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- Peti's Amiga ListSERV help page (22 April 1994)
- ***********************************************
-
- 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:
-
- HELP
- Lists this file. This is also sent whenever a message to
- ListSERV is received from which no valid command could be
- parsed.
-
- HELP listname
- Lists a brief description of the list requested.
-
- LIST [address]
- 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.
-
- INDEX
- Lists all the lists available for subscription.
-
- LONGINDEX
- Lists all the lists and their descriptions.
-
- ADD [address] listname
- DELETE [address] listname
- 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.
-
- DELETE-ALL [address]
- UNSUBSCRIBE-ALL [address]
- 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.
-
- FAQ [listname]
- 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.
-
-