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List:       bugtraq
Subject:    MESSAGE FROM MODERATOR - Please read
From:       Scott Chasin <chasin () crimelab ! com>
Date:       1995-06-05 17:07:38
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I have moved the Bugtraq mailing list over to Lsoft's Listserver (1.8b)
at netspace.org.  This should speed the entire list processing up and
provide you with more mailing list options and configuration methods for
being a Bugtraq subscriber.  This will also add a bit more security for
the mailing list and it's subscribers.

As of today, Bugtraq will now be a moderated mailing list.  This is due
to the ridiculous amount of noise being floated through the list.  If
the list traffic continues on a path that is acceptable with Bugtraq's
charter then I will remove the moderation.

I would like to thank Alan Lee and the people at netspace.org for
giving Bugtraq a new home.  Requests to the lists can still be made
as follows:

bugtraq@CRIMELAB.COM            Reflector address
bugtraq-request@CRIMELAB.COM    Subscriber requests, comments

bugtraq-server@CRIMELAB.COM     List server commands, information
listserv@CRIMELAB.COM           List server commands, information
listserv@NETSPACE.ORG           List server commands, information

If you ever have any questions or comments, feel free to mail me.

Thanks,
Scott Chasin
chasin@crimelab.com

--
The following is a standard blurb for all new subscribers to the Bugtraq
list.  Since it contains helpful information about Bugtraq's new list
server I have decided to include it here.
--

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 BUGTRAQ@CRIMELAB.COM. 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
(BUGTRAQ@CRIMELAB.COM) 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@NETSPACE.ORG.  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 BUGTRAQ" command
to LISTSERV@NETSPACE.ORG. 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 BUGTRAQ 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 BUGTRAQ. If  you send a "SET  BUGTRAQ 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
BUGTRAQ 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  BUGTRAQ"
command to LISTSERV@NETSPACE.ORG.

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

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@NETSPACE.ORG.

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