The BASKERVILLE Listserver

To join the list:-

people can subscribe to your list in mail mode by sending a message
to [email protected] that contains the word

subscribe

and nothing else.  If they prefer digest mode, they should send the
command instead to [email protected].  To unsubscribe,
they should send the command "unsubscribe" to [email protected]
(if in mail mode) or [email protected] (if in digest mode.)
To switch from one mode to the other, they should unsubscribe from one
and then subscribe to the other.  There is no "no mail" mode -- if they
want messages to stop, they should simply unsubscribe.  (Suggestion:
use these commands to subscribe to BASKERVILLE-L, as no one at all is currently
subscribed, and then send a test message through.  Take your list
for a test drive, in other words.)

To post to both BASKERVILLE-L and BASKERVILLE-D, messages should be sent to
[email protected].  Messages sent there will appear both places.

There are currently two welcome messages, one for BASKERVILLE-L and one
for BASKERVILLE-D.  New BASKERVILLE-L (mail mode) subscribers receive:

Welcome to the BASKERVILLE mailing list!  You are currently subscribed in
"mail mode", which means that you will receive every posting made
to BASKERVILLE as a separate e-mail.  The directions on how to change to
digest mode are given below.

1. How to unsubscribe.  Send a message to

[email protected]

that contains (in the body of the message) the command

unsubscribe

and no additional text.

2. How to subscribe.  Whatever you just did worked, or you'd
not be getting this message.  But for future reference (for instance,
if your subscription is cancelled for whatever reason and you
want to resubscribe), just send the command "subscribe" to
[email protected].

3. How to change to digest mode (several postings are combined and
sent to you together as a single large message).  There are two
steps.  First, send the command "unsubscribe" to
[email protected] to discontinue mail mode.  Second,
send the command "subscribe" to [email protected]
to start receiving digests.

4. How to change to NOMAIL mode.  There is no formal NOMAIL mode.
All you have to do is follow the directions above and unsubscribe
when you want the messages to stop, and then when you want them
to start again, simply subscribe again.

5. If you'd like to post a message so everyone on the mailing
list receives it, just send it to [email protected].  It
will then be sent on to everyone in both mail and digest mode.
You don't need to send it explicitly to both.

For your verification, a transcript of the original subscription
request is included below.

And new BASKERVILLE-D subscribers recieve:

Welcome to the BASKERVILLE mailing list!  You are currently subscribed in
"digest mode", which means that several postings made
to BASKERVILLE will be consolidated together and sent to you as a single
large message.  The directions on how to change to mail mode (where
you receive every message as a separate e-mail) are given below.

1. How to unsubscribe.  Send a message to

[email protected]

that contains (in the body of the message) the command

unsubscribe

and no additional text.

2. How to subscribe.  Whatever you just did worked, or you'd
not be getting this message.  But for future reference (for instance,
if your subscription is cancelled for whatever reason and you
want to resubscribe), just send the command "subscribe" to
[email protected].

3. How to change to mail mode (each posting is sent to you as a
separate e-mail).  There are two steps.  First, send the command
"unsubscribe" to [email protected] to discontinue digest
mode.  Second, send the command "subscribe" to
[email protected] to start receiving individual messages.

4. How to change to NOMAIL mode.  There is no formal NOMAIL mode.
All you have to do is follow the directions above and unsubscribe
when you want the messages to stop, and then when you want them
to start again, simply subscribe again.

5. If you'd like to post a message so everyone on the mailing
list receives it, just send it to [email protected].  It
will then be sent on to everyone in both mail and digest mode.
You don't need to send it explicitly to both.