Car "list owners",
Io non ha inviate ulle message a INTERLNG-request e non sape de
que cosa le sequente se tracta. Forsan alcun joco.
- Bent
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Fra: "L-Soft list server at St. John's University (1.8d)"
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Til: <[log in to unmask]>
Sendt: 8. april 2004 20:02
Emne: Your message to [log in to unmask]
Thu, 8 Apr 2004 13:02:48
Your message to [log in to unmask] has been
forwarded to the "list owners" (the people who manage the INTERLNG
list). If you wanted to reach a human being, you used the correct
procedure and you can ignore the remainder of this message. If you
were trying to send a command for the computer to execute, please
read on.
The INTERLNG list is managed by a LISTSERV server. LISTSERV
commands should always be sent to the "LISTSERV"
address, ie [log in to unmask] LISTSERV never tries to
process messages sent to the INTERLNG-request address; it simply
forwards them to a human being, and acknowledges receipt with the
present message.
The "listname-request" convention originated on the Internet a long
time ago. At the time, lists were always managed manually, and this
address was defined as an alias for the person(s) in charge of the
mailing list. You would write to the "listname-request" address to
ask for information about the list, ask to be added to the list,
make suggestions about the contents and policy, etc. Because this
address was always a human being, people knew and expected to be
talking to a human being, not to a computer. Unfortunately, some
recent list management packages screen incoming messages to the
"listname-request" address and attempt to determine whether they are
requests to join or leave the list. They look for words such as
"subscribe," "add," "leave," "off," and so on. If they decide your
message is a request to join or leave the list, they update the list
automatically; otherwise, they forward the message to the list
owners. Naturally, this means that if you write to the list owners
about someone else's unsuccessful attempts to leave the list, you
stand good chances of being automatically removed from the list,
whereas the list owners will never receive your message. No one
really benefits from this. There is no reliable mechanism to contact
a human being for assistance, and you can never be sure whether your
request will be interpreted as a command or as a message to the list
owners. This is why LISTSERV uses two separate addresses, one for the
people in charge of the list and one for the computer that runs it.
This way you always know what will happen, especially if you are
writing in a language other than English.
In any case, if your message was a LISTSERV command, you should
now resend it to [log in to unmask] The list owners
know that you have received this message and may assume that you
will resend the command on your own. You will find instructions
for the most common administrative requests below.
*********************
* TO LEAVE THE LIST *
*********************
Write to [log in to unmask] and, in the text of your
message
(not the subject line), write: SIGNOFF INTERLNG
********************
* TO JOIN THE LIST *
********************
Write to [log in to unmask] and, in the text of your
message
(not the subject line), write: SUBSCRIBE INTERLNG
************************
* FOR MORE INFORMATION *
************************
Write to [log in to unmask] and, in the text of your
message
(not the subject line), write: "HELP" or "INFO" (without the
quotes).
HELP will give you a short help message and INFO a list of the
documents
you can order.
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