. If you are nostalgic for the more 'free flowing dialogue' of other lists you may have been on in the past, just remember that open lists bring with them the danger of viruses and worms that sometimes are not picked up by e-mail servers. By setting up myself as moderator of this list, if something vicious is going around, I'm the only one who gets hurt. And yes, I do update my Norton antivirus program frequently!

Depending upon how busy I am here at Temple University, it may take up to a day for your message to be forwarded to the list. Generally the period will be shorter than that, but I want you to know that if there is a delay, this may very well be the reason. Don't hesitate to contact me if it has been a period much longer than a day, and you haven't seen your message posted. I will occasionally send a message to the list indicating that I'm on vacation and messages for the upcoming week or so will be forwarded once I have returned.

Managing your subscription - http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/history-of-geog.html

If you are someone who hates to have a number of different postings from the same list cluttering your in-box, then I suggest that you set your subscription to DIGEST mode. In order to make this change, you will need to visit the following website, http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/history-of-geog.html

Once there, you will want to select the link "Join or leave the list (or change settings)." Then enter your name and e-mail address, suggest the digest or index form that you want, and then click on' Join the List.' That should take care of it for you.

If you don't have access to the web, then you can contact me and I will send you the information.
 

Introductions

I will request that, in the beginning at least, that those posting to the list include a short introduction about themselves.  I will also ask new subscribers to take the time to introduce themselves. This message might include the personal or professional background that has lead you to take a active interest in the history of geography and geographical thought, the nature of your research on the history of geography, and the research questions or problems you are currently addressing or would like to address in your work.

This introduction may include questions for the list members, and it will also aid those of us who are relatively new to this area of inquiry to get to know where others are coming from, and what variety of approaches they adopt.
 

Contacting the listowner

As listowner, I reserve the right to de-subscribe people who do not follow generally accepted standards of "netiquette." Any questions about the list structure or mechanics can be directed to the listowner: mdorn@temple.edu

Mike Dorn
 

This page created 10/28/98 jcv. Last modified 3/27/04 mld.