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The following should help those that have posted about
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Bill
**** Help for <A
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is version 1.94.4 of Majordomo.If you're familiar with mail servers, an
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do not put your commands on the subject line; Majordomo doesnot process
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starting with a hyphen ("-") before your signature,or put a line with just
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Majordomo software fromprocessing your signature as bad
commands.Here are some of the things you can do using
Majordomo:I. FINDING OUT WHICH LISTS ARE ON THIS SYSTEMTo get a
list of publicly-available mailing lists on this system, put thefollowing
line in the body of your mail message to <A
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line will contain the name of a mailing list and a brief descriptionof the
list.To get more information about a particular list, use the "info"
command,supplying the name of the list. For example, if the name of
the list about which you wish information is "demo-list", you would put the
lineinfo demo-listin the body of the mail message.II.
SUBSCRIBING TO A LISTOnce you've determined that you wish to subscribe
to one or more lists onthis system, you can send commands to Majordomo to
have it add you to thelist, so you can begin receiving mailings.To
receive list mail at the address from which you're sending your mail,simply
say "subscribe" followed by the list's name:subscribe
demo-listIf for some reason you wish to have the mailings go to a
different address(a friend's address, a specific other system on which you
have an account,or an address which is more correct than the one that
automatically appears in the "From:" header on the mail you send), you would
add that address tothe command. For instance, if you're sending a
request from your workaccount, but wish to receive "demo-list" mail at your
personal account(for which we will use "<A
href="mailto:jqpublic@xxxxxxxxxx";>jqpublic@xxxxxxxxxx" as an example), you'd
putthe linesubscribe demo-list <A
href="mailto:jqpublic@xxxxxxxxxx";>jqpublic@xxxxxxxxxxin the mail
message body.Based on configuration decisions made by the list owners,
you may be added to the mailing list automatically. You may also
receive notificationthat an authorization key is required for
subscription. Another messagewill be sent to the address to be
subscribed (which may or may not be thesame as yours) containing the key,
and directing the user to send acommand found in that message back to <A
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(This can bea bit of extra hassle, but it helps keep you from being swamped
in extraemail by someone who forged requests from your address.) You
may alsoget a message that your subscription is being forwarded to the list
ownerfor approval; some lists have waiting lists, or policies about who
maysubscribe. If your request is forwarded for approval, the list
ownershould contact you soon after your request.Upon subscribing,
you should receive an introductory message, containinglist policies and
features. Save this message for future reference; itwill also contain
exact directions for unsubscribing. If you lose theintro mail and
would like another copy of the policies, send this messageto <A
href="mailto:Majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>Majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:intro
demo-list(substituting, of course, the real name of your list for
"demo-list").III. UNSUBSCRIBING FROM MAILING LISTSYour original
intro message contains the exact command which should beused to remove your
address from the list. However, in most cases, youmay simply send the
command "unsubscribe" followed by the list name:unsubscribe
demo-list(This command may fail if your provider has changed the way
youraddress is shown in your mail.)To remove an address other than
the one from which you're sendingthe request, give that address in the
command:unsubscribe demo-list <A
href="mailto:jqpublic@xxxxxxxxxx";>jqpublic@xxxxxxxxxxIn either of
these cases, you can tell <A
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removethe address in question from all lists on this server by using
"*"in place of the list name:unsubscribe *unsubscribe * <A
href="mailto:jqpublic@xxxxxxxxxx";>jqpublic@xxxxxxxxxxIV. FINDING THE
LISTS TO WHICH AN ADDRESS IS SUBSCRIBEDTo find the lists to which your
address is subscribed, send this commandin the body of a mail message to <A
href="mailto:Majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>Majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:whichYou
can look for other addresses, or parts of an address, by specifyingthe text
for which Majordomo should search. For instance, to find whichusers at
my-isp.com are subscribed to which lists, you might send
thecommandwhich my-isp.comNote that many list owners
completely or fully disable the "which"command, considering it a privacy
violation.V. FINDING OUT WHO'S SUBSCRIBED TO A LISTTo get a list
of the addresses on a particular list, you may use the"who" command,
followed by the name of the list:who demo-listNote that many
list owners allow only a list's subscribers to use the"who" command, or
disable it completely, believing it to be a privacyviolation.VI.
RETRIEVING FILES FROM A LIST'S ARCHIVESMany list owners keep archives of
files associated with a list. Thesemay include:- back issues of
the list- help files, user profiles, and other documents associated with the
list- daily, monthly, or yearly archives for the listTo find out if
a list has any files associated with it, use the
"index"command:index demo-listIf you see files in which
you're interested, you may retrieve them byusing the "get" command and
specifying the list name and archive filename.For instance, to retrieve the
files called "profile.form" (presumably aform to fill out with your profile)
and "demo-list.9611" (presumably themessages posted to the list in November
1996), you would put the linesget demo-list profile.formget
demo-list demo-list.9611in your mail to <A
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GETTING MORE HELPTo contact a human site manager, send mail to <A
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contact the owner of a specific list, send mail to that list'sapproval
address, which is formed by adding "-approval" to the user-nameportion of
the list's address. For instance, to contact the list ownerfor <A
href="mailto:demo-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>demo-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, you
would send mail to <A
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get another copy of this help message, send mail to <A
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a line sayinghelpin the message body.VIII. COMMAND
SUMMARY FOR ADVANCED USERSIn the description below items contained in
[]'s are optional. Whenproviding the item, do not include the []'s around
it. Items in anglebrackets, such as <address>, are meta-symbols
that should be replacedby appropriate text without the angle
brackets.It understands the following
commands: subscribe <list>
[<address>]Subscribe yourself (or <address> if specified) to the
named <list>. unsubscribe <list>
[<address>]Unsubscribe yourself (or <address> if specified) from
the named <list>."unsubscribe *" will remove you (or <address>)
from all lists. This_may not_ work if you have subscribed using
multiple addresses. get <list>
<filename> Get a file
related to <list>. index
<list> Return an index of
files you can "get" for <list>. which
[<address>]Find out which lists you (or <address> if specified)
are on. who <list>Find out who is on the
named <list>. info <list>Retrieve the
general introductory information for the named
<list>. intro <list>Retrieve the
introductory message sent to new users. Non-subscribersmay not be able
to retrieve this. listsShow the lists served by
this Majordomo server. helpRetrieve this
message. endStop processing commands (useful if
your mailer adds a signature).Commands should be sent in the body of an
email message to"<A
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Multiple commands can be processed providedeach occurs on a separate
line.Commands in the "Subject:" line are NOT processed.If you
have any questions or problems, please contact"<A
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