FOM: information about the FOM list

[Stephen G Simpson]

Vaughan Pratt writes:
 > you've overestimated their number (fom-request's "who" command
 > reports 191 readers.)

This reports only the regular fom subscribers, not fom-digest.  The
total right now is 311 subscribers.  To get both subscriber lists in
one e-mail, send

   who fom
   who fom-digest

to majordomo at math.psu.edu.  Tips of this kind are in the current FOM
information file, which is available on-line and is automatically sent
to new subscribers.  I'll append that file to the end of this message.

I've reorganized the FOM web page at

   http://www.math.psu.edu/simpson/fom/

to make individual postings and monthly archives more accessible.  I
haven't received much feedback about the experimental search engines,
so please let me know what you think.

-- Steve Simpson
FOM moderator

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  [Last updated on: Tue Jan  6 13:35:15 1998]
  
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