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BIOSPH-L list (fwd)

Here's another listserve...

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Pat Gehrke                              pjgehrke@ecst.csuchico.edu
Communication Arts (502)                (916) 898-4794 (office)
California State U. Chico               (916) 898-4096 (fax)
Chico, CA. 95928-0502


To send  a message to  all the people  currently subscribed to  the list,
just send mail to BIOSPH-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM. 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
(BIOSPH-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM) 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@LISTSERV.AOL.COM. 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 make your FAX call someone's
regular phone number by mistake, it  will be an unpleasant experience for
him  but you  will probably  be  excused the  first  time. If  you do  it
regularly,  however, he  will probably  get 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  BIOSPH-L"
command to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.AOL.COM. 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 BIOSPH-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  BIOSPH-L. If you send a "SET BIOSPH-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 BIOSPH-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  BIOSPH-L"
command to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.AOL.COM. You can then order these files with
a "GET  BIOSPH-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 other  people 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 BIOSPH-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@LISTSERV.AOL.COM.
Archive created by Jonathan Stanton (jonathan@cs.jhu.edu)
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