SEELANGS Summer Administrivia
Alex Rudd
AHRJJ at CUNYVM.BITNET
Thu May 4 15:24:31 UTC 1995
Dear SEELangers,
It's getting very near the time when many subscribers to this list
leave town, for the summer or for good. If you plan to be away from
your account for a protracted period of time, you may not want to
return to dozens of LISTSERV mail messages in your mailbox. If this
applies to you, read on for some things you can do (NOTE: you may wish
to print this out for future reference):
Below I list a few commands. When sending those commands, send e-mail
to:
LISTSERV at CUNYVM (Bitnet) or LISTSERV at CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Internet)
Include the command in the BODY of the mail. You can put anything
you want in the Subject line, but LISTSERV will ignore it.
- If you're graduating, losing the account you're currently
using, or otherwise giving up on this list, send the
following command before you go:
SIGNOFF SEELANGS
If you're subscribed to other LISTSERV lists, you can leave
all of them in one fell swoop by sending the following
command:
SIGNOFF * (NETWIDE
(note the "(" before the word NETWIDE)
- If you're planning to be away for awhile, whether for a
couple of weeks or for the entire summer, you may want to
stop receiving posts from this list yet remain subscribed to
it. To do this, send the following command before you go:
SET SEELANGS NOMAIL
If you SET SEELANGS NOMAIL before you left, you want to send
the following command when you return:
SET SEELANGS MAIL
This will tell the LISTSERV that you wish to resume normal
use of the list, and you will be sent copies of messages
sent to the list as they are posted.
SET SEELANGS DIGEST
This is an alternative to SET SEELANGS MAIL. Rather than receive
one piece of e-mail for every message posted to the list, you'll
receive just one e-mail per day, and all the messages from the
day will be bundled inside.
SET SEELANGS INDEX
This is another alternative to SET SEELANGS MAIL. This command
instructs LISTSERV to send you just one e-mail per day, too, but
you get just a listing of the day's posts. You then have to send
back to LISTSERV to request that posts you choose be sent to you.
This list is archived on the LISTSERV on a monthly basis.
When you return, you can catch up on what you missed by
using the GET command to get a month's worth of postings
(all together in a single mailing). For example:
GET SEELANGS LOG9506
If you sent that command (at some point after June 30), the
LISTSERV would send you all the posts to the list which
appeared in June, 1995 (hence the LOG9506).
You can also search the archives and retrieve posts you'll have missed
in other ways. Send the command:
GET SEELANGS SEARCH
to be sent a file I wrote explaining the basics. If you want more than
the basics (LISTSERV can get pretty sophisticated), send the command:
INFO DATABASE
As always, if you have any questions regarding LISTSERV, please
send them directly to me at the address below, not to SEELANGS.
(You can also reach me at: SEELANGS-Request at CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU)
If I feel the answer may be of benefit to the entire list
membership, I may reply on the list.
- Alex, list owner of SEELANGS
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