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How to change your settings by sending email messages
While it is probably easiest to use the
web-interface to make changes to your account, you may
want to make changes the "classic" way by sending email messages to the
listserv program. Here's how.
General instructions:
Send any of the following messages to:
listserv@listserv.plattecanyon.com
Leave the subject line blank.
Put the short, one-line command as the only text of the body (main
part where you write messages)
Subscribing via email
If you would like to subscribe to the list, send the following message
(substituting in your first and last name for the placeholders listed here:
subscribe toolbook Joe Smoe
Receiving copies of your own posted messages
Most lists, by default, do not send copies of posted messages back to the
originator of the message. This means you won't see your own posting. If it is
important to you to see your posts to the list as well as posts of others, you
can set the 'repro' option to true. Send a message to the listserv address with
the following text in the body of the mail message:
set toolbook repro
Receiving a "cheat sheet" of common commands used to communicate with Listserv
- The Reference Card
This information file has a list of the most common commands used for
communicating with the listserv server. Send a message to the listserv address
with the following text in the body of the mail message:
info refcard
Stopping your mail temporarily (You'll remain subscribed to the list)
This is a good option if you are going to be on vacation and don't want your
mailbox to become saturated.
Send a message to the listserv address with the following text in the body of
the mail message:
set toolbook nomail
How to re-start your mail
Send a message to the listserv address with the following text in the body of
the mail message:
set toolbook mail
How to receive daily mail as a single mail item (Digests of messages)
This option is handy if you are a member of many lists and are tired of being
inundated with mail messages. You receive one mail message a day from the list
that begins with a list of the topics and number of replies followed by a full
listing of all the day's mail messages.
Send a message to the listserv address with the following text in the body of
the message:
set toolbook digests
How to receive mail as individual mail items again
Send a message to the listserv address with the following text in the body of
the message:
set toolbook mail
How to get mail archives
Contributions sent to this list are automatically archived. These are most
easily viewed and searched at
http://listserv.plattecanyon.com/archives/toolbook.html
You can also get them via email (but this frankly quite combersome as compared
to just using the web). Send a message to the listserv address with the
following text in the body of the message:
index toolbook
Once you receive the list of existing filenames, you can use the GET command to
have the file sent to you. The Database command used on many listserv machines
is not fully implemented on ours yet, so it is of no use.
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