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LRO list information.
The LRO eMailing list is managed by Bill Caloccia.
The welcome message you'll get when you sign on:
If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list,
you can send mail to "Majordomo@playground.Sun.COM" with the following command
in the body of your email message:
unsubscribe lro-digest yourid@yourcomputer.yourplace.yourdomain
Here's the general information for the list you've
subscribed to, in case you don't already have it:
This document is much more useful (fun hot links) if you
WEB to: http://WWW.Land-Rover.Team.Net/~majordom/lr/
or: http://www.openmarket.com/personal/caloccia/lr/
The Land Rover Owner Mailing List
What is the List?
Who Subscribes to the list?
Some LRO list History
How to subscribe?
Rovering on the Web
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What is the List?
The largest group of Land Rover Owners anywhere in daily communicaitons.
The Land Rover Owner or LRO mailing list is for those people who
are naturally interested in these legendary British four wheel
drive vehicles.
In the daily mail from the list, you'll hear tales of off-road
mis-adventures, as well as occasional competition news and reviews,
not to mention discussion on solving various sorts of mechanical
problems.
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Who Subscribes to the list?
Presently there are hundreds of men and women, most of whom own
one or more Land Rovers, as well as people who are considering
acquiring one or are otherwise interested in the marque.
The Solihull designed vehicles owned by subscribers include various
Series vehicles: from the earliest 80"Series I, through the
ever-popular Series II or IIa, and Series III vehicles upto and
including the current production Defender 90 & 110, Discovery, and
Range Rover models. Many people own ex-military versions, including
the light weight and the huge 101" Forward Control.
Of course we can't forget those, who in the quest for speed or
other qualities have created their very own hybrid Rover. Some
for the street, some for racing, fully prepared for Comp. Safari
or Cross Country Vehicle trials.
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Some LRO list history
The LRO list started out with an invitation to readers of the
British Cars and Offroad mailing lists in May 1990. By year end
there were some twenty subscribers, mostly stateside, with
representatives of Canada, Finland, Norway and, of course, the
United Kingdom.
In mid-1992 Dixon was working on unsticking pistons that hadn't
moved in 17 years, and starting to form thoughts about how not to
buy a used Land Rover, and while not breaking sockets loaded from
Canadian Tire, or watching gear oil freeze, he started on, and
still editis the FAQ. We started 1993 fifty strong and had picked
up subscribers from around the globe. Terriann was told tales of
how during the floods much of her 1/2 mile long driveway was under
water, and her commute home included a drive through water deep
enough for the pedals to get wet. Meanwhile Dixon's 109" was headed
for a grand rebuild at the OLVR Technical Party in March.
In September of '94 there were a mere 150 subscribers, that number doubled
by the end of the year, (to 360 in January 1995), and doubled again to 700+
in October, by the end of February ('96) the Land Rover Lists were serving
over 1000 subscribers on a number of lists:
Land-Rover-Owner 858 members (700 digest, 158 real-time)
RRO 128 members ( 32 digest, 96 real-time)
UK-LRO 182 members ( 22 digest, 160 real-time)
AU/EU/ZA 110 members ( 45 AU, 41 EU, 24 ZA )
The number of owners roving the net now numbers in the hundreds (900+),
from about the globe. A seperate list was started for Range Rover Owners
to discuss technical details and issues assocaited with current production
vehicles. In addition to Range Rovers, all of the coil-sprung Land Rovers
(90", 100", 127", Defender, Discovery, and Range Rover) are invited to bring
technical issues to this list, as these models share similar running gear,
suspension and engine choices.
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How to subscribe?
With hundreds of readers, subscribing and unsubscribing is now
handled by an automated list server. There are a few variations
of the list available to suit your life style. The automated list
server takes commands such as
subscribe listname
unsubscribe listname
index listname
get listname filename
help
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Which distribution of the list ?
All three distributions of the Land Rover Owner mailing list will
deliver all the messages to you, here is how they differ:
land-rover-owner
This is also known as the real-time list, as every message sent is
attempted to be delivered in a timely fashion. With the volume of
mail, this is annoying to some, as it can cause many new-mail
interruptions during the work day. All Land Rover Owners gather
here to swap stories and off-road tall-tales.
The Land Rover Owner list tends to have a large number Series owners,
mostly from North America (75%), who invariably migrate from tall-tales
to to discussing mechanical matters regarding their legacy leaf-sprung
Land Rovers.
So if you like:
grease under your finger nails
wimpy heaters
warm beer
pop-rivits (they're the only fastener you stock)
dents (you think they add character)
you can't recall when
no work needed to be done to your motor
you didn't have scraped knuckles
you need to know how to:
earn a Lug Nut Award
Then you can't go wrong with the Land Rover Owner list.
If the volume of traffic is a problem, the interruptions are bothersome,
or you prefer less frequent mail then:
lro-digest
This is the digest version. Each day at about 8am GMT/BST, the
messages sent in the last 24 hours are processed and made into one
large mailing. Thus you'll receive one piece of mail per day from
the Land Rover Owner mailing list if you choose this option. If
your mail handlers or local software is unable to process very
large pieces of mail (in excess of 30KB or 40KB), then you may want
to:
lro-digest-ltd
This is similar lro-digest except that the finished mail will be
split into chunks of about 400 lines each, if the day's mail is in
excess of that. A header is added to each of the pieces to let
you know which order to read or re-assemble them in.
Subscribe to LRO !
Send a message to
majordomo@land-rover.team.net
with the one or more of the subscribe <listname> requests as above,
for example, in the message body write:
subscribe lro-digest
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The Range Rover Owner & Coil Sprung Owner Mailing List/Digest
Given the mechanical advances over a few decades, and the standard of fittings
expected in vehicles today, a number of advances have been made on the tried
and true Land Rover. From the production of the first Range Rover in 1970,
to the last of the Classic Range Rovers in February of 1996, the design of
Range Rover came to influence tne next major family of 90", 110" & 127" Land
Rovers (Defenders), as well the Discovery and the new Range Rover.
Those first coil-sprung, live-axle, full-time four wheel drive, Range Rovers
set the standard for all to follow, both in the then radical body design, and
in the absolute capability of the vehicle.
rro (Range Rover Owner)
If you want to inquire about
fuel injection
engine management computer error codes
the optional Discovery rear speaker fountain option
how to wire up a non-dealer CD changer
front/rear receiver mounted winch options
how to get a leak-free US spec. Defender canvas top,
Then you ought to join the rro (Range Rover Owner) list or the digest
version,
cso-digest (Coil-Sprung Owner Digest).
If you find both the Land Rover Owner and Range Rover Owner lists irrestible,
join both, but PLEASE try to avoid posting the same message to both lro and
rro lists, as there is a significant number of people who subscribe to both.
Subscribe to RRO !
Send a message to majordomo@Land-Rover.Team.Net with the one or more of the
subscribe listname requests as above, for example, in the message body write:
subscribe cso-digest
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Regional Mailing Lists
If you are a resident in one of the following areas you may wish to also
subscribe to a regional list for your area. These lists are entirely
seperate from the LRO and RRO lists above, AND everyone wants to keep it
that way.
The au-lro mailing list
Serving Austrailia and New Zealand (40+ members)
The eu-lro mailing list
Serving Europe (40+ members)
The za-lro mailing list
Serving South Africa (~25 members)
The uk-lro mailing list
If you are a resident of the United Kingdom of GB, Wales, Scotland and
N.Ireland, or Ireland proper, you will also want to subscribe to this list.
There are over 180+ subscribers to this list and traffic is quite now
moderate, as most of the Land Rover talk happens on the Land Rover Owner
list. This list is used by residents of the UK and Ireland to discuss
events and other regional matters. With the popularity of this list
increasing a digest version has been added, subscribe as below.
To subscribe send a message to majordomo@Land-Rover.Team.Net with the
text (in the message body)
subscribe uk-lro
or
subscribe uk-lro-digest
If you have any questions or problems regarding subscribing to any
version of the Land Rover Owner lists, please send a message to
Majordomo-Owner@Land-Rover.Team.Net with your query.
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Rovering on the Web
If only keeping up with the Best 4x4xFar while crusing the information
superhighway look for more Land Rover stuff at:
Land Rover Owner Mailing List pointers pages:
http://WWW.Land-Rover.Team.Net/~majordom/lr/pages.html
http://www.openmarket.com/personal/caloccia/lr/pages.html
The Land Rover Page Lloyd's page from down-under.
http://www.cs.monash.edu.au/~lloyd/tildeLand-Rover/
The RoverWeb Rovering from the States.
http://www.missouri.edu/RoverWeb/
If you are interested in other motorsports activities, you can
start out with the Team.Net home page or perhaps you will find some
Rover cars via the British Cars page or one of the other lesser
traveled paths, far from this or any other highway or motorway.
Team.Net
http://triumph.cs.utah.edu/team.net.html
British Cars
http://triumph.cs.utah.edu/brits.html
Cheers,
Bill Caloccia
http://www.openmarket.com/personal/caloccia/
R 1 3 2wd H "Land Rover's first, because
+--|--| o | Land Rovers last."
2 4 4wd L '63 SIIa 88" - '90 Range Rover
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Disclaimer: Please note that the Land Rover Owner mailing list is
in no way associated with the similarly named _Land_Rover_Owner_
_International_ magazine, nor are we associed with _Land_Rover_World_
magazine, (both published by some LR anoraks in the UK), nor do
we have any association with the Land Rover (tm) company.
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This page Copyright 1995,1996 by Bill Caloccia
Last Modified: 8 March 1996.
This file is also http://www.Land-Rover.Team.Net/~majordom/lr/
This file is also http://www.openmarket.com/personal/caloccia/lr/
This file may also be
http://www.cs.monash.edu.au/~lloyd/tildeLand-Rover/LRO/lro-info.html
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Recent daily digests are also available from majordomo@Land-Rover.Team.Net
Request individual digest with the command:
get lro-digest <yymmdd>
get cso-digest <yymmdd>
get uk-lro-digest <yymmdd>
where yymmdd is year, month, day, as 950223 would be
the digest dated 23 February 1995
In addition, a much more complete archive (LRO Daily Digests from June 1994,
Monthly Digests (June 1992 to June 1994), and selected messages (May 1990 to
June 1992) are available via the Web at:
http://www.Land-Rover.Team.Net/~majordom/lr/
(see archives section)
L. Allison / 1996