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Fri Dec 6 10:46:01 EST 1996


Fri, 6 Dec 1996 10:46:01

Your  subscription  to the  AIBI-L  list  (The Computerised  Analysis  of
Biblical Texts Discussion Group) has been accepted.

Please save this message for future  reference, especially if you are not
familiar with LISTSERV.  This might look like a waste  of disk space now,
but in  6 months  you will be  glad you saved  this information  when you
realize that  you cannot remember what  are the lists you  are subscribed
to, or  what is the command  to leave the  list to avoid filling  up your
mailbox while you are on vacations. In fact, you should create a new mail
folder for subscription confirmation messages  like this one, and for 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 AIBI-L at LISTSERV.UOTTAWA.CA.  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
(AIBI-L at LISTSERV.UOTTAWA.CA) 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", LISTSERV at LISTSERV.UOTTAWA.CA. 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, and  the list
address is like a normal phone line.  If you make your FAX call someone's
regular phone number by mistake, it  will be an unpleasant experience for
him  but you  will probably  be  excused the  first  time. If  you do  it
regularly,  however, he  will probably  get upset  and send  you a  nasty
complaint. It  is the same with  mailing lists, with the  difference that
you are calling  hundreds or thousands of  people at the same  time, so a
lot more people get annoyed if you use the wrong number.

You may leave the list at any  time by sending a "SIGNOFF AIBI-L" command
to LISTSERV at LISTSERV.UOTTAWA.CA. 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 AIBI-L  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  AIBI-L. If you send a "SET AIBI-L 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 AIBI-L NOACK NOREPRO".

Following  instructions from  the list  owner, your  subscription options
have been  set to "REPRO"  rather than  the usual LISTSERV  defaults. For
more  information  about  subscription  options, send  a  "QUERY  AIBI-L"
command to LISTSERV at LISTSERV.UOTTAWA.CA.

Contributions sent to this list are automatically archived. You can get a
list of the available archive files  by sending an "INDEX AIBI-L" command
to LISTSERV at LISTSERV.UOTTAWA.CA.  You can then  order these files  with a
"GET  AIBI-L  LOGxxxx"  command,  or  using  LISTSERV's  database  search
facilities. Send an  "INFO DATABASE" command for more  information on the
latter.

Please note that  it is presently possible for other  people to determine
that  you are  signed up  to the  list through  the use  of the  "REVIEW"
command,  which  returns   the  e-mail  address  and  name   of  all  the
subscribers. If  you do not  want your name to  be visible, just  issue a
"SET AIBI-L CONCEAL" command.

More  information on  LISTSERV  commands  can be  found  in the  LISTSERV
reference  card, which  you can  retrieve  by sending  an "INFO  REFCARD"
command to LISTSERV at LISTSERV.UOTTAWA.CA.




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