listserv

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

Postingvia E-Mail

Deliveryvia E-mail

LISTSERV host

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)

A LISTSERV ConferenceLISTSERV Host

puka.orgLISTSERV Program GLOBAL-L Conference CRIME-L Conference

Subscribing to a LISTSERV Conference

To: [email protected]:----------------------------------subscribe GLOBAL-L Ray Panko


1.

Subscription message is sent to the list management program, LISTSERV, not to a specific conference




2.

Subject field can be left blank; You can have a subject if you like, but it will be ignored




3.

Body must read as follows:

subscribe conferencename yourname

Not “subscribe to”No period at end




Nothing else may be in the body

In particular, you must NOT have a signature

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

Posting a LISTSERV Message

To: [email protected]: Gigaplexe?-------------------Is anyone using one of the newGigaplexe LANs in Europe?


1.

Post the message to the conferencename at the host, not to the LISTSERV manager program, LISTSERV

Posting a Content Message to a Group



2.

Always add a descriptive Subject field

3.

Put whatever you like in the Body

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

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”

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