INFO@NDSUVM1.BITNET (ND HECN E-mail Postmaster) (04/22/88)
A clarification of AILIST Procedures for BITNET/NETNORTH/EARN Subscribers:
There have apparently been some subscribe requests going out to the
AILIST mailing list. The problem is that users do not read the instructions
on signing up (or miss the point) in the Arpa (Internet) List of Lists
(or SIGLISTs), or those instructions are not clear. I will include some
suggested revisions below.
ALL requests which are LISTSERV commands MUST be addressed to LISTSERV
and NOT to the list (ie. NOT to AILIST). I realize that this is going
to the people who are already members of the list, but maybe you can
help spread the word...
One option would be to set the list up as edited. Then if someone
sent something to the BITNET/EARN/NETNORTH (BNEnet) part of the list it would
be sent to AILIST-REQUEST@Stripe.SRI.COM (or whatever) and NOT to the
whole list. (The place it gets sent MUST be a human's mailbox, not a
list exploder...).
On some lists we have also had problems with bad mailers sending
error messages to the Reply-To field instead of the Sender (as required
by RFC822). But most of the BNEnet subscribers are protected from that.
Let Ken Laws (AILIST-REQUEST) know if the frequency of these mis-mailings
is enough to warrant the change. (Or, maybe we need an "AI" module to figure
out if the mail is meant as a command or a contribution... :-).
Marty
From Rich Zellich's Internet List of Lists: (Note Revisions... **)
All requests to be added to or deleted from this list, problems, questions,
etc., should be sent to AIList-Request@SRI.COM.
BITNET or NetNorth subscribers can join by sending the SUB command with
your name.
** your name to LISTSERV@NDSUVM1.
EARN subscribers should send their requests in a similar format
to LISTSERV AT FINHUTC:
SEND LISTSERV@NDSUVM1 SUB AILIST Jon Doe
or TELL LISTSERV AT NDSUVM1 SUB AILIST Jon Doe
or TELL LISTSERV AT FINHUTC SUB AILIST Johan Doe
** or you mail send mail to LISTSERV@NDSUVM1 or FINHUTC with the first line
** of the body of the mail being SUB AILIST Joan Doe
To be removed from the list:
SEND LISTSERV@NDSUVM1 SIGNOFF AILIST
or TELL LISTSERV AT NDSUVM1 SIGNOFF AILIST
or TELL LISTSERV AT FINHUTC SIGNOFF AILIST
** PLEASE NOTE CAREFULLY: In ALL cases, LISTSERV commands are addressed to
** LISTSERV and NOT to AILIST!
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