Emailing Todd

I run quite a few different web sites and mailing lists. This heavy involvement in the Internet generates huge volumes of e-mail for me every day. I am trying to cut down on the amount of e-mail I receive, as a good chunk of it is the same old questions over and over. Therefore, I ask that your peruse this list of Frequently Asked Questions before e-mailing me. If your topic is covered below, I will assume you didn't read this list and either ignore your message or most likely just send you back a form letter with the answers below.

Todd's FAQs

• General
• Mailing Lists
• Websites

• General
  1. What is a FAQ?
     That stands for Frequently Asked Question. Usually, FAQ refers to a list of frequently asked questions, along with answers. Like the list you are currently reading.
  2. Is that your UniMog in the Flood Pages?
     No, see the Websites section for more info.
  3. I see you run a great enthusiast automobile site. May I ask you a generic question about my car?
     No. There are tons of resources on the Internet concerning automobiles. Try starting your search at http://www.yahoo.com/Recreation/Automotive/Makes_and_Models/.
  4. I see you run a great enthusiast automobile site for cars that happened to be sold by Chrysler or Mitsubishi. May I ask you a question about a different Chrysler or Mitsubishi vehicle?
     No. See #2 above.
  5. I see you run a great enthusiast automobile site for the Eagle Talon/Mitsubishi Eclipse/Plymouth Laser/Mitsubishi Galant. May I ask you a question about them?
     In general, no. I have set up two great resources for handling these questions - the Talon Digest, and Club DSM. More info on these two options is available below.
     If you are inquiring about anything related to Technomotive, I will definitely respond.
     If you are asking for clarification for something I personally have written either on the Talon Digest or on the Club DSM Website, I will most likely answer your question. Also, I have been known to answer questions about ECUs from time to time.
  
  
• Mailing Lists
  • Talon Digest
    1. How do I post articles to the Talon Digest?
       First, you should be a member (see below), although that is not a requirement. All submissions should go to talon@dsm.org. Subscription requests or notes to me are NOT to be sent to this address. Do not e-mail me personally with posts and ask me to post them for you.
    2. What does RTP mean?
       Reply To Poster. That means that I've seen that question answered many times before and the answer could probably be found in the Digest Archives or on the Club DSM Website. RTP is a recommendation that any replies should be sent directly to the poster. This is not an absolute. If you think you have a new spin on the question, or if you think you've never seen the answer before, or you would just like to answer it, I'll print your answer anyway. After all, I could have made a mistake in my recommendation.
    3. Where are the Digest Archives?
       You can get access to them using the Club DSM Website or ftp://talon:eclipse@ftp.dsm.org/.
    4. Subscription Questions...
       The easiest way to subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your address is to use the form on the web page located at http://www.dsm.org/digest/subscribe.htm. If that is not working for you or you cannot access it, here are answers to the most commonly asked questions. The following commands must be sent in the body of a message to talon-request@dsm.org. It is not necessary to include a subject line - it will be ignored. Note that in most cases, it is not necessary to include your e-mail address. Only when you know for certain that the e-mail address in the From: line of your outgoing mail is mangled should you specify it.
       
       To Subscribe

       subscribe
       end

       -or-

       subscribe your-email-address
       end

       To Unsubscribe

       unsubscribe
       end

       -or-

       unsubscribe your-email-address
       end

       To Change Your Address

       unsubscribe your-old-email-address
       subscribe your-new-email-address
       end

       The System Claims That I Am Not a Member of the List
       You subscribed under an e-mail address that is different from the one your mailer is currently sending
       -OR-
       You are specifying an e-mail address that is similar to the one you used to subscribed, but is not the same
       -OR-
       You subscribed using a completely different account and forgot that you are having all e-mail forwarded to your new account.
       No matter which, you need to find out what e-mail address you used to subscribe to the list. If you were smart, you saved the original letter sent to you when you subscribed - it has the exact address you used to subscribe. If not, tisk tisk tisk, remember to save all such future postings when you subscribe to a list. There is a cool command that will save you, however. Send the following to talon-request@dsm.org

       which guess-at-string-fragment

       You will replace the "guess-at-string-fragment" with any word or phrase that might be found in an address that you might have used. Confusing? Try this example.
       Joe Smith originally signed up as jsmith@noone.com. He also has an e-mail address of joe_smith@noone.com. He now needs to unsubscribe, but he forgot about jsmith, and the request fails. He can simply send in

       which smith
       end

       and the system will find all e-mail addresses with smith in them. Another approach would be to use

       which noone
       end

       and he would get a listing of all the accounts at noone.com (also, an account like noone@nothere.com would show up in this list). Once Joe finds the jsmith@noone.com, he can now issue

       unsubscribe jsmith@noone.com
       end

       and he will get unsubscribed.
    
    
  • Websites
    • Club DSM
      1. What is the URL of Club DSM?
         http://www.dsm.org/
      2. How do I become a member of Club DSM?
         Go to the Club DSM Website and enter the Club DSM section. Click on New Account and follow the instructions therein.
      3. What are the membership dues?
         There are none.
      4. I forgot my password. Could you please e-mail me my account information?
         There is a section under Club DSM just for this purpose. Select "Forgot your password?" and you will get a form that will send your password back to you via e-mail. If you have forgotten your password and changed e-mail addresses at the same time... Sorry, I haven't addressed this issue yet.
      5. Something in the Member Search is broken.
         Yes, I know. It is still in a prototype state. I am not very happy with how it turned out. I will be making improvements to it soon.
    
    
    • Flood Pages
      1. Is that your UniMog?
         No, it belongs to Jeff Elings, jeffe@di.com. Please direct all your questions about this unique Swiss Rescue Vehicle to him.
      2. Did you really swim arcross the Garden Street underpass?
         Yes, but I did run and take a nice long hot shower right afterwards.

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  If after reading all of the above, you still think you might get an answer out of me, you now have to select one of three e-mail addresses.

  For business related to Technomotive, mail to today@tmo.com.

  For car related stuff or just about anything else, mail to today@dsm.org.

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