MICHEL FOUCAULT, info.

- Sending message as “plain text” is better, more universal, than 
“html”. When replying to a previous message, please avoid including in 
your post the full message you are replying to, and try to restrict the 
quoting to just the relevant parts. Chose or rewrite a subject line that 
fits the content of your message.

- Please note that your message is sent to 700 mailboxes, that means a 
modicum of work should be put into crafting your messages and 
double-thinking before posting. Also, Foucault-L is a mailing-list, not 
a forum: it is not exactly a space for discussions meant as conversation 
- real discussions surely happen off-list. I had to put an end to the 
recent thread about films because it was getting chitchat.

- This does not mean that one should refrain from posting or be 
intimidated. I personally enjoy when people report their use of Foucault 
in real life (the recent post about the panoptical calling-center). 
Many, many members in this list are silent and new subscribers hardly 
ever present themselves as suggested: listening anonymously is one of 
the privileges of mailing-lists, the virtual room is never overcrowded 
or suffocating, but more diversity in the contributions would certainly 
increase the magnitude of the Foucault-L.

- Summertime idea: would anyone send a post untitled “practice of the 
self”, and describe one of his current practice, would it be writing a 
journal, developing a professional skill or any other part of one’s life 
understood and described as a technique of self ? This could be a way 
for the silent ones to present themselves without getting too “personal”.

- The Foucault-L is not moderated but spam and messages not coherent 
with the above rules are filtered out manually, thus a certain delay 
between the sending of the message and the reception by the list. To 
smooth the process, we need volunteers to read and filter the messages, 
please apply to: admin-foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Camille, List admin.