On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Scott McLauchlan wrote:
> No it shouldn't. Listproc pulls the e-mail address from the header of the
> subscription request, but it gets the subscribers name from the body.
> "Your Name" should be your *real* name (eg. "Sam Ismail", "Scott
> McLauchlan", "Bill Gates"). (Oh, and leave out the double quotes.)
Hmm, I thought listproc would take the email address from the header if
you only specify "subscribe classiccmp", but you can optionally include a
different email address (e.g., "subscribe classiccmp joe_at_foo.com"), and
the list maintainer can optionally refuse to accept the fully qualified
subscribe command.
In any case, from the ClassicCmp FAQ (temporarily housed at
http://www.yowza.com/classiccmp/faq.txt):
1.1 Mailing List Basics
A mailing list is a simple device which takes an e-mail and redistributes
it
to a group of people. People can add and remove themselves from the
distribution list by Subscribing and Unsubscribing. When you send a
message
to the list, it is first examined by the robot for key words that tell it
to process an automatic funtion (like help, subscribe, unsubscribe, etc).
If the message does not contain a keyword it is sent to the distribution
list.
1.2 How to Talk to the Robot
There are a few List Processor commands that you might want to use. To
send a command to the list processor, write a message to
listproc_at_u.washington.edu
(Do NOT send the message to classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu). In the body of
the message (not the subject line, that is) write one of the following
commands, then send the message.
SET CLASSICCMP MAIL ACK
Tells the robot to send you a copy of messages you
write to the list. This is the default.
SET CLASSICCMP MAIL NOACK
Tells the robot NOT to send you a copy of messages
you write to the list. I don't recommend this.
SET CLASSICCMP MAIL DIGEST
Tells the robot to send you a digest of messages
rather than each as it is posted. With this option
you will get a weekly bundle of messages and keep
a nice, tidy in-box.
SUBSCRIBE CLASSICCMP Your.Address
Subscribes you to the list.
UNSUBSCRIBE CLASSICCMP Your.Address
Removes you from the list.
Received on Wed Apr 01 1998 - 19:26:04 BST