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- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 08:17:00 LCL
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- From: "John E. Koontz" <koontz@ALPHA.BLDR.NIST.GOV>
- Subject: Re: 1) NB list; 2) PDP 25in1 Deskjet 500 cartridge
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-
- > What is wrong with this list? I subscribed in 1990, but since the 25th
- > August have received no mail whatever. Mail to the TAUNIVM Postmaster has
- > had no reply. Do I have to re-subscribe?
-
- The list is still voluably in action. This HOWTO from the LINGUIST list
- describes how to check status of your subscription. Just substitute
- NOTABENE addresses for LINGUIST addresses. I expect Itamar is swamped or
- out of town, or he would have responded by now.
-
- [File last changed: 6/20/92]
-
- [Moderators' note: The following message describes how to do things
- on LINGUIST, and with the LINGUISTS Nameserver. We send this out every
- few weeks so that it will be available through the same channel as the
- messages, rather like the stylesheet in the front cover of a paper journal.
- It will always appear without a volume number and with the subject
- line "LINGUIST How-To's" followed by the date of the latest update.]
-
- HOW TO:
-
- 1) SUBSCRIBE TO LINGUIST:
-
- Send a message to:
- Listserv@tamvm1.tamu.edu (if you are on the Internet)
- or
- Listserv@tamvm1 (if you are on Bitnet)
-
- The message should consist of the following line
- only:
- subscribe linguist <your name>
-
- Ex: subscribe linguist Jane Doe
-
- 2) TEMPORARILY STOP RECEIVING LINGUIST:
-
- Send a message to the Listserv (NOT to the main LINGUIST
- address) at the address in (1) above. The message should
- consist of the following line only:
- set linguist nomail
- You might do this if, for example, you are going on
- vacation for a few weeks. When you return, simply
- do (3) below.
-
- 3) RESTART LINGUIST AFTER HAVING SET YOURSELF TO
- "NOMAIL":
-
- Send a message to the Listserv, at the address in
- (1) above. The message should consist of the
- following line only:
- set linguist mail
-
- 4) PERMANENTLY REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE LIST:
-
- Send a message to the Listserv, as in (1) above.
- The message should consist of the following line
- only:
- unsub linguist
-
- 5) FIND OUT WHY YOU AREN'T GETTING LINGUIST:
-
- Send a message to the Listserv, as in (1) above.
- The message should consist of the following line
- only:
- query linguist
- This will tell you the status of your own
- subscription.
-
- If you find you've been set to Nomail, you can
- restart your subscription by following (3) above.
-
- If you find that the Listserv has no record of
- you, simply resubscribe by following (1) above.
- (Your subscription may have been deleted because
- messages were bouncing from the address you gave
- us, and we weren't able to contact you.)
-
- 6) GET THE LISTSERV TO CORRECT YOUR NAME:
-
- Send a "subscribe" command as described in (1). Listserv
- treats a "subscribe" command from someone who is already
- subscribed to the list as a name change request.
- If, on the other hand, you want to change your ADDRESS,
- please contact the moderators.
-
- 7) GET THE NAMES AND E-MAIL ADDRESSES OF LINGUIST
- SUBSCRIBERS:
-
- Send a message to the Listserv, as in (1) above.
- The message should consist of the single line:
- review linguist
-
- 8) JOIN IN THE LINGUIST DISCUSSION:
-
- Address your message to:
- Linguist@tamvm1.tamu.edu (Internet)
- or
- Linguist@tamvm1 (Bitnet)
-
- Or simply select the Reply option while reading a LINGUIST
- message.
-
- 9) RETRIEVE A FILE FROM THE LISTSERV:
-
- We frequently announce that files (e.g. conference
- programs) are available on the Listserv. To get such a file
- sent to you as a mail message, follow the instructions given
- in the message announcing that the file is available.
-
- BUT REMEMBER:
- The address for retrieving files is different
- from the address for posting a message to LINGUIST.
- Most of our files are kept on listserv@tamvm1.tamu.edu,
- but a few are kept elsewhere. So be sure to use the
- address given in the announcement. Usually it will tell
- you to send a message consisting of the following line:
- get <filename> <filetype> linguist
- Ex: get lsa lst linguist
- (This will retrieve the list of e-mail addresses
- for LSA members.)
-
- If the listserv tells you that the file is unknown to it,
- you may just have the wrong name. Get a listing of all
- the files it has by sending the listserv the message:
-
- index linguist
-
- 10) PUT A FILE ON THE LISTSERV:
-
- We ask that you put long messages (over 300 lines)
- on the Listserv, rather than posting them to the entire list.
- Files appropriate for the Listserv include conference
- programs and registration forms; linguistic surveys; long
- bibliographies; reports on projects directly relevant to
- linguistic research (e.g., the Text-Encoding Initiative); and
- other material of wide interest within the linguistcs community.
-
- If you have material to put on the Listserv:
-
- Head the material EITHER
- "For the Listserv"
- OR
- "For the Listserv--announcement follows"
- and send it to:
- Linguist@tamvm1.tamu.edu
- In other words, send it exactly like a regular
- LINGUIST message.
-
- We will put it on the Listserv for you and
- announce to the list that it is available.
- Depending on your header, we will announce it
- in one of two ways:
-
- If you have headed it, " . . . announcement follows"
- we'll wait for your summary announcement and post
- that, after appending our standard header
- telling how to retrieve the complete file.
- THIS IS THE OPTION WHICH WE WOULD PREFER,
- since it ensures a coherent announcement.
- Please make your announcement brief and send it, as
- a second mail message, to the same address.
-
- If you have headed it simply "For the Listserv,"
- we'll post the first few lines of the file,
- after appending our standard header
- telling how to retrieve the complete file.
-
- 11) GET A BACK ISSUE OF LINGUIST:
-
- If the issue you want is one from the last year or so,
- these are still available on line from the listserv. Since these
- are kept in archive files, you'll need to send a database
- query to the listserv asking for an index of all back issues.
- You get such a listing by sending the following
- to the listserv:
-
- //SEARCH JOB ECHO=NO
- DATABASE SEARCH DD=RULES
- //RULES DD *
- SEARCH * IN LINGUIST
- INDEX
-
- and it will return the listing of all issue numbers, with their headers.
- To retrieve an issue, send the message:
-
- //SEARCH JOB ECHO=NO
- DATABASE SEARCH DD=RULES
- //RULES DD *
- SEARCH * IN LINGUIST
- PRINT Item-Number
-
- to the address:
- listserv@tamvm1.tamu.edu (Internet)
- listserv@tamvm1 (Bitnet)
-
- Note that you use the Listserv's own ITEM number, NOT the LINGUIST
- issue number. More than one issue can be retrieved at once. For
- more help on how to use the database, see (12) below.
-
- 12) GET ISSUES RELEVANT TO A PARTICULAR DISCUSSION:
-
- You remember that there was a discussion a while back about
- Acehnese, but can't remember exactly when. You need to use
- the database functions of Listserv, so that you can get it to
- track down the issues for you. You send the following
- to the listserv:
-
- //SEARCH JOB ECHO=NO
- DATABASE SEARCH DD=RULES
- //RULES DD *
- SEARCH ACEHNESE IN LINGUIST
- INDEX
-
- and it returns a listing of issues which mention Acehnese. But
- how do you retrieve the issues you want? You need to find out more
- on how to use Listserv's database. So you send the message:
- get database help linguist
-
- to the address:
- listserv@tamvm1.tamu.edu (Internet)
- listserv@tamvm1 (Bitnet)
-
- 13) GET THE LISTSERV TO COOPERATE WHEN IT HASN'T SO FAR:
-
- If you've been getting LINGUIST but haven't been able to
- get files, set nomail, etc., simply resubscribe, as in
- (1) above. (If you didn't resubscribe when LINGUIST
- moved from the U. of Western Australia to Texas A&M, the
- Listserv may have no record of your current address, since
- the path used to reach you from Australia may differ
- from the one used to reach you from the USA.)
-
- 14) GET EXTRA HELP WITH ANY OF THE ABOVE:
-
- Send a message to either of us:
- e311aa@tamuts.tamu.edu (Anthony Aristar)
- hdry@emunix.emich.edu (Helen Dry)
-
- We'll be happy to help if we can.
- --Helen & Anthony
-
- -------------------------------------
-
- HOW TO USE THE LINGUISTS NAMESERVER
-
- The LINGUISTS NAMESERVER is a program which allows linguists to
- find the e-mail addresses of other linguists. ALL SUBSCRIBERS TO
- LINGUIST SHOULD SEND THEIR OWN LISTING TO THE NAMESERVER WHEN THEY
- FIRST SUBSCRIBE, in the way described below.
-
- NB: The LINGUISTS Nameserver is administered independently from
- the LINGUIST mailing list. All ENQUIRIES about the server should
- be sent to the administrator of the nameserver, Norval Smith,
- at the address NSMITH@ALF.LET.UVA.NL.
-
- DO NOT SEND ANY NAMESERVER MESSAGES TO LINGUIST@TAMSUN.TAMU.EDU OR
- TO LINGUIST@TAMVM1. These addresses will not be able to deal with them.
-
- * * * *
- All nameserver messages using the commands below should be sent by e-mail
- to:
-
- linguists@alf.let.uva.nl (linguist@alf.let.uva.nl works too)
-
- 1) To get a listing of (an) address(es):
-
- list SURNAME
-
- 2) To add an address to the Nameserver list:
-
- add SURNAME, FIRSTNAME: USERNAME@ADDRESS
-
- 3) To remove an address from the Nameserver list:
-
- remove SURNAME, FIRSTNAME: USERNAME@ADDRESS
-
- 4) To receive the whole list (230 Kb)
-
- list *
-
- 5) To get a complete HELP message:
-
- help
-
- 6) To get a list of available FAX numbers:
-
- list fax
-
- Some Do's and Don'ts.
-
- NB-1: All capitalized portions of the above commands are variables.
- Replace
- with the relevant names.
- NB-2: Please use only lower-case letters.
- NB-3: Start all commands at the left margin.
- NB-4: Start each command on a new line. As many commands as you like in
- one
- message.
- NB-5: It's just a dumb computer. No message other than the above commands
- will have any effect at all.
- NB-6: Please don't attempt to reach us with a TELL message. You will only
- get a NO SUCH NODE message back.
-
-