LISTSERV

1. LISTSERV • LISTSERV Host Maintains Lists of E-Mail Addresses • You subscribe to a specific list • Messages posted to the list are mailed to you • You receive them in your ordinary e-mail system Delivery via E-mail Posting via E-Mail LISTSERV host

2. A LISTSERV Conference LISTSERV Host puka.org LISTSERV Program GLOBAL-L Conference CRIME-L Conference There is a LISTSERV host computer with a hostname (puka.org in this example) A LISTSERV program manages conferences on the host (in this case, the program is named LISTSERV) The program manages multiple conferences (GLOBAL-L and CRIME-L in this example)

3. Subscribing to a LISTSERV Conference 1. Subscription message is sent to the list management program, LISTSERV, not to a specific conference To: LISTSERV@puka.org Subject: ---------------------------------- subscribe GLOBAL-L Ray Panko

4. Subscribing to a LISTSERV Conference 2. Subject field can be left blank; You can have a subject if you like, but it will be ignored To: LISTSERV@puka.org Subject: ---------------------------------- subscribe GLOBAL-L Ray Panko

5. Subscribing to a LISTSERV Conference 3. Body must read as follows: subscribe conferencenameyourname Not “subscribe to” No period at end To: LISTSERV@puka.org Subject: ---------------------------------- subscribe GLOBAL-L Ray Panko

6. Subscribing to a LISTSERV Conference Nothing else may be in the body In particular, you must NOT have a signature To: LISTSERV@puka.org Subject: ---------------------------------- subscribe GLOBAL-L Ray Panko

7. Common Errors • Sending the subscription message to a conference name, not to the LISTSERV manager program • It doesn’t work • It goes to everyone in the conference, annoying them • Not typing “subscribe conferencename yourname” (without the quotes) exactly • Adding a signature or any additional text in the body

8. Posting a LISTSERV Message 1. Post the message to the conferencename at the host, not to the LISTSERV manager program, LISTSERV To: GLOBAL-L@puka.org Subject: Gigaplexe? ------------------- Is anyone using one of the new Gigaplexe LANs in Europe?

9. Posting a Content Message to a Group 2. Always add a descriptive Subject field To: GLOBAL-L@puka.org Subject: Gigaplexe? ------------------- Is anyone using one of the new Gigaplexe LANs in Europe? 3. Put whatever you like in the Body

10. Unsubscribing from a LISTSERV Conference • Send an unsubscribe message to the LISTSERV management program • In this case, LISTSERV • NOT to the conference!!!!!!!!! • Be sure to record the name of the management program when you subscribe so you can unsubscribe later • Body must read (exactly) • unsubscribe conferencename • Nothing else must be in the body • In particular, the message may not have a signature

11. Recap • Subscribing (Supervisory Message) • Send message to LISTSERV manager • Not to the conference name! • Body: “subscribe conferencename yourname” • No signature or anything else • Posting (Content Message) • Send postings to conferencename • Unsubscribing (Supervisory Message) • Must unsubscribe to stop getting mail • Send message to LISTSERV manager • Nothing in body except “unsubscribe conferencename”