In order to use a listserver,
the user sends commands on the body of the message to the
listserver address, where it is located. For example, the
international list DERM-L, of discussion on dermatology, is hosted
on the server named YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU (at the Yale University,
in the USA), and it uses the Listserv
program. Each kind of listserver program has a slightly
different set of commands. In the table below we give the main
commands for Listserv, using the aforementioned example:
|
Function or
Task
|
Command
|
| To subscribe to the list |
subscribe DERM-L Nora Oliveri |
| To unsubscribe from the
list |
signoff DERM-L |
| To obtain the list of the
subscribers to the list |
review DERM-L |
| To see the list of the
lists managed by the listserver |
lists |
| To receive help in English |
help |
Any of these commands
should be sent do the following address, in the example: LISTSERV
@YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU. Thus, when subscribing to other lists, it is
enough to know what are their addresses and send similar commands,
substituting the list's names in the messages. The "subject"
field is usually ignored and the command lines (you can send more
than one in a single message) are written in the message's body.
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