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Fri, 23 Apr 1999 10:08:07
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need to leave  the list, you will find the  necessary instructions below.
Perhaps  more importantly,  saving a  copy of  this message  (and of  all
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vacation and  need to leave  the lists temporarily so  as not to  fill up
your  mailbox while  you  are away!  You should  also  save the  "welcome
messages" from the  list owners that you will  occasionally receive after
subscribing to a new list.
To send  a message to  all the people  currently subscribed to  the list,
just send  mail to  
COMPUTERS...@DISPATCH.CNET.COM
. 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 (
COMPUTERS...@DISPATCH.CNET.COM
)  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," 
LIST...@DISPATCH.CNET.COM
. 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
COMPUTERS-DISPATCH" command  to 
LIST...@DISPATCH.CNET.COM
. 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
COMPUTERS-DISPATCH 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  COMPUTERS-DISPATCH. If  you send a  "SET COMPUTERS-DISPATCH
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 COMPUTERS-DISPATCH NOACK NOREPRO".
Following  instructions from  the list  owner, your  subscription options
have been  set to "NOPOST" rather  than the usual LISTSERV  defaults. For
more   information   about   subscription    options,   send   a   "QUERY
COMPUTERS-DISPATCH" command to 
LIST...@DISPATCH.CNET.COM
.
IMPORTANT: This list is confidential. You should not publicly mention its
existence, or forward copies of information  you have obtained from it to
third parties.
More  information on  LISTSERV  commands  can be  found  in the  LISTSERV
reference  card, which  you can  retrieve  by sending  an "INFO  REFCARD"
command to 
LIST...@DISPATCH.CNET.COM
.
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