Newsgroups: bit.listserv.slart-l
Date:         Fri, 21 Aug 1992 05:50:00 CDT
From:         "Fred Davidson, DEIL, UIUC" <DAVIDSON@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU>
Subject:      Monthly Reminders
X-To:         SLART-L LISTSERVer <slart-l@psuvm.psu.edu>

Monthly Reminders: SLART-L

[Note: this message contains instructions to sign off of SLART-L
permanently or temporarily.  Please read the entire message for many
other useful SLART-L tips as well.]

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All references to SLART-L below imply that you can reach SLART-L by e-
mailing to one of the following addresses:

     slart-l@psuvm               [BITNET]
     slart-l@psuvm.bitnet        [Frequent passthru]
     slart-l@psuvm.psu.edu       [Internet: probably most common]

All references to 'commands' below (sent to the LISTSERV program running
SLART-L) imply that the address is:

     listserv@psuvm               [BITNET]
     listserv@psuvm.bitnet        [Frequent passthru]
     listserv@psuvm.psu.edu       [Internet: probably most common]

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Specific guidelines and reminders:

-Commands vs. posts: Commands are sent to listserv@psuvm or one of the
variants above.  Posts are sent to slart-l@psuvm.  Commands control the
LISTSERV program and posts are communications to all subscribers of the
list

-Be aware of where your message is going: most particularly, if you
'reply' to a post to SLART-L it may or may not go to everybody on the
list.  This partly depends on how your local system handles replies.

-Getting back copies of SLART-L posts: To get copies of past SLART-L
messages, send a note to LISTSERV to INDEX SLART-L.  It will send you a
listing of all the archived SLART-L files with instructions for how to
receive them.

-Use subject headers, please, to allow subscribers to see what your post
is about before they read it.

-Please sign your name and give your e-mail address *IN* the body of your
message.  This avoids having to read complex message headers to discover
who sent the message.

-Read, then respond.  Read a whole message before you post back to SLART-L
re. its content.  Perhaps the message also says what you are about to say.

-Regarding forwards from SLART-L to other lists, and vice-versa: please
send any suggested message to be forwarded from another list to me first
to avoid proliferation of common messages.

-Filespace problems: There are ways to save space with incoming e-mail.
More suggestions are in the SLART WELCOME message, described below.

-Leaving SLART-L, temporarily and permanently.  You can leave SLART-L
permanently at any time by sending the command

     signoff slart-l

You would have to re-subscribe if you 'signoff' and then want to re-join
SLART-L.  Subscription instructions are in the welcome message.  However,
you can leave SLART-L temporarily by sending the command:

     set slart-l nomail

and you can then later restart SLART-L by sending the command

     set slart-l mail

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The SLART WELCOME MESSAGE file

There is a much longer set of welcome, subscription, and general instruc-
tions to SLART-L.  It is a file called 'WELCOME MESSAGE'.  I update this
file 2 to 4 times a year to reflect your needs.  To receive it, send the
command:

    get welcome message slart-l

Note: WELCOME MESSAGE contains *complete* instructions on how to subscribe
to SLART-L.  If you have a colleague who wishes to subscribe, this message
can help explain the process.  I always prefer to have new persons sub-
scribe themselves so that the program can automatically parse the return
e-mail address.

WELCOME MESSAGE is about 400 lines long.  It will come to you as a mail
message.

Please report to me by e-mail any problems in obtaining the file WELCOME
MESSAGE.

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[14 JUL 92]