ORAWIZ - Mail List

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Hello Oracle DBAs/DEVELOPERs/USERs.

A member of the Australian Capital Territory (ie Canberra) ORACLE User Group have started an unmoderated ORACLE MAILING LIST called ORAWIZ.

The administrator does not currently have NEWS access and this is the first attempt at administering a mailing list so be gentle.

Primarily aimed at ORACLE problem resolution. The list is currently open to all but that depends on the load (I assume).

Please let your associates know that ORAWIZ exists.

ORAWIZ will only be as useful as we make it.

Do not send registration requests to me !!!

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I have attached the first draft of the ORAWIZ Introduction document which details how to join etc.

Bruce.... pihlab_at_hhcs.gov.au

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Orawiz Introduction

Here are the relevant Internet mail addresses for orawiz:

	orawiz_at_dshroot.dsh.oz.au	       submissions
	orawiz-request_at_dshroot.dsh.oz.au       requests to be deleted & added

Before sending a request to be deleted from the list, check with your local "postmaster" to see if you are receiving the messages via a local redistribution alias. If you are, then your local postmaster can remove you from the list far more effectively and quickly than I can.

This list is NOT moderated! Anything mailed to the submissions address will be echoed to everyone on the list. Every potential poster is on his or her honor to not abuse this list! Messages sent to this list are NOT archived.

Please DO NOT mail "please remove me" requests to the submissions address!

The orawiz mailing list is intended to be a quick-turnaround list primarily for people who maintain Oracle systems. It's primary purpose is to provide the DBA or developer with a quick communications channel to other Oracle DBAs or developers, so that s/he can draw on the collective experience of the large body of Oracle DBAs and developers.

Please remember that many people have copies of orawiz messages sent straight to their personal mailboxes. Messages need to be held to a minimum. Therefore, discussions should also be held to a minimum.

To help hold down unnecessary messages, a specific policy has been adopted regarding the posting of questions and their answers. A person who sends a question in to this list is expected to collect, summarize, and post the answers to that question. In this way, all readers may benefit from the answers. A "summary" is not merely a concatenation of all responses: at the very least duplicate answers should be filtered out, and some information on the results of the original posters implementation of the suggestions would also be beneficial. The Subject line of the message containing the summary should start with the word "SUMMARY". It would also be nice if the original poster kept a copy of this summary in case the question comes up again in a few months.

Similarly, ALL ANSWERS to a question should be sent ONLY TO THE ORIGINAL POSTER. They should NOT be CC-ed to the entire list. PLEASE take the time to double check your reply to insure that the list will not receive a copy. This is the best way to hold down the traffic in this medium.

Orawiz Summary of Charter and Rules

Last updated: 15 September 1992

This message is a summary of the orawiz charter and rules. Failure to adhere to these guidelines may result in severe chastisement by the list maintainer and other list participants.

Changes from previous versions of this message are indicated with change bars to the right of the message.

1. This list is NOT moderated! Every message that is sent to the list will be passed on to every member of the list (with a few small exceptions).
2. Requests to have addresses added or removed from the list should NOT be sent to the entire list. Instead, they should be mailed to: orawiz-request_at_dshroot.dsh.oz.au
3. This list is intended to be a quick-turnaround trouble shooting aid for those who administer and develop Oracle systems. Its primary purpose is to provide the Oracle manager with a quick source of information for DBA and development problems that are of a time-critical nature.
4. Answers to questions are to be mailed back to the questioner and are NOT to be sent to the entire list. The person who originally asked the question has the responsibility of summarizing the answers and sending the entire summary back to the list. When a summary is sent back to the list, it should contain the word "SUMMARY" as the first word of the "Subject" line.

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Orawiz' Frequently Asked Questions

Last update 15-September-1992

This is collection of common questions posted to the orawiz mailing list. This will hopefully reduce traffic to the list and become a useful resource by itself.

At this stage there are none as this is a new list. Received on Fri Sep 18 1992 - 08:09:15 CEST