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Unsubscribing and Other Commands
Subject: Signing On/Off INDKNOW
Other Commands
Please keep these addresses and instructions handy:
indknow@u.washington.edu (List Address: Used only for mailing
messages to the entire list)
listproc@ u.washington.edu (List Server Software: Used to
automatically subscribe and unsubscribe [signoff] the list)
pdh@u.washington.edu (Preston Hardison: List Manager)
Hello All -
We've been getting many messages sent to the entire list asking to be
signed off and onto INDKNOW. Below, I will give some directions for
doing so automatically. If you ever have problems, please send
requests to the housekeeper around here, Preston Hardison
(pdh@u.washington.edu) rather than the entire list.
If you are unsubscribing from the e-mail account you used to subscribe
INDKNOW, you should be able to unsubscribe by sending a one-line
message to listproc@u.washington.edu:
signoff indknow
You may run into problems if your e-mail address has changed, because
the computer can only recognize your request as valid if it precisely
matches the address on record in the subscribers file (e.g.: if you
signed up using the account "foo@pooh.bah.edu", the software won't
recognize you if you send an unsubscribe request from "foo@bah.edu").
Again, if you run into problems, please send messages to me and not the
list. If you know your e-mail address is about to change, be responsible
and unsubscribe from the old address before it changes and resubscribe
from your new address. Or, you can update your own address using
the syntax below. If your address has changed and you want to signoff,
you can always update your address, then signoff automatically without
having to go through me.
Remember that if you need to be unsubscribed manually, it may take
some time for me to get to the requests. I sometimes travel for a week
or two at a time, and have to process a large amount of e-mail daily.
The listproc software also requires that I make changes manually, unlike
the older listserv software, which allowed me to submit automated e-mail
requests. For this reason, I tend to let a few requests pile up before
going through the routine of updating the list.
You can get a list of the commands available to you from the listproc
software by sending the one-word message "help" (without the scare
quotes) to listproc@u.washington.edu. Listproc (ListProcessor) will
become more familiar to users over time, as the support for Listserv
begins to decline with the demise of Bitnet. Most (but not all) of the
commands are the same. The command syntax (sent to
listproc@u.washington.edu) for some of the most common requests is:
set <list> [<option> <arg[s]>]
options: mail, password, address, conceal
arguments for 'mail': ack/noack/postpone/digest
arguments for 'password': <current-password> <new-password>
arguments for 'address': <current-password> <new-address>
arguments for 'conceal': yes/no
For example:
set indknow address <current password> <new address>
(allows you to change your address. Your password
was given to you upon subscribing. E-mail me if you
need it).
set indknow mail postpone (postpones your mail)
set indknow mail digest (collates daily postings into
single digest)
set indknow mail noack (starts your mail, without
acknowledgement sent to you)
set indknow password <current password> ***** (allows you
to set a password to help protect your name and address
from tinkering - not generally a problem on a mailing
list. Substitute your personal password for the
stars)
set indknow conceal yes (conceals your address from others -
it does not show up when others "review indknow" to get
a list of subscribers)
Another couple of handy commands (sent to listproc@u.washington.edu)
are:
review indknow (gets you a list of subscribers who aren't
concealed)
index indknow (gets you a list of the archives that can
be retrieved by e-mail)
get indknow logname (substituting a filename from the archive
gets the file sent to you via e-mail).
Regards,
Preston Hardison
pdh@u.washington.edu