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Date: Tue, 02 Aug 1994 02:10:31 -0500
From: BITNET list server at SUVM <LISTSERV@SUVM.SYR.EDU> (1.8a)
Reply-To: LM_NET-Request@SUVM.SYR.EDU

Tue, 2 Aug 1994 02:10:31

Your  subscription  to  the  LM_NET   list  (School  Library  Media  &  Network
Communications) has been accepted.

Please  save this  message  for future  reference, especially  if  you are  not
familiar with LISTSERV. This might look like  a waste of disk space now, but in
6 months you will be glad you  saved this information when you realize that you
cannot  remember what  are the  lists you  are subscribed  to, or  what is  the
command to  leave the list to  avoid filling up  your mailbox while you  are on
vacations.  In fact,  you  should create  a new  mail  folder for  subscription
confirmation messages  like this one, and  for the "welcome messages"  from the
list owners that  you are will occasionally receive after  subscribing to a new
list.

To send a message to all the people currently subscribed to the list, just send
mail to LM_NET@SUVM.SYR.EDU. 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  (LM_NET@SUVM.SYR.EDU) 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@SUVM.BITNET    (or
LISTSERV@SUVM.SYR.EDU).  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 LM_NET"  command to
LISTSERV@SUVM.BITNET (or LISTSERV@SUVM.SYR.EDU). 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  LM_NET 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
LM_NET. If you send a "SET LM_NET  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 LM_NET NOACK NOREPRO".

Following instructions from the list owner, your subscription options have been
set to  "SHORTBSMTP REPRO" rather  than the  usual LISTSERV defaults.  For more
information  about  subscription options,  send  a  "QUERY LM_NET"  command  to
LISTSERV@SUVM.BITNET (or LISTSERV@SUVM.SYR.EDU).

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 LM_NET 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@SUVM.BITNET (or LISTSERV@SUVM.SYR.EDU).


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