The following information will be sent to you when you subscribe, but I have modified it a bit to include how to subscribe to the list. I subscribe to the digest version, which will get you about 3 - 4 messages a day, each containing about 20 - 30 individual messages batched up. I find this a lot easier to manage that the individual message list (I believe this is called rx7-reflective, but I don't have that in front of me at the moment). --Steve

I think this might now be defunct, but maybe there are a few people still subscribed. I think this list didn't do very well due to the fact that most people who wanted to be on a mailing list joined the Big List and didn't want to have to read 2 of them. Here are the instructions anyway. --Steve

There is now a 3rd generation-specific mailing list (for '93 - '95). Here are the instructions:

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All list commands go to:

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Enter the below test in the body of the message:

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It's that simple. PLEASE do NOT send mail to the list address, or else you've just told the whole world that you misplaced this welcome file.

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Enjoy the list.

The following is a facetious checklist I came up with on how NOT to post to the list. This should not be taken as discouragement of new people who may not know that certain topics have been discussed at length before. It is meant to deter the 147th discussion of how much your insurance costs, or the mileage your car gets, or the Mustang you beat. Technical discussion is always welcome, even if it has been discussed before.

                        RX-7 Mailing List
                          Posting Form


I am posting for the purpose of:

[ ] Asking people for the phone number of a company because I am too
    lazy to call 800 information (800-555-1212) or look it up on one of
    the many Internet Directory sites, such as Four11, WhoWhere, or
    BigFoot (not to mention Alta Vista, WebCrawler, or Yahoo)
[ ] Rehashing a topic that was beaten to death two months ago
[ ] Bragging about the size of my package
[ ] Dispersing non-RX-7 content
[ ] Demonstrating a lack of knowledge of punctuation or grammar 
    (also known as showing I am a super-deaf!!!!!!!,
    cold-chillin'!!!!!, super-slamming!!!!! bad-@ss m**** 
    f*****!!!!!?????!!!!!!)
[ ] PROVING MY "CAPS LOCK" KEY IS STUCK, AND MY "!" KEY REPEATS!!!!!!!
[ ] Showing I can't read an FAQ
[ ] Inciting every single other list member to send a "me too" message
[ ] Selling overpriced used parts
[ ] Advertising stuff my RX-7 business is selling, despite the fact 
    that it against list policy
[ ] Demonstrating that I don't know the difference between a G-Tech 
    and a G-spot (or how to use either)
[ ] Demonstrating that I just got email capability, and boy is it 
    cool!  (or kewl or kewel or whatever)
[ ] Sending a joke that's been around forever and has no "car" content
[ ] RX-7 dating service - Pick up chicks that drive RX-7s
[ ] Complaining about someone else's waste of bandwidth or lack of RX-7
    content while contributing nothing myself


The subject is:

[ ]   Virus (hoax)
[ ]   Virus (probably hoax)
[ ]   Non-automotive joke
[ ]   Favorite song to which to wank
[ ]   Those kooky, nutty Brady Bunch kids!
[ ]   Incorrectly identified on the subject line
[ ]   Not related to the body of the message
[ ]   I refuse to use the [1] [2] [3] convention
[ ]   How much is my car worth?
[ ]   Those really swell Miller Lite commercials by Dick
[N/A] RX-7 related
[ ]   What's a subject?
[ ]   Covered in an FAQ
[ ]   Re: Digest #___
[ ]   Re: your mail


I am including:

[ ] Forwarded text not marked with the ">" convention to 
    designate included text
[ ] The entire post to which I am replying, including 
    non-relevant content
[ ] The entire post to which I am replying, including 
    all of the other posts that were forwarded in
    the post to which I am replying
[ ] The entire digest version of the day's mailings
[ ] The contents of my disk drive
[ ] The contents of our LAN file server
[ ] An archive of the entire Internet
[ ] I will be sending it along shortly on 1,200 DLT 
    cartridges via snail-mail


It will be in the following format:

[ ] MIME for those who do not have mail readers capable of it
    (plus a message saying your email reader is not capable of it)
[ ] MIME so I can screw up the digest version
[ ] MIME because the monthly rules message says not to use it
[ ] HTML for those who do not have mail readers capable of it
[ ] One copy each of the same message in Text and HTML
[ ] uuencoded
[ ] Audio, video, and other non-text formats
[ ] All of the above, with a few GIFs and JPEGs for good measure


I am (check all that apply):
[ ] An athiest
[ ] A democrat
[ ] A libertarian
[ ] A republican
[ ] A sixth grade graduate
[ ] Contemplating learning how to spell
[ ] Using this list as a forum for furthering my 
    cause or beliefs
[ ] Other______________
(Contributed by Felix Miata)


I spanked a:

[ ] Mustang     [ ] Corvette    [ ] Trans Am    [ ] 300Z
[ ] Camaro      [ ] Porsche     [ ] '73 Pinto   [ ] Viper
[ ] NSX         [ ] Myself      [ ] Other _____________

by:  [ ] 1 car length   [ ] 2 car lengths       [ ] 3+ car lengths


My car is faster than:

[ ] Jim LaBreck	[ ] Brooks Weisblat	[ ] Carlos Iglesias 
[ ] Trev's	[ ] Kevin's		[ ] Adam's
   (contributed by Carl Houseman)


My car gets the following miles to the gallon:

[ ]  0 -  5
[ ]  6 - 10
[ ] 11 - 15
[ ] 16 - 20
[ ] 20+


My car has the following miles on the clock:

[ ]        0 - 10,000
[ ]   10,001 - 50,000
[ ]   50,001 - 100,000
[ ]  100,001+


I got a speeding ticket for:

[ ] 10 over
[ ] 20 over
[ ] 30 over
[ ] I am posting this from a jail cell


My favorite nickname for a Mustang is:

[ ] Rustang     [ ] Mufftang
[ ] Mustank     [ ] Fairmont Sport
[ ] 5.slow	[ ] Other ____________


I named my:

[ ] Car         [ ] Right hand
[ ] Unit        [ ] Tools


My car's color is:

[ ] White	[ ] Black	[ ] Grey	[ ] Blue
[ ] Yellow	[ ] Red		[ ] Several of the above
[ ] All of the above		[ ] Other _____________
[ ] an important determinant of how quickly my car can do the 1/4 mile
(Felix Miata contributed this one)


I would like to take your time to flame:

[ ] Kevin               [ ] John        [ ] Tuck
[ ] Robert Eaton        [ ] Jim LaBreck
[ ] Other _____________
[X] My computer will not send mail containing flames 
    directly to the individual; only to the list

(Insert standard flame here.  Non-standard flames are not acceptable.)


The new RX-7 will be (choose one from each column):

[ ] a '98       [ ] based on the RX-01          [X] I have no solid info
[ ] a '99       [ ] a re-intro of the 3rd gen       but will post anyway
[ ] a '00       [ ] a rotary Miata


My favorite song to which to, uh, ahem, ummm, drive is:

[ ] Anything by Vanilla Ice
[ ] By an artist that is so cool I am sure you have 
    not heard of him/her
[ ] I Touch Myself, by the DiVinyls


My stereo:

[ ] Can be heard by cars 1/3 mile in front of or behind me
[ ] Requires several extra alternators on my engine
[ ] Goes to 11
(some contributed by Felix Miata)


Adam is:

[ ] A farmer    [ ] A rich boy          [ ] A jagoff
[ ] Spoiled     [ ] Given an allowance  [ ] All of the above


Subscription:

[ ] How do I unsubscribe
[ ] Help! How do I unsubscribe
[ ] How go I get off this list
[ ] I didn't save the first message I received telling me how to
    unsubscribe, even though it said to save it
[ ] I didn't read the message at the bottom of each posting I 
    receive that tells me where to send administrative requests
[ ] Please attach extra copies of how to subscribe/unsubscribe 
    for the benefit of the other members of the list


My tires have been on my car:

[ ] under 10,000 miles
[ ] 10,000 - 20,000 miles
[ ] 20,001 - 30,000 miles
[ ] 30,001 - 40,000 miles
[ ] 40,001 - 50,000 miles
[ ] over 50,000 miles
[ ] I don't know, but thought I would share that fact with 
    all of you


Microsoft:

[ ] Sucks
[ ] Does not
[ ] Does too
[ ] Does not
[ ] Does too


My exhaust tip is:

[ ] The size of a manhole cover
[ ] Bigger than yours
[ ] Is not
[ ] Is too
[ ] Is not
[ ] Mine has two tips!


The large Kanji character painted on my hood means:

[ ] Feel the power in my victory
[ ] My genitals swell with pride at the macho-ness 
    of my car
[ ] Bite the wax tadpole


My insurance is:

[ ] < $500 for 6 months
[ ] $ 501 - 1000 for 6 months
[ ] $1001 - 2000 for 6 months
[ ] more than the GNP of many small countries
[ ] I am posting about it even though no one else on the list
    has the same combination of age, location, marital status,
    and traffic record, and therefore could not possibly have
    any sort of meaningful comparison.


Me too!!!!:

[ ] I love Boy George too!!!!
[ ] I can't drive 55 either!!!!
[ ] I hate Mustangs, too!!!!!
[ ] I want to say "piss-tons", too!!!
[ ] I don't want to add useful information or 
    discussion to this list either!!!


Miscellaneous:

[ ] Nitto tires         [ ] Nology wires        [ ] Slick 50
[ ] Snake oil           [ ] Spiralmax Tornado	[ ] Me too!!!!
[ ] How much is a new engine


About This Checklist (must choose one):

[ ] This checklist doesn't apply to me (and I am including 
    it in its entirety to prove it)
[ ] This checklist offends me (but doesn't apply to me)
[ ] I will flame its creator to the entire list instead of to
    him privately, thereby wasting even more bandwidth (and
    it still doesn't apply to me)
[ ] I was touching myself while I surfed the 'net for nudie 
    pictures and found this form by mistake


Signature:

[ ] HTML for those who do not have email readers capable of it
[ ] Much bigger than my actual post (not counting the entire 
    digest which I included)
[ ] An audio file
[ ] Racist, sexist, or offensive to certain religions
[ ] The entire bill of materials required to build an RX-7 
    down to the smallest nuts and bolts

_____________________

Guidlines for posting:

o  Please discontinue the posting of original content.  
o  Only submit via this form.  
o  Please include this checklist in its entirety.  Do not 
   delete non-relevant portions.  
o  List members must submit this form at least four times 
   per day.  Do not change responses from post to post.
o  All responses will be tallied, analyzed, and collated,
   but no useful statistics will be given.  Instead, all posts
   will be forwarded in their entirety to each member of the 
   list.  Please forward these back to the list.

Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 13:43:23 -0700
From: rxtrme7@juno.com

From the MR2 mailing list...

QUESTION: How many Internet mailing list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb?

ANSWER: 1,331:

• 1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that the light bulb has been changed.
  
  
• 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently.
  
  
• 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
  
  
• 53 to flame the cautioners.
  
  
• 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs.
  
  
• 156 to write to the list administrator complaining about the light bulb discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list.
  
  
• 41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.
  
  
• 109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb
  
  
• 203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and alt.punctuation about changing light bulbs be stopped.
  
  
• 111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we are all use light bulbs and therefore the posts **are** relevant to this mail list.
  
  
• 306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique, and what brands are faulty.
  
  
• 27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs.
  
  
• 14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post corrected URLs.
  
  
• 3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list.
  
  
• 33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them including all headers and footers, and then add "Me Too."
  
  
• 12 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy.
  
  
• 19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three."
  
  
• 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.
  
  
• 1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup.
  
  
• 47 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for, leave it here.
  
  
• 143 votes for alt.lite.bulb.

Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 10:18:02 -0000
From: "Percy, Henning" (HPercy@ndsuk.com)

Here is a copy of my acronyms list. Hope it helps some people (I know I could have done with it when I started reading the list).

Let me know if I've left any out (or got any wrong).

- - ------=[ Rotary Car / Engine Acronyms ]=-----

- - --=[ 1 ]=-----
        10A-RE          10A-Rotary Engine - Original Engine in the Cosmo,
                        and R100 - 1 litre displacement, hence 10
        12A-RE          12A-Rotary Engine - RX-2,3,First generation RX7, 1.2
                        litre displacement, hence 12
        13B-RE          13B-Rotary Engine - RX-4,2nd gen Cosmo or RX-5,
                        followed by the EGI in the GSL-SE, and the N/A FC
        13B-RES         13B-Rotary Engine Single turbo -  Single Turbo of
                        the FC
        13B-REW         13B-Rotary Engine tWin turbo - Twin Turbo of the FD
                        world
- - --=[ 2 ]=-----
        20B-REW         20B-Rotary Engine tWin turbo - The Cosmo motor Twin
                        turbo 3 rotor.
- - --=[ A ]=-----
        ABS             Anti-lock Breaking System
        ABSV            Air Bypass solenoid Valve
        ACV             Air Control Valve
        AFC             Air Fuel (Mix) Controller/Computer
        AFM             Air Flow Meter
        AST             Air Seperation Tank
        ATS             Air Temperature Sensor
        autox           Autocross
        AWS             Accelerated Warm-up System
- - --=[ B ]=-----
        BACV            Bypass Air Control valve
        BOV             Blow Off Valve
- - --=[ C ]=-----
        CB              Cat Back exhaust
        CAS             Crank Angle Sensor
        CAT             Catalytic Converter
        CYM             Competition Yellow Mica
- - --=[ D ]=-----
        DEI             Dynamic Effect Intake (DEI FC engine)
        DP              Down Pipe
- - --=[ E ]=-----
        ECU             Electronic Control Unit (engine computer)
        EGI             Electronic Gasoline Injection
        EGR             Exhaust Gas Recirculation
        EGT             Exhaust Gas Temperature
        EVC             Electronic (boost) Valve Controller
- - --=[ F ]=-----
        FB              First generation RX-7 (derived from letters in the
VIN)
        FC              Second generation RX-7 (derived from letters in the
VIN)
        FCC             Fuel Cut Controller
        FCD             Fuel Cut Defenser
        FD              Third generation RX-7 (derived from letters in the
VIN)
        FEED            Fujita Engineering Evolutional Development -
Japanese tuning parts
        FPR             Fuel Pressure Regulator
- - --=[ I ]=-----
        IC              InterCooler
- - --=[ K ]=-----
        KOKO            Key On Key Off test
- - --=[ L ]=-----
        LSD             Limited Slip Differential
- - --=[ M ]=-----
        M2              M2 Performace (M2 = Mostly Mazda). Aftermarket
dealer.
        MAF             Mass AirFlow (sensor)
        MAP             Manifold Absolute Pressure
        MB              Montego Blue
        MBC             Manual Boost Controller
        MBM             Montego Blue Metallic
        MOP             Metering Oil Pump
        MP              Mid Pipe
        MSP-RE          Multi Side Port Rotary Engine
- - --=[ N ]=-----
        NA              Naturally/Normally Aspirated (non-turbo)
        NOT             Normal Operating Temperature(s)
        NVH             Noise Vibration Harshness
- - --=[ O ]=-----
        OBD             On Board Diagnostic system
        OBDII           OBD2 - On Board Diagnostic system, 2nd generation
        OEM             Original Equipment Manufacturer
- - --=[ P ]=-----
        PCV             Posititve Crankcase Ventilation
        PEG             Popular Equipment Group (aka PEP)
        PEP             Popular Equipment Package
        PFS             Peter Farrel Supercars - An aftermarket dealer
- - --=[ R ]=-----
        R1              Racing package. '93 Model
        R2              Racing package. '94+ Model
        RB              Racing Beat - An after market tuning parts company
        REPU            Rotary Engined Pick-Up truck
        RICE            Rotary Internal Combustion Engine
        RRFPR           Rising Rate Fuel Pressure Regulator
        RTV             Room Temperature Vulcanizing silicone sealer
- - --=[ S ]=-----
        SS              Stainless Steel
- - --=[ T ]=-----
        T               Touring package
        TDC             Top Dead Center
        TK              Toyo Kogyo, Mazda prior to name change
        TP              Touring Package
        TPS             Throttle Position Sensor
        TSB             Technical Service Bulletin
        TT              Twin Turbo
- - --=[ U ]=-----
        UIM             Upper Intake Manifold
- - --=[ V ]=-----
        VBPV            Variable Back Pressure Valve - Suggested acronym
        VDEI            Variable Dynamic Effect Intake
        VIN             Vehicle Identification Number
        VIR             Virginia International Raceway
        VR              Vintage Red
- - --=[ W ]=-----
        WOT             Wide Open Throttle
- - --=[ Y ]=-----
        YMMV            Your Milage May Vary

From: Victor (vrem@flash.net)
Date: April 28, 1999

it is much faster to deal with spam directly.

Just forward the offending message to the spammers ISP (abuse@hisISP.com) and he will lose the account within a day or so.

Don't even have to write explanations when forwarding the email (as long as all the headers are there).

ps. right now about 90% of morons that spam me get their accounts cancelled. I usually don't bother with foreign addresses (france, singapore, etc - they have different rules)

_______________

When people post spam to the mailing list, I like to send them back junk mail. Here is one example of a response:

Dear XXX,

Thank you for posting this to our Mazda RX-7 car mailing list.  I am interested in 
learning more about how this product will improve my car's performance, but I do not 
recognize many of the terms you used (perhaps too technical for me?).  Forgive me,
but I am a novice.  Could you enlighten me?

* To be multi-orgasmic 

Is this similar to the multi-discharge ignition unit?

* To greatly increase the intensity of his orgasm 

Do you mean spark intensity?  Or is this a term used by the 
Japanese manufacturer of the car?  Is this like origami?  

* Triple the length of his orgasm 

See my previous question.  I suppose if you folded the paper 
a different way, it would come out longer.  Can I learn how 
to fold origami models of the RX-7?  

* The secrets to penis enlargement 

The car does not have one of these - I checked the index of 
my shop manual very thoroughly but could find no reference 
to a "penis". 
 
* Discover the male G-spot 

I am in the market for a G-Analyst.  Please send more info, 
including price.

* To greatly increase semen volume 

I have already purchased a large volume intercooler.  Is Semen 
related to this?  Are they a manufacturer of intercoolers or 
intake systems?  

* The facts about Viagra, plus new drugs 

I do NOT take drugs while driving!  Period.  You should not 
either.  

* To eliminate premature ejaculation 

The RX-7's rotary engine is susceptible to pre-ignition and 
detonation.  How will this help?  

* The secrets of getting his partner to want more sex 

The car is very sexy looking.  Are you selling body kits, spoilers, 
wings, etc., that will make the car look even better?

* To eliminate impotence at any age 

The engine is very potent in stock trim.  Please explain how your 
product will increase horspower, and provide specific quantitative 
measurements.  Dyno sheets would be prefered.  

* To have up to a three hour erection

The RX-7 club has already elected officers for this year.  Sorry, but we will add your name for 
next year's candidates.  P.S. - we elected them in well under 3 hours.  

Thanks,

Steve