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               Delivery
         Posting          via E-mail
       via E-Mail



              LISTSERV host
A LISTSERV Conference
  LISTSERV Host              LISTSERV Program
        puka.org                GLOBAL-L Conference
                                CRIME-L Conference




   There is a LISTSERV host computer with a host
   name (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)
     Subscribing to a LISTSERV
1.
             Conference
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
     Subscribing to a LISTSERV
2.           Conference
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
     Subscribing to a LISTSERV
3.           Conference
Body must read as follows:
       subscribe conferencename yourname
Not “subscribe to”
No period at end

             To: LISTSERV@puka.org
             Subject:
             ----------------------------------
             subscribe GLOBAL-L Ray Panko
   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
               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
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?
     Posting a Content Message to a
2.               Group
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
  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”