GETTING "AROUND" ECEOL-L: LISTSERV COMMANDS

ECEOL-L is an electronic mailing list that operates using LISTSERV software. The computer
ECEOL-L runs on is a University of Maine System computer. ECEOL-L subscribers send email to
this computer.The computer emails each message received to all subscribers. The ECEOL-L listserv
was started in March 1993.

If you are an ECEOL-L subscriber and you want to send a message to the ECEOL-L
mailing list, you send the message to: ECEOL-L@Lists.Maine.Edu

****LISTSERV commands like Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Review, are sent to the
LISTSERV address. They should NEVER be sent to the ECEOL-L mailing list
address, as this creates unnecessary mail for ECEOL-L subscribers. ****

The address you use to subscribe, unsubscribe, temporarily stop or restart mail,
or place a request to receive mail in Digest form is:

LISTSERV@Lists.Maine.Edu

To Subscribe:
in the body of the letter, type SUBSCRIBE ECEOL-L your name

To Unsubscribe:
in the body of the letter, type SIGNOFF ECEOL-L

To Temporarily Stop Mail:
in the body of the letter, type SET ECEOL-L NOMAIL

To Restart Mail:
in the body of the letter, type SET ECEOL-L MAIL

To receive mail in Digest form:
(ECEOL-L messages will be combined into a long daily digest, rather
than received as individual posts.)
in the body of the letter, type SET ECEOL-L DIGEST

To review the ECEOL-L Archives on the WWW, go to:
http://lists.maine.edu/archives/eceol-l.html

To receive more information on Listserv commands:
in the body of the letter, type INFO REFCARD

or visit the LISTSERV vendor's LISTSERV Manuals and Documentation site.

Just getting started with the ECEOL-L LISTSERV? Some suggestions for success....

*Carefully consider and review your post before you send it. These discussions are
quite "public" and once you send your message, it is irretrievable.

*When replying to the list, do not include the entire message you are responding to.
When it is necessary, "cut and paste" the pertinent quote from the previous post and add
your comments.

*Don't ask LISTSERV members for information that can be easily found from other sources.
Preferred: Ask questions that are carefully worded and ask for specific information that
taps the expertise and knowledge base of subscribers.

*You do not have to talk to the whole list to answer a question. You can have a private
conversation if you prefer by looking up the individual's email address and writing to
them directly.

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