Ringing-chat - for bellringers in the English tradition

About ringing-chat

The list is intended for use by those interested in ringing church bells in the traditional English manner and in the other activities in which ringers traditionally indulge.   The intention is to provide a forum for the sort of subjects which might be raised in the pub after a practice.   These could, of course, include ringing, but the list is not meant for those who want information about the basics of ringing or about such things as the times of practice-nights.   It is meant to complement, not replace, the older change-ringers list, which is expressly restricted to matters to do with ringing. A tolerant atmosphere prevails, though there is no bar on the correction of grammar and spelling.   Anything which would not be acceptable in the pub is not acceptable on the list.   Pseudonyms are not generally welcomed and attempts to subscribe pseudonymously will be met by a polite enquiry as to identity.  There are a few pseudonymous subscribers, whose identity can be found here.  Only subscribers may post to the list. You may also be interested in the bellringers' wiki, called RINGWIKI.  The purpose of RINGWIKI is to give answers to frequently-asked questions, record solutions to interesting problems, and to provide a home for any other information pertinent to discussions on the various ringing-based mailing lists.  You can look things up in RINGWIKI, or add or amend information yourself. The ringing-chat list was established in 1997 by John Camp, its current administrator.

Archives

There are two sets of archives.  Subscribers can access the archives since the list began until recently ('the main archive') here.   A user name and password are needed and may be found, by subscribers only, on the subscribers' page (see below).   This archive has a search facility. The current archive, updated message by message, can be found here.  Your list password is needed.    If you don't know what it is, you can have it sent to you (see below).   There is currently no search facility for the current archive. Subscribers should contact the list administrator if there are any difficulties.

Using ringing-chat

Subscribers may post a message to all the list members by sending email to ringing-chat@bellringers.net.  You are asked to send your messages in plain text. You can subscribe to the list, or change your existing subscription options, in the sections below.

Subscribing to ringing-chat

Subscribe to Ringing-chat by filling in the following form. This is a closed list, which means your subscription will be held for approval. You will be notified of the list moderator's decision by email. This is also a hidden list, which means that the list of members is available only to the list administrator. Your email address:   Your name (given name and surname) (required):   You must enter a privacy password. This provides only mild security, but should prevent others from interfering with your subscription. Do not use a valuable password as it will occasionally be emailed back to you in clear text. Once a month, your password will be emailed to you as a reminder. Pick a password:   Reenter password to confirm:   Would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest? No Yes

Ringing-chat Subscribers

The subscribers' list is only available to the list administrator. To enable you to log in to the subscribers' page, where you can unsubscribe from Ringing-chat, get a password reminder, change your subscription options, or access the user name and password for the old 'main' archives, enter your subscription email address and click on the 'Options' button:   If you leave the field blank, you will be prompted for your email address Ringing-chat list run by r-c-admin at bellringers.net Ringing-chat administrative interface (requires authorization) Overview of all bellringers.net mailing lists version 2.1.9.cp2