NH.BIRDS was created in the Fall of 1999 as a forum to discuss birding in New Hampshire including recent sightings of rare or not-so-rare birds, conservation issues, upcoming field trips, etc. Effective March 2002, NH.Birds is an mailing list that only accepts postings from subscribers. You must subscribe using the instructions below if you wish to receive messages or to send in your own posts.
As of May 5, 2008, NH.Birds has 482 subscribers. Here's some other subscriber counts for historical reference:
| Date | Subscribers |
|---|---|
| 3/9/2001 | 218 |
| 4/14/2003 | 301 |
| 11/27/2006 | 429 |
| 9/12/2007 | 447 |
The list is un-moderated in that postings do not need to be approved before they are sent out to everyone on the list, but list owner David Blezard and list moderator Steve Mirick will be monitoring the list should the discussion drift too far off topic or if there is a problem with any individual posting inappropriate material to the list.
The NH.Birds mailing list is run via the ListProc list management software at the University of New Hampshire. Here are some important e-mail addresses to remember:
| listproc@lists.unh.edu | ListProc list manager. Send commands to subscribe, unsubscribe, and change your subscription here. |
| nh.birds@lists.unh.edu | The mailing list itself. Send e-mails that you would like all of the subscribers of the list to read here. |
| nh.birds-request@lists.unh.edu | The list owner. Send messages here when you need to reach a real human being because of questions or problems with the list. |
All commands to sign on or off the mailing list or to make changes to your subscription must be sent to the ListProc address in the BODY of the e-mail message, not on the subject line. ListProc ignores the subject line of any message it receives.
To subscribe to NH.Birds, send ListProc the command:
SUBSCRIBE NH.BIRDS Your_Full_Name_Here
PLEASE NOTE THE DOT (".") IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LIST NAME!
You will receive back a confirmation message from ListProc and the introductory message from NH.Birds welcoming you to the list.
To permanently stop receiving NH.Birds messages, send ListProc the command:
UNSUBSCRIBE NH.BIRDS
To suspend delivery of NH.BIRDS e-mails for a time (e.g., while on vacation), send ListProc the following command:
SET NH.BIRDS MAIL POSTPONE
You can restart delivery by sending the command:
SET NH.BIRDS MAIL ACK
If you wish to receive a single daily digest message from the NH.Birds list instead of all of the individual messages from the list, after you have subscribed, send ListProc the command:
SET NH.BIRDS MAIL DIGEST
If you are receiving the mail digest and wish to switch back to receiving individual messages, send ListProc the command:
SET NH.BIRDS MAIL
In addition to being able to request daily digests of postings, you can also review all past posting to NH.Birds thanks to a Web-based archive of the NH.Birds mailing list created by Don Crockett of The Virtual Birder. You can access the NH.Birds archive at http://www.virtualbirder.com/cgi-bin/symredir/bmail/nhbirds/latest.html.
If you wish to learn more about the ListProc software and the features it has available, you can access the on-line documentation posted at UNH.
Around the start of each month, an administrative message is sent to the NH.Birds list with much of the above information along with other details and background information on the list. A copy of this message is available here.