From: jerod23@well.sf.ca.us (Jerod Pore)
Subject: F5-E update
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 18:04:50 GMT


OK folks, I think we've successfully sent out an entire issue of FactSheet
Five - Electric.  We've also sent the latest update file, this one being
the zine reviews from MRR issue #116.  Subscriptions were processed for
all people for whom I received requests as of the morning of Tuesday,
15 December 1992.

We've had two bounced addresses from the issue.  One was my fault and has
been corrected.  The other, 91243692@cphkvx was in the letter as THE 
address to use and turns out to be bogus.

We might have one more update file this month, and that would be Larry-Bob's 
most recent Queer Zine Explosion.

We're looking at January for another issue.  Don't expect us to keep this
pace!  We're getting two issues out pretty fast because of the huge backlog
of zines.  Essentially, this first issue of F5-E is half of the reviews to
be found in the upcomming print version of F5, the next issue will be the
second half.

If you know what this article is all about, hit your n key.  The rest of
the article is to attempt to keep my mailbox from being flooded with FAQ's.

For the clueless, and I'm sure you're legion, FactSheet Five - Electric
(the online version of Factsheet Five, FWIW) is comprised of a group of 
files that contain reviews of zines.  Zines are small magazines, published
by individuals or small groups, about a variety of subjects.  Roller Derby
fans, Pez collectors, nursing home employees, punkrocks, gore movie
afficianados and would-be Clive Barkers are just *some* of the publishers
of zines.  We review the zines and sometimes attempt to categorize them,
placing the reviews together in files.  sf is a file of reviews of science
fiction zines.  A review consists of the name of the zine, the price, size
(how many pages and what size of pages), ordering information and our most
humble opinions of the contents.

You may pick up review files via ftp from ftp.msen.com in the directory
/pub/newsletters/F5-E  Note Well:  F5-E is a *directory* and *not* a file!
As usual, the login is anonymous and the password is your email address.
ftp files have *not* been updated in a while, as we are moving the site to
nkosi.well.sf.ca.us (name subject to change).    

Another way to get the files is to subscribe to FactSheet Five - Electric.
Our subscription service comes in two flavors.  Subscribing to the issue
flavor means you'll get 20 - 30 letters from me all at once.  Each letter
is a review file, with the subject being the file name.  Review files are
occassionally over 100K big.  This flavor is the closest thing to a digest.
The other flavor is update.  With the update service, you'll get one file
whenever we have a new file available.  The same information is disseminated
with both services, the difference being when you get the data and how much
data you get at one time.  To subscribe to F5-E, just send email to
jerod23@well.sf.ca.us   The easiest thing for me to process is an empty
letter with "subscribe issue" "subscribe update" or "subscribe both" as
the subject.  This isn't mandatory, it just makes my life easier.

And please, don't copy this article in your letter.  I *KNOW* what I wrote.
Anyone who sends me most or all of this article is likely to have their
request ignored.
Newsgroups: alt.zines
From: whitaker@eternity.demon.co.uk (Russell Earl Whitaker)