Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

[email protected] (Rozelle Wright) · Thu, 6 Feb 97 08:19:11 MST

When I subscribed to tech-talk I was told that it would
not work to subscribe by addressing the subscription information
to tech-talk, but that it needed to be 
addressed to [email protected].

Is this still true?  I have seen several messages recently directly to
tech-talk for people wishing to subscribe or be deleted from the
tech-talk list.

I am appending the instructions I got from the listserv-manager.
Rozelle Wright

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>From [email protected] Tue Jan 28 11:43:24 1997
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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 97 12:43:21 CST
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Subject: Re: your LISTSERV request "indecipherable"
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You can subscribe or unsubscribe to any of the various APS mailing
lists and the local redistributions of global mailing lists by sending
email to "[email protected]".  The commands understood by the listserv
program are:

HELP
	lists this file.  This is also sent whenever a message to
	listserv is received from which no valid command could be
	parsed.

HELP groupname
	lists a brief description of the group requested.

INDEX
	lists all the groups available for subscription.

LONGINDEX
	lists all the groups and their descriptions.

ADD listname	 
DELETE listname	

ADD address listname	 
DELETE address listname	
	adds or deletes the given address to or from the list
	specified.  Mail is sent to the address given to confirm
	the add or delete operation.  We strongly recommend that
	you use your campus registered mailname when subscribing
	(i.e., use the second form of the command which includes
	a specification of the address).  If you omit the 'address'
	the command will assume the mailbox that is in the From:
	line of the message.  Note that SUBSCRIBE is a synonym for
	ADD; UNSUBSCRIBE is a synonym for DELETE.

DELETE-ALL
UNSUBSCRIBE-ALL

DELETE-ALL address
UNSUBSCRIBE-ALL address
	unsubscribes given address from all mailing lists. Mail is sent 
	the address given to confirm the deletions. If you omit 
	the 'address' the command will assume the mailbox that is in 
	the From: line of the message.
LIST

LIST address
	lists all mailing lists to which the given address is subscribed.
	If you omit the 'address' the command will assume the mailbox is
	in the from line. 

FAQ

FAQ listname
	sends a list of "Frequently Asked Questions" for the appropriate
	mailing list. The command "FAQ" by itself sends an index of 
	available FAQ's.

INFO

INFO filename1 filename2 ... filenameN
GET  filename1 filename2 ... filenameN
	sends a copy of the appropriate information sheet associated 
	with each file name. The command "INFO" by itself will send 
	an index of available info sheets.

A command must be the first word on each line in the message.  Lines
which do not start with a command word are ignored.  If no commands were
found in the entire message, this help file will be returned to the
user.  A single message may contain multiple commands; a separate
response will be sent for each.

Please note that is IS possible to add or delete someone else's
subscription to a mailing list.  This facility is provided so that
subscribers may alter their own subscriptions from a new or different
computer account.  There is therefore some potential for abuse; we
have chosen to limit this by mailing a confirmation notification
of any addition or deletion to the address added or deleted including
a copy of the message which requested the operation.  At least you
can find out who's doing it to you.

Examples:

	add sunusers

	add ewombat foodlovers

	delete [email protected] connectionists

	help eggbeaters

Note that although you would mail submissions to an APS mailing list by
addressing mail to e.g., [email protected], in a subscription request
you specify the name of the list simply (without the @hostname part) as in 
the first example above.

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Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

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