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Resent-From: "Rocklyn E. Clarke" <RCLARKE@mitvma.mit.edu>
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Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 12:44:42 -0500
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To: "Robert V. Ferrara" <rferrara@MIT.EDU>
Cc: "Rocklyn E. Clarke" <RCLARKE@mitvma.mit.edu>
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Tue, 14 Jan 1997 12:44:42
You have been added to the MRAUTH-L mailing list (MIT Management
Reporting Authorizations Team) by "Rocklyn E. Clarke"
<RCLARKE@MITVMA.BITNET>.
Please save this message for future reference, especially if you are not
familiar with LISTSERV. This might look like a waste of disk space now,
but in 6 months you will be glad you saved this information when you
realize that you cannot remember what are the lists you are subscribed
to, or what is the command to leave the list to avoid filling up your
mailbox while you are on vacations. In fact, you should create a new mail
folder for subscription confirmation messages like this one, and for the
"welcome messages" from the list owners that you will occasionally
receive after subscribing to a new list.
To send a message to all the people currently subscribed to the list,
just send mail to MRAUTH-L@MITVMA.MIT.EDU. This is called "sending mail
to the list", because you send mail to a single address and LISTSERV
makes copies for all the people who have subscribed. This address
(MRAUTH-L@MITVMA.MIT.EDU) is also called the "list address". You must
never try to send any command to that address, as it would be distributed
to all the people who have subscribed. All commands must be sent to the
"LISTSERV address", LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU (or LISTSERV@MITVMA.BITNET).
It is very important to understand the difference between the two, but
fortunately it is not complicated. The LISTSERV address is like a FAX
number, and the list address is like a normal phone line. If you
accidentally make your FAX call someone's voice line, the person
receiving the call will be annoyed. If you do this regularly, however,
your victim will probably get seriously upset and send you a nasty
complaint. It is the same with mailing lists, with the difference that
you are calling hundreds or thousands of people at the same time, so a
lot more people get annoyed if you use the wrong number.
You may leave the list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF MRAUTH-L"
command to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU (or LISTSERV@MITVMA.BITNET). You can
also tell LISTSERV how you want it to confirm the receipt of messages you
send to the list. If you do not trust the system, send a "SET MRAUTH-L
REPRO" command and LISTSERV will send you a copy of your own messages, so
that you can see that the message was distributed and did not get damaged
on the way. After a while you may find that this is getting annoying,
especially if your mail program does not tell you that the message is
from you when it informs you that new mail has arrived from MRAUTH-L. If
you send a "SET MRAUTH-L ACK NOREPRO" command, LISTSERV will mail you a
short acknowledgement instead, which will look different in your mailbox
directory. With most mail programs you will know immediately that this is
an acknowledgement you can read later. Finally, you can turn off
acknowledgements completely with "SET MRAUTH-L NOACK NOREPRO".
Contributions sent to this list are automatically archived. You can get a
list of the available archive files by sending an "INDEX MRAUTH-L"
command to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU (or LISTSERV@MITVMA.BITNET). You can
then order these files with a "GET MRAUTH-L LOGxxxx" command, or using
LISTSERV's database search facilities. Send an "INFO DATABASE" command
for more information on the latter.
Please note that it is presently possible for anybody to determine that
you are signed up to the list through the use of the "REVIEW" command,
which returns the e-mail address and name of all the subscribers. If you
do not want your name to be visible, just issue a "SET MRAUTH-L CONCEAL"
command.
More information on LISTSERV commands can be found in the LISTSERV
reference card, which you can retrieve by sending an "INFO REFCARD"
command to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU (or LISTSERV@MITVMA.BITNET).
