HISTLING index

Dorothy Disterheft DISTERH at UNIVSCVM.SC.EDU
Wed Apr 22 12:34:43 UTC 1998


Dear colleagues in HISTLING,
This morning I've received two inqueries about how one goes about
retrieving past postings on HISTLING. Rather than replying to them only,
I think that I should post a copy of the instructions new subscribers
receive. Below is a list of the various options one can use. In regards
to obtaining back postings, use the INDEX HISTLING and following commands
which are described below.
 
-Dorothy Disterheft
 
 
Command        Parameters/Options          Explanation
SUBSCRIBE      HISTLING firstname lastname to subscribe to HISTLING
 
SIGNOFF        HISTLING                    to remove yourself from
                                           HISTLING
 
SET            HISTLING options            where your subscription options are:
               ACK/NOACK/MSGack            -Acknowledgements for postings; ACK
                                            is the default
               CONCEAL/NOCONCEAL           -Conceals your membership from
                                            people sending the
                                            REVIEW command (see below);
                                            NOCONCEAL is the default
               Mail/NOMail                 -Toggle receipt of mail; Mail is
                                            the default
               REPro/NOREPro               -Turn on/off receipt of copies
                                            of messages you send to
                                            HISTLING (REPRO is the
                                            default for HISTLING)
 
REVIEW         HISTLING by name           Get a list of subscribers
                                          arranged alphabetically
 
SCAN           HISTLING X                 Scan a HISTLING's membership
                                          for a name or address ("X")
 
INDEX          HISTLING                   Get a list of HISTLING archives
 
GET            HISTLING LOGXXXXXXX        Get a specific week's postings
                                          from the HISTLING archives;
                                          XXXXXXX refers to the log codes
                                          listed on the index of postings
                                          (see immediately above)
 
SEARCH         X HISTLING                 Search HISTLING for specific
                                          topics, where X is the keyword
                                          (keywords) of your search
 
 
HOW TO USE THESE COMMANDS:
To send a command to HISTLING, don't include a Subject: line; just
type the command as the message. For example, to subscribe to
HISTLING, send the command (as an e-mail message) to HISTLING at VM.SC.EDU:
 
     SUBSCRIBE HISTLING firstname lastname
 
where you insert your own name.
 
 
REMEMBER: You send LISTSERV commands to:
 
   LISTSERV at VM.SC.EDU
 
You send messages which are contributions to the mailing list to:
 
   HISTLING at VM.SC.EDU
 
If you have any trouble using these commands, contact Dorothy Disterheft
at disterh at vm.sc.edu, who will be happy to help you or do it for you.



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