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- Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!auvm!VTVM1.BITNET!CCCS
- Message-ID: <SAS-L%92072210542187@VTVM1.BITNET>
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.sas-l
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 10:50:28 EDT
- Reply-To: todd pukanecz <CCCS@VTVM1.BITNET>
- Sender: "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.BITNET>
- From: todd pukanecz <CCCS@VTVM1.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: TSNEWS-L
- In-Reply-To: Message of Wed, 22 Jul 1992 07:47:22 +0100 from <js2@UKC.AC.UK>
- Lines: 61
-
- >People keep mentioning TSNEWS. Can someone please email
- >(to me personally or to SAS-L) a good clear concise
- >description of how to subscribe to TSNEWS-L and how to
- >ensure that I actually receive something!
- >
- >
- >Thanks,
- >
- >John Salkeld
- >University of Kent at Canterbury
- >UK
-
- I spent a good deal of last week taking pot shots at the LISTSERVer until
- I got it right, so.... (maestro, a little music please...)
-
- TSNEWS-L is SAS Inst.'s first foray into net interaction with users.
- It is a means of distributing technical news to users who so desire.
- Requests should be mailed to LISTSERV @ VM.SAS.COM.
-
- Your first submission to this listserver should be your subscription
- request:
-
- SUBscribe TSNEWS-L <your name>
-
- Now here's the rub. For many lists (including SAS-L) that is all you
- need to do to start receiving messages. TSNEWS-L uses AFD (automatic
- file distribution) requests. This is because technical news will vary
- according to the platform, and why would a VAX site care about CMS
- technical updates. So after you receive a subscription conformation
- from the listserver, you will need to set up an AFD password and should
- also get an index of what is available. So, your next message will be:
-
- PW ADD xxxxx
- Index TSNEWS-L
-
- This will give you an AFD password of xxxxx (give yourself something
- appropriate there). You should get two mail messages back, one saying
- that your password has been set, and one with an index of the TSNEWS
- files. Your subscription request will be the wildcard file areas that
- are of interest to you. My request looked like:
-
- AFD ADD * ANNOUNCE PW=xxxxx
- AFD ADD CMS* PALERT PW=xxxxx
- AFD ADD MVS* PALERT PW=xxxxx
- AFD ADD PCD* PALERT PW=xxxxx
- AFD ADD OS2* PALERT PW=xxxxx
-
- The filetype ANNOUNCE gives you technical announcements. The filetype
- PALERT is for problem alert letters. You must give the first 3 letters
- of the type of PALERT you want; you cannot request * PALERT. You will
- receive a single mail message confirming your AFD requests.
-
- I hope this is a complete description. Any corrections or additions
- should be sent to the list for the benefit of all.
- toddddddddddd
-
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