Help Command
Information
05/19/05
| Lists are handled by a special software package designed to make the use and maintenance of a list require as little intervention by owner of the list as possible. To this end, a number of commands are provided to allow people to do such things as add or remove themselves from a list or to see who else is on the list. This page explains how to send commands to a list and details what commands are available. | ||||
| Commands are sent by email to a special address and NOT to the actual list. The subject line of the email is ignored but it is useful to put something there to remind you what it was you are trying to do. The command you wish to send is put as the text of the message. The commands that can be sent are specified below. Some commands require only one word while others require additional information to be provided. | ||||
| Here are the details on using a list. | ||||
Where
to Address the email
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| All commands are sent to the following address: | ||||
| No longer in use | ||||
| What should be on the Subject Line | ||||
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No
subject information is required. We suggest you put something there
to indicate what command you are sending. You may want to save it to
use again later. |
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| What should be in the actual message. | ||||
| The chart below
shows you what your choices are. When you see listname,
that means you must put the name of the list there. When you see your_name |
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| This is what goes in the message | This is what it does | |||
| Help | Get the general Help. (this information) | |||
| Help listname | Get the Help for the specific List | |||
| List | Shows you the names of all the Lists | |||
| List listname | Shows you who is on each list | |||
| Subscribe
listname
your_name |
Adds yourself to a list | |||
| Unsubscribe
listname
your_name |
Removes yourself from a list. | |||
| Examples | ||||
| To get the names of all the lists | ||||
| TO: No longer in use | ||||
| Subject: Get all the lists so I can see what's what | ||||
| List | ||||
| To subscribe to a list | ||||
| TO: No longer in use | ||||
| Subject: Add me to the list | ||||
| Subscribe
listname
your_name |
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