From: "(XiaoFei Wang)" <xiaofei@EINSTEIN.PHYSICS.BUFFALO.EDU>
Subject:      FAQ for CHPOEM-L
Organization: GB->HZ, Bitnet -> A.C.T forwarder
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 03:34:14 GMT

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Hi, CHPOEM-L netters:

The net is quiet recently. I think it is because most of the
popular poems have been posted. Now we can go to discussions. Analyzing
poems already posted is fine, I believe. I have seen a number of good
posts along this line.

There have been some irrelevent messages posted to the list. I am sorry
for CHPOEM-L readers and particularly to alt.chinese.text readers for
the inconvenience. I have tighten the control of this list, now only
subscribers can post to the list. If you read poems elsewhere, you can
register as a subscriber but choose not to receive mail. Instruction is
given in the FAQ.

Ned Walsh is busy and so I have taken over the responsibility of mainteining~

this FAQ. I thank him for his previous service and for posting numerous
poems including Tang Shi 300 Shou.

XiaoFei Wang ( xiaofei@einstein.physics.buffalo.edu )
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1. What is CHPOEM-L ?
=====================

CHPOEM-L is an electronic mailing list devoted to sharing and
_discussing_ Chinese poems.  There is a preference to use uuencoded GB
to exchange messages among CHPOEM-L subscribers, though files using
other codes are also welcome.  Postings to this list are converted to
HZ code posted to newsgroup alt.chinese.text.  For this reason and many
others, please restrict posting irrelevent messages to the list.

Try to use as reliable a source as possible when typing poems, and
identify it in your message.  As a general rule, try to use the
following format:

  line 1:  AUTHOR TITLE     ; (Poet's name, a space, then title of poem)
  line 2:  <blank line>     ; (Leave a blank line before starting text)
  line 3:  ...text...       ; (Text of poem)
   ...        ....
  your name and email id at the end

To subscribe to CHPOEM-L, send email to either LISTSERV@UBVM.BITNET or
LISTSERV@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU.  Leave the subject line blank.  For the
text of the message, enter the following line only (filling in your
name as appropriate):

        SUB CHPOEM-L Yourfirstname Yourlastname

Once you subscribed to CHPOEM-L, you can communicate with other
subscribers by sending email to either CHPOEM-L@UBVM.BITNET or
CHPOEM-L@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU.

You can invoke many other useful LISTSERV functions by sending mail to
the LISTSERV@UBVM.BITNET or LISTSERV@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU address, such
as:

- By default, you will receive copies of any mail you send to the list.
  If you do not wish to receive copies of your own messages, send email
  to listserv address with the message SET CHPOEM-L NOREPRO.

- If you choose to read poems from alt.chinese.text or elsewhere, you
  can choose not to receive mail from CHPOEM-L but still keep the
  membership ( the posting capability ).  This can be done by email to
  listserv address with the message "SET CHPOEM-L NOMAIL".

- The listserv program keeps automatic weekly archives of mail sent to
  the list.  This allows new subscribers to catch up with previous
  postings.  To get a list of the names of these archive files (called
  "filetypes" by listserv), send the message INDEX CHPOEM-L.  Then,
  to get a copy of one of these "filetypes", send the message
  GET CHPOEM-L <filetype> (filling in the actual filetype, e.g.:
  GET CHPOEM-L LOG9111B).

- To unsubscribe from the list, send the message SIGNOFF CHPOEM-L.

2.  Where can I find previously posted poems ?

Wang Huangxin ( wang@pennmess.physics.upenn.edu ) collected
postings to this list and put them into a number of files in GB format
according to categories. They are available via anonymous FTP from
	ahkcus.org ( 192.55.187.25 ) in directory of gb/poem and from a
Sweden's ftp site:
	lunix.met.kth.se ( 130.237.16.204 )  in directory pub/poem
Read README in the same directory for details.

Shann Wei-Chang <shann@DONGPO.MATH.NCU.EDU.TW> made some corrections
of the Tang2 Shi1 300 Shou3 Ned Walsh posted in Spring '92 and put them
them into one big file in Big5 format. He also added a tiny index.
The file is now available via anonymous FTP from
        dongpo.math.ncu.edu.tw (140.115.25.3)
in the directory
        pub/shann/chinese/literature/TangShi.300

3.  About Chinese Computing

Questions on chinese computing are beyond the scope this FAQ.
Reading this poems posted on this newsgroup is the same as reading
Hua Xia Wen Zhai. First you need to uudecode the message and then use a
Chinese editor/viewer to read the Chinese. The following references
can answer most of your questions. If you have further questions, you
can either ask me at
        xiaofei@einstein.physics.buffalo.edu
or post your questions to CCnet
	ccnet-l@uga.bitnet.

References:

1) CNHELP Files
   Toget them, Mail LISTSERV@UGA.BITNET or LISTSERV@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
   leave the subject line blank and enter the following line in the
   message body
   GET CMHELP INDEX
   And the list of help files are mailed to you, together with
   instructions how to get individual help files, including the ones
   on how to use anonymous FTP.

2) FAQ for soc.culture.hongkong, Part_II
   FTP'able from
   PIT-MANAGER.MIT.EDU ( 18.172.1.27 ) in the directory of
   ./pub/usenet/soc.culture.hongkong

3) FAQ for alt.text.chinese,
   FTP'able from
   PIT-MANAGER.MIT.EDU ( 18.172.1.27 ) in the directory of
   ./pub/usenet/alt.text.chinese

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Previous versions: Ned Walsh    ( walsh@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu )
This version:      XiaoFei Wang ( xiaofei@einstein.physics.buffalo.edu )
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text