World Wide Words -- FAQ

[Michael Quinion]

World Wide Words FAQ
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This document is sent about every three months to subscribers
to World Wide Words. It contains useful information about the
subscription commands available and addresses to write to.
Please keep a copy for reference.

It was last updated on 5 November 2001.


Contents
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1. Contact addresses.
2. List commands.
3. Back issues of the newsletter.


1. CONTACT ADDRESSES
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* On general matters, feedback on newsletters, and queries
  arising from mailings, e-mail <editor at worldwidewords.org>.

* Questions intended for reply in the Q&A section should be
  sent to <qa at worldwidewords.org>.

* For queries concerning your e-mail subscription to World Wide
  Words, please use <maillist at worldwidewords.org>.


2. LIST COMMANDS
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To leave the list, change subscription address, or subscribe,
visit <http://www.worldwidewords.org/wordlist.htm>.

Alternatively, you can subscribe or unsubscribe by sending an
e-mail message to <listserv at listserv.linguistlist.org>. Your
instruction must appear in the body of the message.

* To leave the list, send:
     SIGNOFF WORLDWIDEWORDS

* To subscribe, send:
     SUBSCRIBE WORLDWIDEWORDS Your-first-name Your-last-name

* To obtain a list of commands, send:
     INFO WORLDWIDEWORDS

* To suspend receipt of newsletters, send:
     SET WORLDWIDEWORDS NOMAIL

* When you are want to receive newsletters again, send:
     SET WORLDWIDEWORDS MAIL

* To change your subscription address, send:
     CHANGE WORLDWIDEWORDS newaddr

  from your current address, replacing 'newaddr' with your new
  e-mail address. (If you no longer have the old account, you
  will not be able to use the CHANGE command. In that case,
  SUBSCRIBE from the new address as above. Then send an e-mail
  to <maillist at worldwidewords.org> and ask for the old address
  to be deleted.)


3. BACK ISSUES OF THE NEWSLETTER
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Back issues of the newsletter are available from 7 March 1997.
The best way of getting them is to visit

  <http://www.worldwidewords.org/backissues.htm>,

where they are archived in monthly sets.

Issues from the beginning of 1999 are also available in plain
text form from the list archive at

  <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/worldwidewords.html>

This archive is searchable.