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just send mail to ASKAPRO@LISTSERV.AGING.ARIZONA.EDU. This is
called
"sending mail to the list," because you send mail to
a single address and
LISTSERV makes copies for all the people who have subscribed.
This
address (ASKAPRO@LISTSERV.AGING.ARIZONA.EDU) is also called the
"list
address." You must never try to send any command to that
address, as it
would be distributed to all the people who have subscribed. All
commands
must be sent to the "LISTSERV address,"
LISTSERV@LISTSERV.AGING.ARIZONA.EDU. It is very important to understand
the difference between the two, but fortunately it is not complicated.
The LISTSERV address is like a FAX number that connects you to
a machine,
whereas the list address is like a normal voice line connecting
you to a
person. If you make a mistake and dial the FAX number when you
wanted to
talk to someone on the phone, you will quickly realize that you
used the
wrong number and call again. No harm will have been done. If on
the other
hand you accidentally make your FAX call someone's voice line,
the person
receiving the call will be inconvenienced, especially if your
FAX then
re-dials every 5 minutes. The fact that most people will eventually
connect the FAX machine to the voice line to allow the FAX to
go through
and make the calls stop does not mean that you should continue
to send
FAXes to the voice number. People would just get mad at you. It
works
pretty much the same way with mailing lists, with the difference
that you
are calling hundreds or thousands of people at the same time,
and
consequently you can expect a lot of people to get upset if you
consistently send commands to the list address.
You
may leave the list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF ASKAPRO"
command
to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.AGING.ARIZONA.EDU. You can also tell LISTSERV
how
you want it to confirm the receipt of messages you send to the
list. If
you do not trust the system, send a "SET ASKAPRO REPRO"
command and
LISTSERV will send you a copy of your own messages, so that you
can see
that the message was distributed and did not get damaged on the
way.
After a while you may find that this is getting annoying, especially
if
your mail program does not tell you that the message is from you
when it
informs you that new mail has arrived from ASKAPRO. If you send
a "SET
ASKAPRO ACK NOREPRO" command, LISTSERV will mail you a short
acknowledgement instead, which will look different in your mailbox
directory. With most mail programs you will know immediately that
this is
an acknowledgement you can read later. Finally, you can turn off
acknowledgements completely with "SET ASKAPRO NOACK NOREPRO".
Contributions
sent to this list are automatically archived. You can get a
list of the available archive files by sending an "INDEX
ASKAPRO" command
to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.AGING.ARIZONA.EDU. You can then order these
files
with a "GET ASKAPRO LOGxxxx" command.
This
list is available in digest form. If you wish to receive the
digested version of the postings, just issue a SET ASKAPRO DIGEST
command.
More
information on LISTSERV commands can be found in the LISTSERV
reference card, which you can retrieve by sending an "INFO
REFCARD"
command to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.AGING.ARIZONA.EDU.
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