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List:       linware
Subject:    How to unsubscribe instructions !!!
From:       "Sylvan Butler" <SBUTLER () hpbs2024 ! boi ! hp ! com>
Date:       1997-03-14 11:45:59
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When you subscribed to the list you received something like the 
following:


------- Forwarded Message Follows -------

Thank you for your subscription to the list "linware".

Topics for the list:
- LinWare server, its features, installation problems and bugs
- other NetWare emulators
- ncpfs filesystem, NW clients
- using IPX protocol and Novell network under Linux
- IPX routing and router daemons under Linux

Send your list postings to address: "linware@sh.cvut.cz"
Send your list control commands to address: "listserv@sh.cvut.cz"

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If you notice, the address for list control is "listserv@sh.cvut.cz" 
NOT "linware@...".

If you send help to the control address you get:


------- Forwarded Message Follows -------

You can subscribe or unsubscribe to any of the various mailing
lists and the local redistributions of global mailing lists by sending
email to "listserv@sh.cvut.cz".  The commands understood by the listserv
program are:

HELP
    lists this file.  This is also sent whenever a message to
    listserv is received from which no valid command could be
    parsed.

HELP groupname
    lists a brief description of the group requested.

INDEX
    lists all the groups available for subscription.

LONGINDEX
    lists all the groups and their descriptions.

ADD listname     
DELETE listname 

ADD address listname     
DELETE address listname 
    adds or deletes the given address to or from the list
    specified.  Mail is sent to the address given to confirm
    the add or delete operation.  We strongly recommend that
    you use your registered mailname when subscribing
    (i.e., use the second form of the command which includes
    a specification of the address).  If you omit the 'address'
    the command will assume the mailbox that is in the From:
    line of the message.  Note that SUBSCRIBE is a synonym for
    ADD; UNSUBSCRIBE for DELETE.

DELETE-ALL
UNSUBSCRIBE-ALL

DELETE-ALL address
UNSUBSCRIBE-ALL address
    unsubscribes given address from all mailing lists. Mail is sent 
    the address given to confirm the deletions. If you omit 
    the 'address' the command will assume the mailbox that is in 
    the From: line of the message.
LIST

LIST address
    lists all mailing lists to which the given address is subscribed.
    If you omit the 'address' the command will assume the mailbox is
    in the from line. 

FAQ

FAQ listname
    sends a list of "Frequently Asked Questions" for the appropriate
    mailing list. The command "FAQ" by itself sends an index of 
    available FAQ's.

INFO

INFO filename1 filename2 ... filenameN
GET  filename1 filename2 ... filenameN
    sends a copy of the appropriate information sheet associated 
    with each file name. The command "INFO" by itself will send 
    an index of available info sheets.


A command must be the first word on each line in the message.  Lines
which do not start with a command word are ignored.  If no commands were
found in the entire message, this help file will be returned to the
user.  A single message may contain multiple commands; a separate
response will be sent for each.

Please note that is IS possible to add or delete someone else's
subscription to a mailing list.  This facility is provided so that
subscribers may alter their own subscriptions from a new or different
computer account.  There is therefore some potential for abuse; we
have chosen to limit this by mailing a confirmation notification
of any addition or deletion to the address added or deleted including
a copy of the message which requested the operation.  At least you
can find out who's doing it to you.

Examples:

    add sunusers

    add ewombat foodlovers

    delete wombat@cyberpunk.ucsd.edu connectionists

    help eggbeaters

Note that although you would mail submissions to a mailing list by
addressing mail to e.g., sunusers@sh.cvut.cz, in a subscription request
you specify the name of the list simply (without the @sh.cvut.cz part) as in 
the first example above.

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In summary:

  unsubscribe linware

or

  unsubscribe {subscribed e-mail address} linware

will get you off the list.


To find out what list you are on, or if your e-mail address is even 
on the list (to help track down problems related to changing your e-
mail address) use:

  list

or:

  list {subscribed e-mail address}


I hope this helps, both now and in the future with any mail list -- 
they pretty much all operate the same way.

sdb

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