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Mon, 16 Dec 1996 11:57:06

Your subscription to the OSLIST list (OSLIST) has been accepted.

Please save this message for future  reference, especially if you are not
familiar with LISTSERV.  This might look like a waste  of disk space now,
but in  6 months  you will be  glad you saved  this information  when you
realize that  you cannot remember what  are the lists you  are subscribed
to, or  what is the command  to leave the  list to avoid filling  up your
mailbox while you are on vacations. In fact, you should create a new mail
folder for subscription confirmation messages  like this one, and for the
"welcome  messages"  from the  list  owners  that you  will  occasionally
receive after subscribing to a new list.

To send  a message to  all the people  currently subscribed to  the list,
just send mail to OSLIST at IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU. This is called "sending mail to
the list", because  you send mail to a single  address and LISTSERV makes
copies   for  all   the  people   who  have   subscribed.  This   address
(OSLIST at IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU)  is also  called  the "list  address". You  must
never try to send any command to that address, as it would be distributed
to all the people  who have subscribed. All commands must  be sent to the
"LISTSERV address",  LISTSERV at IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU (or LISTSERV at IDBSU.BITNET).
It is  very important to understand  the difference between the  two, but
fortunately it  is not complicated.  The LISTSERV  address is like  a FAX
number, and  the list address  is like a normal  phone line. If  you make
your FAX  call someone's regular phone  number by mistake, it  will be an
unpleasant experience for him but you  will probably be excused the first
time. If  you do it  regularly, however, he  will probably get  upset and
send you a nasty  complaint. It is the same with  mailing lists, with the
difference that  you are calling hundreds  or thousands of people  at the
same time, so a lot more people get annoyed if you use the wrong number.

You may leave the list at any  time by sending a "SIGNOFF OSLIST" command
to LISTSERV at IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU (or LISTSERV at IDBSU.BITNET). You can also tell
LISTSERV how you want  it to confirm the receipt of  messages you send to
the list.  If you  do not  trust the  system, send  a "SET  OSLIST REPRO"
command and LISTSERV will  send you a copy of your  own messages, so that
you can see that  the message was distributed and did  not get damaged on
the  way. After  a while  you  may find  that this  is getting  annoying,
especially if  your mail program  does not tell  you that the  message is
from you when  it informs you that  new mail has arrived  from OSLIST. If
you send  a "SET OSLIST  ACK NOREPRO" command,  LISTSERV will mail  you a
short acknowledgement instead, which will  look different in your mailbox
directory. With most mail programs you will know immediately that this is
an  acknowledgement  you  can  read  later. Finally,  you  can  turn  off
acknowledgements completely with "SET OSLIST NOACK NOREPRO".

Following  instructions from  the list  owner, your  subscription options
have been  set to "REPRO"  rather than  the usual LISTSERV  defaults. For
more  information  about  subscription  options, send  a  "QUERY  OSLIST"
command to LISTSERV at IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU (or LISTSERV at IDBSU.BITNET).

Contributions sent to this list are automatically archived. You can get a
list of the available archive files  by sending an "INDEX OSLIST" command
to  LISTSERV at IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU  (or  LISTSERV at IDBSU.BITNET). You  can  then
order  these  files  with  a  "GET  OSLIST  LOGxxxx"  command,  or  using
LISTSERV's database  search facilities.  Send an "INFO  DATABASE" command
for more information on the latter.

Please note that  it is presently possible for other  people to determine
that  you are  signed up  to the  list through  the use  of the  "REVIEW"
command,  which  returns   the  e-mail  address  and  name   of  all  the
subscribers. If  you do not  want your name to  be visible, just  issue a
"SET OSLIST CONCEAL" command.

More  information on  LISTSERV  commands  can be  found  in the  LISTSERV
reference  card, which  you can  retrieve  by sending  an "INFO  REFCARD"
command to LISTSERV at IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU (or LISTSERV at IDBSU.BITNET).




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