Confirming your
subcription command
How do I use List Topic Keywords?
What will happen if I don;t use Keywords?
How do I change my subscription to digest mode?
How do I change back from digest mode to normal?
WIN95-L is a public mailing list devoted to the discussion of Windows95. There are no costs invloved all you need is an Internet email address to join and particpate. See the WIN95-L Home Page.
Joining WIN95-L is a simple process. WIN95-L is run
by Listserv® software so to subscribe you send a mail message addressed
to:
LISTSERV@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
On this mail message you should leave the Subject: line blank and
put the following text as thefirst and only line in the body of your
message:
SUB WIN95-L FirstName Lastname
Be sure to put your real First and Last names in place of FirstName Lastname.
Do not include signature lines or any other text in the body of this
message as they will not be recognized by Listserv.
If you sent the subscribe command correctly and there
are no other problems you will receive a reply to your request that you
must respond to in order to confirm your subscription. The reason this is
done is to ensure that Listserv has the correct address for you before adding
you to the mailing list.
All you have to do is send a reply to this message with no Subject and one
word in the body of the reply:
OK
You should then receive a message stating that you are succesfully subscribed
to the list. If you do not receive this message within a reasonable amount
of time send another confirmation command this time adding the confirmation
number originally sent to you. The body of this message should look like
this:
OK 291888
If you have followed the above instructions and you
are unable to subscribe send a message to
WIN95-L-REQUEST@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
asking for help subscribing to the list. This address
forwards mail to me so please include a descriptive Subject line i.e. "Unable
to subscribe to WIN95-L".
A message about installing Windows 95 with a Trident SVGA card might have a subject line that looks like this:
From: Joe Guy
Subj: INSTALL HARDWARE: Trident SVGA not recognized?
Or a message regarding setting up PPP might look like this:
From: Joe Guy
Subj: COMM NET: PPP with a 2400 baud modem?
or if you wish this:
From: Joe Guy
Subj: NET: What's DHCP?
Everything you post must contain the keywords followed by a colon or it won't get to your desired audience.
To repeat a message to the list must contain a
valid topic keyword follwed by a colon (:).
What will happen if I don't use keywords when posting?
If there are no valid keywords in your subject line
your message will get sent to the default keyword OTHER. Only subscribers
who chose OTHER or ALL as a keyword will get your message you may have
wished for better distribution.
How to set what keywords you receive
As a default the keyword selection for your subscription is set to ALL which means you will receive any and all posts to the list.
You can change them the same way you change other subscription options by sending a command to the LISTSERV.
You would send a message to
LISTSERV@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
with no subjectand the following text as the first line in the body of your message:
SET WIN95-L TOPICS: xxx yyy zzz
where xxx yyy and zzz can be:
* A list of all the topics you wish to receive. In the above example these topics replace any other topics you may have subscribed to before. For instance after 'SET WIN95-L TOPICS: OTHER NET' you will receive other and networking and nothing else.
* Updates to the list of topics you currently receive. A plus sign indicates a topic that should be added a minus sign requests the removal of a topic. For instance SET WIN95-L TOPICS: +OTHER -NET adds other and removes networking. If a topic name is given without a + or 0 sign 0 is assumed: "SET WIN95-L TOPICS: +OTHER NET" adds other and networking. The first topic name must have the plus sign to show that this is an addition and not a replacement. In other words SET WIN95-L TOPICS: OTHER NET would replace your current topic selections with just OTHER and NET instead of adding OTHER and NET to your current selection.
* If you want to set all the topics for your subscription you can use SET WIN95-L TOPICS: ALL 0 Remember ALL is the default. If you don't change your selection you will get all messages.
* If you would like all but a few topics you can use something like SET WIN95-L TOPICS: ALL -EXCHANGE which would give you every topic except EXCHANGE..
You should not forget to include the special OTHER topic if you want to receive general discussions which were not labeled properly or that fall outside of the other topics. On the other hand if the subscriber only wants to receive properly labeled messages it should not be included. ALL does include OTHER.
Do not surround your commands to the LISTSERV in quotes. You should send
SET WIN95-L TOPICS: xxx yyy zzz
and NOT
SET WIN95-L TOPICS: xxx yyy zzz
What is Digest mode?
When you first subscribe to WIN95-L each message that is sent to the list is delivered to you individually depending on what List Topic Keywords you have set. Some subscribers may not wish to receive this many messages a day (between 100-300).
When you change your subscription to DIGEST mode
you will receive a compilation of the day's messages in one large message
with an index of subjects at the top. WIN95-L is set to mail a digest whenever
it has collected 1000 lines of text to be compiled into a digest. This
typically occurs about 5 times a day. So instead of 100-300 messages per
day you'll only receive 5-10.
How do I change my subscription to DIGEST mode?
Once you are succesfully subscribed to WIN95-L you
can change your subscription to DIGEST mode by sending a message to
LISTSERV@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
with no subject line and the following command as the
only text in the body of your message:
SET WIN95-L DIGEST
I'm in DIGEST mode how do I get back to normal mode?
You can change your subscription to NORMAL mode by
sending a message to
LISTSERV@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
with no subject line and the following command as the
only text in the body of your message:
SET WIN95-L MAIL
How do I unsubscribe from WIN95-L
To unsubscribe from WIN95-L send a message to
LISTSERV@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
with no subject and the following command as the first and only line in the body of your message:
SIGNOFF WIN95-L
What to do if you have problems unsubscribing from the list.
If you have followed the above instructions and you
are unable to unsubscribe send a message to
WIN95-L-REQUEST@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
asking for help unsubscribing from the list. This address
forwards mail to me so please include a descriptive Subject line i.e. "Unable
to signoff WIN95-L".