Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 15:41:28 EST From: reading manuals again! Subject: ADMIN: Checking Your Mail Options Hello! I'm glad to see we're all ready for today's lesson. (Sidney, quit dipping Helga's moustache in the inkpot! no, helga, even if you asked for it, he shouldn't do that...) Today we are going to learn how to check mail options. First, send LISTSERV@mitvma.mit.edu a message with the text: QUERY WRITERS (HELGA! You get your finger out of there! Sidney has enough trouble with his flies...just think about that poor toad!) Second, read the mail. You will get something that looks like the following: -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ From: BITNET list server at MITVMA (1.8a) Subject: Output of your job "mbarker" To: Mike Barker > query writers Subscription options for Mike Barker , list WRITERS: Ack=No, Mail=Yes, Files=Yes, Repro=Yes, Header=Short, Conceal=No Summary of resource utilization - ------------------------------- CPU time: 0.017 sec Device I/O: 12 Overhead CPU: 0.005 sec Paging I/O: 0 CPU model: 9121 DASD model: 3380 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ the options are: Ack=No This means listserv does NOT send me a message whenever I post. The people who run listserv recommend this setting. Mail=Yes Do I get mail? Yes. Files=Yes Could the list send me non-mail files? Yes, although I don't think anyone uses the file distribution feature. Repro=Yes DO I GET COPIES OF MY OWN POSTINGS? YES! Header=Short Just a short header Conceal=No I don't care who knows I'm on the list... (SIDNEY! Were you raised in a barn? oh, that's right, you were. well, at least mop it up when you're done...yes, helga, you can squeeze too if you want to...) Third, if you want to change the options, send LISTSERV a message with one of these texts (only a few selections shown--say "GET LISTSERV REFCARD" for more details...) to start, stop, digest, or just index the mail... SET WRITERS MAIL SET WRITERS NOMAIL SET WRITERS DIGESTS SET WRITERS INDEX to get or not get copies of your own postings SET WRITERS REPRO SET WRITERS NOREPRO Fourth, please hesitate to ask about Sidney and Helga, because I don't know what those crazy kids are up to down there on the floor, and I hesitate to interrupt their snorting long enough to ask...at least they've quit snarling at each other...although I really think the orange is getting the worst of the deal... and the moral of the story is... you can ask a listserv for info, and it'll give it to you! nerdly yers! tink