SAAP 
 EMail 
 Lists 
  SAAPList and SAAPTalk are two different email lists
  for members of the Society for the Advancement of
  American Philosophy (SAAP). These lists are open
  to all SAAP members.
 How to Join  |  Some Do's and Don'ts  |  Contact Info  |  SAAP WebSite 
  • SAAPList is an email list for disseminating information to members of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. This list is primarily for conference announcements and for posting other information of interest to all SAAP members. It is not a "discussion list."

  • SAAPTalk is an email discussion list. The broad aims of this list are to provide a public forum for informal discussion of matters of general interest to any SAAP members who wish to participate. Members of this forum are expected to strive for the spirit of cooperative inquiry. This does not mean suppressing disagreements. But it does mean avoiding personal attacks, uncharitable interpretations of members' arguments, and so forth and so on.

  • SAAP members may of course subscribe to both lists, but remember that each is intended for different purposes.

  • Visit the SAAP website. This site has information about past and upcoming conferences, how to become a member, how to renew membership, etc.

How to Join SAAPList and SAAPTalk
  • To join SAAPList, send a message to LISTSERV@VM.SC.EDU with the one-line command

    SUBSCRIBE SAAPList yourfirstname yourlastname
    as the body of the message (where "yourfirstname yourlastname" is your name). You will be asked to confirm the subscription, and then you'll automatically receive a couple of messages with more information about how the list works.

  • To join SAAPTalk, send a message to LISTSERV@VM.SC.EDU with the one-line command

    SUBSCRIBE SAAPTALK yourfirstname yourlastname
    as the body of the message (where "yourfirstname yourlastname" is your name). You will be asked to confirm the subscription, and then you'll automatically receive a couple of messages with more information about how the list works.

  • To unsubscribe from either list, send a message (from the same address you subscribed with) to LISTSERV@VM.SC.EDU with either or both of the one-line commands

    SIGNOFF SAAPLIST
    SIGNOFF SAAPTALK
    as the body of the message.

  • Here is a list of other LISTSERV User Commands.
Some Important Do's and Don'ts for the SAAPTalk Discussion List

For the benefit of the list, keep the following things in mind:

  • Make sure that you are mailing your message to the appropriate recipient:
    • Personal messages go to some person's private email address.
    • Administrative commands go to the listserver (LISTSERV@VM.SC.EDU).
    • Messages for all subscribers go to the mailing list (SAAPTalk@VM.SC.EDU).
    The default Reply-To: field for SAAPTalk messages is set to be the original sender of the message, not the whole list.
  • Clearly indicate the content of your message in the "Subject:" line in your message header. Maintain the same Subject: heading if you are contributing to an existing thread, and change it if you are initiating a new topic.
  • Sign your name at the end of your comments if it does not appear in the "From:" line in your message header.
  • Quote selectively from posts that you are responding to. Don't just post comments at the beginning or end of a very long quoted message.
  • Provide references complete enough for scholarly purposes.
  • Attack arguments (or lack thereof), not persons.
  • Be sensitive to the cultural and disciplinary diversity of the list.
  • Make your postings to the list as relevant to American philosophy and to SAAP interests as possible.
  • Avoid personal wrangling and irrelevant conversations.
  • Ignore obnoxious postings or postings by cranks.
  • Do not be a crank who submits obnoxious postings.
  • Look at your remarks carefully before posting them to make sure they cannot be (mis)interpreted as snide, arrogant, vile, offensive, inflammatory, self-righteous, impolite, or otherwise inappropriate. If they might be so interpreted, then they no doubt will be so interpreted by someone or other.
  • Do not post commercial solicitations or advertisements to the list.
  • Do not use the list for surveys or for partisan purposes.
  • Avoid excessive posting to the list and make an effort to keep the list free from clutter.
  • Avoid excessively long posts. Large documents can be made available via web links, or else sent to individual list members who explicitly request them.
  • Do not send email attachments to the list—different computing platforms handle attachments differently, so what works for you may not work for other list members. It is also well-known that attachments are possible vehicles for potentially destructive applications. If you receive a SAAPTalk message with an attachment, seriously think about that possiblity before opening it. You might want to just immediately delete it.
  • Do not use the list for sending personal email.
  • Do not forward virus warnings to the list—they are only hoaxes.
Most of these bits of cyber-wisdom were lifted from an information page for another email list (thanks to Greg Ransom), and they are worth reproducing here.

Contact Information

The current list manager of SAAPList is Glenn Kuehn, at philchef@bellsouth.net.

The current list manager of SAAPTalk is Tom Burke, at burke@sc.edu.
Postal address: Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.

Current technical information about SAAPList and SAAPTalk is maintained by LSoft's CataList cataloging database.

The views and opinions expressed in the present page are strictly those of the page author.
The contents of the page have not been reviewed or approved by the University of South Carolina.