Hi, and welcome to the Sooner Ballroom Dance Club list server!
We just created this list so that every club member can send email
to the list. To do so, just send mail to [log in to unmask],
and it will be forwarded to all list subscribers.
You have to send it from the email address which you are subscribed with,
though, otherwise the list server will reject it.
To unsubscribe from the list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with
SIGNOFF SBDC-L
in the body of the mail. Again, from the email address you are subscribed with.
If you would like to follow the list archive on the web, look at
http://lists.ou.edu/archives/sbdc-l.html
For more information about the list, please look at the detailed
information below. You might want to save it for further reference.
If you have any questions, please send email to our illustrious
club president Delanie at [log in to unmask], or reply to this email.
See you out dancing,
Horst
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You have been added to the SBDC-L mailing list (Sooner Ballroom Dance
Club) by Horst Severini <[log in to unmask]>.
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first time you are subscribing to an electronic mailing list. If you ever
need to leave the list, you will find the necessary instructions below.
Perhaps more importantly, saving a copy of this message (and of all
future subscription notices from other mailing lists) in a special mail
folder will give you instant access to the list of mailing lists that you
are subscribed to. This may prove very useful the next time you go on
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.
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just send mail to [log in to unmask] 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
([log in to unmask]) 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," [log in to unmask] 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 SBDC-L" command
to [log in to unmask] 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 SBDC-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 SBDC-L. If you send a "SET SBDC-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
SBDC-L NOACK NOREPRO".
Following instructions from the list owner, your subscription options
have been set to "NOACK REPRO" rather than the usual LISTSERV defaults.
For more information about subscription options, send a "QUERY SBDC-L"
command to [log in to unmask]
Contributions sent to this list are automatically archived. You can get a
list of the available archive files by sending an "INDEX SBDC-L" command
to [log in to unmask] You can then order these files with a "GET
SBDC-L LOGxxxx" command, or using LISTSERV's database search facilities.
Send an "INFO DATABASE" command for more information on the latter.
This list is available in digest form. If you wish to receive the
digested version of the postings, just issue a SET SBDC-L DIGEST 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 [log in to unmask]
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