Reuse-ask -- To ask for items
About Reuse-ask	English (USA)
General rules The reuse lists are unmoderated email lists. You may email a list without being on it. You may receive bounce messages for invalid email addresses on the lists. Don't re-email your message unless you're sure you mispelled the list name. No attachments--put pictures on a website or send them to individuals when requested. The large files cause some people problems. Keep all posts relevant to the particular list. Discussion and flaming must be moved to reuse-discuss. The reuse administrators will personally email people who misuse the lists. The reuse lists are for the benefit of the MIT community including students, staff, and alumni. You are encouraged to tell your MIT friends and MIT coworkers about reuse, but please tell them to email reuse-owner with all questions, not the list itself. For all of these lists, items must be legally transferrable and located in or delivered to the greater Boston area. Please note that breaking reuse rules may result in you being removed from the reuse lists for a period of time. Reuse-ask rules Reuse-ask is for asking for items. Describe what you're looking for and what you're willing to pay, trade or barter for it (optional). Summaries of this list are sent out every 10 days to reuse and reuse-sell. If something is extremely important and needs to go out sooner, please ask the reuse admins to send out a summary earlier. Do not email reuse/reuse-sell with your ask-for message. Send email if you receive what you ask for after the initial posting so that it doesn't end up in the summary. The lists reuse to post availability of FREE items. This list is restricted MIT-affiliated students, staff, faculty, alumni, etc. reuse-ask to ask for items reuse-sell to sell, barter, or trade items reuse-housing to post availability of apartments or houses for sale/rent in the Boston or surrounding area, or for people looking for housing or roommates. reuse-discuss to discuss these mailing lists and related philosophy. If you have a serious problem though, mail reuse-owner. reuse-owner for help in using these lists or to modify your subscription status, suggestions, and questions. Archives of the lists are available through the private mailman archive, and through discuss. Because of the Discuss to WWW gateway, when emailing a list, please be aware that your email address and contact information may be world-readable. To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the Reuse-ask Archives. (The current archive is only available to the list members.)
Using Reuse-ask
To post a message to all the list members, send email to reuse-ask@mit.edu. You can subscribe to the list, or change your existing subscription, in the sections below.
Subscribing to Reuse-ask
Subscribe to Reuse-ask by filling out the following form. You will be sent email requesting confirmation, to prevent others from gratuitously subscribing you. Once confirmation is received, your request will be held for approval by the list moderator. You will be notified of the moderator's decision by email. This is also a hidden list, which means that the list of members is available only to the list administrator. Your email address:   Your name (optional):   You may enter a privacy password below. This provides only mild security, but should prevent others from messing with your subscription. Do not use a valuable password as it will occasionally be emailed back to you in cleartext. If you choose not to enter a password, one will be automatically generated for you, and it will be sent to you once you've confirmed your subscription. You can always request a mail-back of your password when you edit your personal options. Pick a password:   Reenter password to confirm:   Which language do you prefer to display your messages? English (USA)   Would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest? No Yes
Reuse-ask Subscribers
(The subscribers list is only available to the list administrator.) Enter your admin address and password to visit the subscribers list: Admin address: Password:    To unsubscribe from Reuse-ask, get a password reminder, or change your subscription options enter your subscription email address: If you leave the field blank, you will be prompted for your email address