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Having problems with your subscription?
What is the Miyazaki Mailing List?
Who is Miyazaki?
Why is "Nausicaa" / "Nausicaä" in the name of the mailing list?
Why is the list address Nausicaa@... instead of Miyazaki@...?
What's with "a" vs. "ä"?
How do I pronounce "Nausicaä"?
What is considered on-topic conversation?
What is considered OFF-topic conversation?
Where can I read messages from the list (even if I'm not a subscriber)?
How do I get help with my subscription?
How do I subscribe?
How do I unsubscribe?
HELP! - how the list owners can help you

What is the Miyazaki Mailing List?

See About the Miyazaki Mailing List.

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Who is Miyazaki?

Glad you asked! You can visit the Miyazaki Home Page to find out more about this director and his films, as well as those of his colleague and studio.

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Why is "Nausicaa" / "Nausicaä" in the name of the list?

Nausicaa@listserv.brown.edu is the e-mail address used to send messages among subscribers of the mailing list, which is based on the name of the principal character in Miyazaki's long-running manga Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

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Why is the list address `Nausicaa@`... instead of `Miyazaki@`...?

Because, back when this list was formed, it was felt that the name of the manga/film was more familiar to people than the name of its writer/director.

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What's with "a" vs. "ä"?

The "ä" (a-umlaut) in Nausicaä comes from the Anglicized version of the name of a character from the Greek classic, Homer's Odyssey. Miyazaki was inspired to write a story about a princess in a far future setting, based on that one from the past.

Unfortunately, it is difficult to type a "ä" character on some computer systems and it often can't be transmitted properly over e-mail, so a normal "a" is often used instead.

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How do I pronounce Nausicaä?

Here are some sample phonetic spellings from various languages, all of which appear to be in use, depending on who you talk to:

Japanese:: / Na u shi ka
English:: Nawshika / Nowshikka / Nowsska / Nausea (bad pun)
Greek:: now SICK ah (the middle syllable is stressed; "now" is closer to "naw", when pronounced as "now", not "gnaw" -- Tyler King)

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What is considered on-topic conversation?

See What is talked about on the mailing list?.

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What is considered OFF-topic conversation?

See What is NOT talked about on the mailing list?.

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Where can I read messages on this list before subscribing? or how can I get "back issues" of messages on this list?

The answer to both of these questions is the same:

learn how to use LISTSERV's database functions (rather difficult)
try Reference.com's archive,
use LWGate, the LISTSERV Web Gateway (much easier), or
browse the message archive at this web site (easier still)

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What is acceptable behavior on the list?

Netiquette

Please read and understand the Mailing List Etiquette FAQ. You may also wish to read an RFC about Netiquette, and the Rev. Bob Crispin's treatise. Your participation in the Miyazaki Mailing List will be taken to imply agreement with and compliance with these guidelines. Violators will be warned, then removed from the mailing list if necessary.

Overquoting

Overquoting means quoting too much of someone else's message when you reply to it. Please note the following guidelines:

It is almost NEVER necessary to quote the entire message to which you are replying.
Quote only the MINIMUM necessary to establish the context of your reply.
Try to paraphrase. That is, write a one-sentence summary of what the other person wrote.
Your text should not be shorter than the quoted part of the message you are replying to.
"Me, too" messages serve little purpose and are annoying.

Meaningful Subject Headers

Try to update the Subject header whenever you reply to a message but change the topic of the thread of discussion. It is difficult to decide what messages to read and what messages to ignore when, for example, a message with the subject "Re: Kiki/AX" (which some people want to read) really talks about the technical specifications of DVD (which few people want to read).

HTML mail and MIME attachments: why NOT to send them

Learn how to configure mail clients to send plain ASCII text. This will help prevent you from sending messages which are annoying to other readers of the mailing list.

Why is it annoying?

HTML is difficult (sometimes impossible) to read in e-mail programs that don't understand HTML.
A message written HTML is at least twice as big as the non-HTML version. Some people still pay for their access to the Internet per byte. Some people may still connect to the Internet with a very slow link. Why stuff their mailboxes with 50% trash and make them wait twice as long to read it?
A message written with MIME attachments such as signatures, vCards (electronic business cards), photos of your children, or whatever, dwarf the size of the text of your message, and are a terrible waste of space in the mailing list archive.

Complaints

Complaints about other subscribers should be sent to the other person directly, or to the list owners, not to the entire mailing list. Complaints about the list policy should be directed at the list owners.

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How do I subscribe to the list?

See the relevant question in the subscription information page.

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How do I unsubscribe from the list?

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