LISTSERV

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LISTSERV

• LISTSERV Host Maintains Lists of E-Mail Addresses
• You subscribe to a specific list
• Messages posted to the list are mailed to you
• You receive them in your ordinary e-mail system

Delivery via E-mail
Posting via E-Mail
LISTSERV host
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A LISTSERV Conference
LISTSERV Host puka.org
LISTSERV Program GLOBAL-L Conference
CRIME-L Conference
There is a LISTSERV host computer with a
hostname (puka.org in this example) A LISTSERV
program manages conferences on the host (in this
case, the program is named LISTSERV) The program
manages multiple conferences (GLOBAL-L and
CRIME-L in this example)
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Subscribing to a LISTSERV Conference
1. Subscription message is sent to the list
management program, LISTSERV, not to a specific
conference
To LISTSERV_at_puka.org Subject ------------------
---------------- subscribe GLOBAL-L Ray Panko
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Subscribing to a LISTSERV Conference
2. Subject field can be left blank You can have
a subject if you like, but it will be ignored
To LISTSERV_at_puka.org Subject ------------------
---------------- subscribe GLOBAL-L Ray Panko
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Subscribing to a LISTSERV Conference
3. Body must read as follows subscribe
conferencename yourname Not subscribe to No
period at end
To LISTSERV_at_puka.org Subject ------------------
---------------- subscribe GLOBAL-L Ray Panko
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Subscribing to a LISTSERV Conference
Nothing else may be in the body In particular,
you must NOT have a signature
To LISTSERV_at_puka.org Subject ------------------
---------------- subscribe GLOBAL-L Ray Panko
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Common Errors

• Sending the subscription message to a conference
  name, not to the LISTSERV manager program
• It doesnt work
• It goes to everyone in the conference, annoying
  them
• Not typing subscribe conferencename yourname
  (without the quotes) exactly
• Adding a signature or any additional text in the
  body

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Posting a LISTSERV Message
1. Post the message to the conferencename at the
host, not to the LISTSERV manager program,
LISTSERV
To GLOBAL-L_at_puka.org Subject Gigaplexe? --------
----------- Is anyone using one of the
new Gigaplexe LANs in Europe?
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Posting a Content Message to a Group
2. Always add a descriptive Subject field
To GLOBAL-L_at_puka.org Subject Gigaplexe? --------
----------- Is anyone using one of the
new Gigaplexe LANs in Europe?
3. Put whatever you like in the Body
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Unsubscribing from a LISTSERV Conference

• Send an unsubscribe message to the LISTSERV
  management program
• In this case, LISTSERV
• NOT to the conference!!!!!!!!!
• Be sure to record the name of the management
  program when you subscribe so you can unsubscribe
  later
• Body must read (exactly)
• unsubscribe conferencename
• Nothing else must be in the body
• In particular, the message may not have a
  signature

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Recap

• Subscribing (Supervisory Message)
• Send message to LISTSERV manager
• Not to the conference name!
• Body subscribe conferencename yourname
• No signature or anything else
• Posting (Content Message)
• Send postings to conferencename
• Unsubscribing (Supervisory Message)
• Must unsubscribe to stop getting mail
• Send message to LISTSERV manager
• Nothing in body except unsubscribe
  conferencename