AEELIST Frequently Asked Questions

The AEELIST is the oldest experiential education listerv discussion on the Internet begun in 1992 as a forum for practitioners to discuss aspects of experiential education. This list is a rich resource for questions, exploration, and discussion. Please join us and enrich yourself and the list with your contributions. The list also has a rich history that is searchable at https://new-lists.princeton.edu/listserv/aeelist.html.

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Principles of Operation

This list observes the Princeton University Guidelines for Respect for Others as outlined in the University publication, Rights, Rules and Responsibilities:

Respect for Others

"Respect for the rights, privileges, and sensibilities of each other is essential in preserving the spirit of community at Princeton. Actions which make the atmosphere intimidating, threatening, or hostile to individuals are therefore regarded as serious offenses. Abusive or harassing behavior, verbal or physical, which demeans, intimidates, threatens, or injures another because of his or her personal characteristics or beliefs is subject to University disciplinary sanctions as described above. Examples of personal characteristics or beliefs include but are not limited to sex, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, and handicap. Making tolerance of such behavior or submission to it a condition of employment, evaluation, compensation, or advancement is an especially serious offense. Procedures for resolving complaints or grievances on such matters are discussed on pages 19-21.

Princeton University strives to be an intellectual and residential community in which all members can participate fully and equally, in an atmosphere free from all manifestations of bias and from all forms of harassment, exploitation, or intimidation. As an intellectual community, it attaches great value to freedom of expression and vigorous debate, but it also attaches great importance to mutual respect, and it deplores expressions of hatred directed against any individual or group. The University seeks to promote the full inclusion of all members and groups in every aspect of University life.

Racial or Ethnic Bias and Harassment

Mutual respect requires special sensitivity to issues of race and ethnicity.

Expressions of racial or ethnic bias directed at individuals or groups undermine the civility and sense of community on which the well-being of the University depends. They devalue the distinctive contributions of the individuals affected and impair their ability to contribute their views and talents to the community and to benefit fully from participating in it. By alienating those individuals, they harm the whole community. The University calls on all its members to display the appropriate sensitivity and to challenge expressions of racial or ethnic bias whenever they encounter them."

By joining this listserv you are agreeing to the following principles:

1. The purpose of the list is to discuss issues relating to experiential education. Subscribers need to post messages that pertain to this topic. Experiential education is, of course, a huge topic area. Posters who clearly stray from the topic will be reminded to keep

2. To abide by the guidelines for Respect for Others described above. All list members must use decorum in postings at all times. Disrespecting others, foul language, and 'flaming' does nothing to advance a discussion and is not permitted. This is not to say that people must agree with each other, but our field includes a range of viewpoints and beliefs and we must respect and listen to the viewpoints of all members.

3. Please refrain from posting personal messages to individuals to the whole list.

4. Problems with an individual's email such as bounced emails, vacation messages, etc. which are disruptive to the list may result in an individual being removed from the list.

5. The list is not to be used as a source advertising for personal gain. If someone knows of a book, conference, training, service, etc. that would be potentially useful to other list members, it is appropriate to post that information periodically, but constant postings crosses the line from information sharing to advertising. The host site for the list is Princeton University, which is providing its computing resources for free for the educational benefit of lists users, not for their personal financial gain.

6. List members should be thoughtful as to when to post messages or respond to messages to the whole group and when to post or respond to individuals. All of us have much email to go through and don't need to spend our time reading messages that apply only to individuals. Also, some people on commercial services have to pay for Internet messages. We should be responsible to these individuals to not make them pay for "useless" messages.

7. The list is configured as TEXT only (no HTML) and attachments are not permitted. This is to prevent the spread of viruses to list members.

8. The role of the moderator is to ensure that list members apply the principles of operation outlined above. Individuals who are unwilling or unable to comply with with these principles of operation may be removed at the discretion of the list moderator.

General Posting Info

POSTING TO THE LIST: Post your messages to AEELIST@PRINCETON.EDU
You must be a list subscriber in order to post to the list.
WARNING: Make sure that you reply to the right person. The buttons on your e-mail software can be very misleading when communicating with discussion lists. For example, Microsoft Internet Mail has a 'Reply to Author' button, but if you are replying to a message that has come from the list, the 'Reply to Author' button works as a 'Reply to All' button! i.e. The 'Reply' or 'Reply to Author' button sends your message to the whole list! If your message should go to everyone on the list, send the reply to aeelist@princeton.edu. If you want to reply to the individual (so that not everyone else needs to read your message) respond to the Individual. Different email software handles this differently. Look at the message header to find the list address of the original sender.
Be thoughtful about the subject headings of your messages. Many people use these to screen message threads. If your subject is vague, people may not bother opening it.
If you are replying to a previous thread, use the same subject header. This helps people who are interested in that topic follow the thread.
If you are changing the topic of a thread, please write a new subject header.
If you are changing any settings for how you access the list (including digest, postpone, subscribe and unsubscribe commands), you can login and make your changes via the Web at https://new-lists.princeton.edu/listserv/aeelist.html or email your commands to LISTSERV@NEW-LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU. Don't send these commands to aeelist@princeton.edu, they just show up as junk mail messages that everyone else has to read and it won't change any of your settings.

Detailed Documentation

Read the instructions at http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8d/userindex.html

How do I Subscribe?

Send an email message to LISTSERV@NEW-LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU In the body of the message: SUBSCRIBE AEELIST first name lastname This message must be sent from the email address that you plan to correspond from.

Example:
TO: LISTSERV@NEW-LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU
FROM: johnsmith@whatever.edu
SUBJECT: not required
MESSAGE BODY: subscribe aeelist John Smith

How do I Unsubscribe?

Do not send your unsubscribe request to the AEELIST. Send an email message to LISTSERV@NEW-LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU Message: SIGNOFF AEELIST This message must be sent from the email address that you originally subscribed from. The list processor looks at the mail header to match it with your subscription address and will only unsubscribe you if they are the same. This is to prevent someone else from unsubscribing you. If your email address has changed or you are using a different alias, please send your request to be removed to

Example:
TO: LISTSERV@NEW-LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU
FROM: johnsmith@whatever.edu
SUBJECT: not required
MESSAGE BODY: signoff aeelist

How do I manage my ListServ Settings?

You can control all aspects of your list settings through the Web at https://new-lists.princeton.edu/listserv/aeelist.html. You will need to Login to access your list profile.

I get Messages but I can't Post to the List

There are two general causes for this. One is a failure at your end in sending the other is that you have changed your email address from your original subscription. You may still be able to get mail if your mail system supports forwarding from your old address, but you can't post to the list from the new address. Unsubscribe from the OLD address (if you can still get on to it) or send a message to

This also sometimes happens when your company sets up a new email alias for you. When you recieve messages to your old address (fred@net.com) it is automatically forwarded to your alias (fred@arebella.net.com). But when you send a message from the alias (fred@arebella.net.com) the List Processor refuses it since it only recognizes your original address (fred@net.com).

I get Multiple Copies of Messages

Chances are you are subscribed twice under different email addresses. This happens when you change your email address such as when you change your Internet Service Provider or change jobs. You resubscribed with the new address but didn't unsubscribe from the old (see above).

Attaching Files

In order to prevent the spread of virus and worm programs attachments are not permitted.

How the List Works

The list only allows posting from subscribed members. If you change your email address or use an alias different from your subscribed address you won't be able to post messages to the list. If you change your email address, you can resubscribe (see above). You also must unsubscribe your old address. You can only unsubscribe from that old email address (this prevents other people from unsubscribing you). If you no longer have access to your old email address, please send a message

List Commands

Once you are subscribed you can send commands to the List Processor (LISTSERV@NEW-LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU) to control how you receive messages.

Setting List Digests

To have all messages compiled into a digest which is sent periodically send the following message

set aeelist mail digest [frequency] [when]

replace [frequency] with daily hh:mm weekly monthly

You can also specify a day for delivery using [when] Sunday|Monday|...

Example:
TO: LISTSERV@NEW-LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU
FROM: johnsmith@whatever.edu
SUBJECT: not required
MESSAGE BODY: set aeelist mail digest weekly Monday

In this example, new messages are not sent to you as they arrive, but accumulated into digests that are sent to you once a week on Mondays

To cancel the digest feature send the command set aeelist mail no-digest

Example:
TO: LISTSERV@NEW-LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU
FROM: johnsmith@whatever.edu
SUBJECT: not required
MESSAGE BODY: set aeelist mail no-digest

Postpone

If you are going away and do not wish to receive messages you can have the List Processor postpone mailings It will do so until you issue a command to resume mailings. Send the following message to LISTSERV@NEW-LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU set aeelist mail postpone To change the mode back to receive mail send the folowing message: set aeelist mail

Example:
TO: LISTSERV@NEW-LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU
FROM: johnsmith@whatever.edu
SUBJECT: not required
MESSAGE BODY: set aeelist postpone

Searching the List Archives

If you want information on old posts, first check the archives rather than posting the question again. You can search the list archives at https://new-lists.princeton.edu/listserv/aeelist.html. The archives go back to October 1992 and can be browsed by month/year or searched by keyword, Subject line or author.