You can subscribe or unsubscribe to any of the various local mailing lists by sending email to <listserv@peti.GUN.de>.
The commands understood by the ListSERV program are:
Lists this file. This is also sent whenever a message to ListSERV is received from which no valid command could be parsed.
Lists a brief description of the list requested.
Lists all mailing lists to which the given address is subscribed. If you omit the ’address’ the command will assume the mailbox is in the from line.
Lists all the lists available for subscription.
Lists all the lists and their descriptions.
Adds or deletes the given address to or from the list specified. Mail is sent to the address given to confirm the add or delete operation. If you omit the ’address’ the command will assume the mailbox that is in the From: line of the message. Note that SUBSCRIBE is a synonym for ADD; UNSUBSCRIBE for DELETE.
Unsubscribes given address from all mailing lists. Mail is sent the address given to confirm the deletions. If you omit the ’address’ the command will assume the mailbox that is in the From: line of the message.
Sends a list of "Frequently Asked Questions" for the appropriate mailing list. If the listname parameter is omitted, a list of available FAQs is sent instead.
A command must be the first word on each line in the message. Lines which do not start with a command word result in this file to be sent. If no commands were found in the entire message, that message is completely ignored. A single message may contain multiple commands; some commands may result in a separate reply (namely FAQ, HELP) while others will just write something to the logfile. You will always receive a response to any command found in the mail.
In case you do not address the mail to listserv@foo.bar, but to <mailinglist>-request@foo.bar, the name of the list will be assumed as “mailinglist” if you omit the parameter at the ADD, DELETE, HELP and FAQ commands. One short example:
To: Testlist-request@foo.bar.com Subject: ADD myaddress@mysite FAQ
will add myaddress@mysite to the “Testlist” and send the FAQ back in return. You see, it’s not possible to get the list of available FAQs when mailing to a “-request” address, because ListSERV will try to send the specific FAQ out.
Please note that it IS possible to add or delete someone else’s subscription to a mailing list. This facility is provided so that subscribers may alter their own subscriptions from a new or different computer account. There is therefore some potential for abuse; I have chosen to limit this by mailing a confirmation notification of any addition or deletion to the address added or deleted including a copy of the message which requested the operation. At least you can find out who’s doing it to you.
Examples:
add niftylist delete joe@uunet.uu.net junkylist help eggbeaters
Note that you mail submissions to a mailing list by addressing mail to the list’s name at this site (e.g., niftylist@peti.GUN.de). If you have any questions or need assistance, you can send email to postmaster@peti.GUN.de for a human answer.
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