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Peti's Amiga ListSERV help page (22 April 1994)
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You can subscribe or unsubscribe to any of the various local mailing
lists by sending email to <listserv@peti.GUN.de>.
The commands understood by the ListSERV program are:
HELP
Lists this file. This is also sent whenever a message to
ListSERV is received from which no valid command could be
parsed.
HELP listname
Lists a brief description of the list requested.
LIST [address]
Lists all mailing lists to which the given address is
subscribed. If you omit the 'address' the command will assume
the mailbox is in the from line.
INDEX
Lists all the lists available for subscription.
LONGINDEX
Lists all the lists and their descriptions.
ADD [address] listname
DELETE [address] listname
Adds or deletes the given address to or from the list
specified. Mail is sent to the address given to confirm the
add or delete operation. If you omit the 'address' the
command will assume the mailbox that is in the From: line of
the message. Note that SUBSCRIBE is a synonym for ADD;
UNSUBSCRIBE for DELETE.
DELETE-ALL [address]
UNSUBSCRIBE-ALL [address]
Unsubscribes given address from all mailing lists. Mail is
sent the address given to confirm the deletions. If you omit
the 'address' the command will assume the mailbox that is in
the From: line of the message.
FAQ [listname]
Sends a list of "Frequently Asked Questions" for the
appropriate mailing list. If the listname parameter is
omitted, a list of available FAQs is sent instead.
A command must be the first word on each line in the message. Lines
which do not start with a command word result in this file to be sent. If
no commands were found in the entire message, that message is completely
ignored. A single message may contain multiple commands; some commands may
result in a separate reply (namely FAQ, HELP) while others will just write
something to the logfile. You will always receive a response to any command
found in the mail.
In case you do not address the mail to listserv@foo.bar, but to
<mailinglist>-request@foo.bar, the name of the list will be assumed as
"mailinglist" if you omit the parameter at the ADD, DELETE, HELP and FAQ
commands. One short example:
To: Testlist-request@foo.bar.com
Subject:
ADD myaddress@mysite
FAQ
will add myaddress@mysite to the "Testlist" and send the FAQ back in
return. You see, it's not possible to get the list of available FAQs when
mailing to a "-request" address, because ListSERV will try to send the
specific FAQ out.
Please note that it IS possible to add or delete someone else's
subscription to a mailing list. This facility is provided so that
subscribers may alter their own subscriptions from a new or different
computer account. There is therefore some potential for abuse; I have
chosen to limit this by mailing a confirmation notification of any addition
or deletion to the address added or deleted including a copy of the message
which requested the operation. At least you can find out who's doing it to
you.
Examples:
add niftylist
delete joe@uunet.uu.net junkylist
help eggbeaters
Note that you mail submissions to a mailing list by addressing mail to
the list's name at this site (e.g., niftylist@peti.GUN.de). If you have any
questions or need assistance, you can send email to postmaster@peti.GUN.de
for a human answer.