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From: "L-Soft list server at North Dakota HECN (1.8c)"
              
Subject:      You are now subscribed to the GEDCOM-L list
Date:         Wed, 4 Sep 1996 10:56:17 -0500
Reply-To: GEDCOM-L-request@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU

On Wed, 4 Sep 1996 at 10:56:17 hours

Your subscription to the  GEDCOM-L list (Genealogical Data Communications
Specs) has been accepted.

Please save this message for future  reference, especially if you are not
familiar with LISTSERV.

This might look like  a waste of disk space now, but in  less than a week
you will  be glad you  saved this information  when you realize  that you
cannot remember what are the lists you  are subscribed to, or what is the
command to leave the list to avoid  filling up your mailbox while you are
on vacation.

In  fact,  you   should  create  a  new  mail   folder  for  subscription
confirmation messages like this one,  and for the "welcome messages" from
the list owners that you will occasionally receive after subscribing to a
new list.

To send  a message to  all the people  currently subscribed to  the list,
just send  mail to  GEDCOM-L@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU. This is  called "sending
mail to the list", because you send mail to a single address and LISTSERV
makes  copies  for all  the  people  who  have subscribed.  This  address
(GEDCOM-L@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU) is also called the "list address". You must
never try to send any command to that address, as it would be distributed
to all the people  who have subscribed. All commands must  be sent to the
"LISTSERV address", LISTSERV@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU. It  is very important to
understand  the difference  between the  two, but  fortunately it  is not
complicated. The  LISTSERV address  is like  a FAX  number, and  the list
address is like a normal phone line.  If you make your FAX call someone's
regular phone number by mistake, it  will be an unpleasant experience for
him  but you  will probably  be  excused the  first  time. If  you do  it
regularly,  however, he  will probably  get upset  and send  you a  nasty
complaint. It  is the same with  mailing lists, with the  difference that
you are calling  hundreds or thousands of  people at the same  time, so a
lot more people get annoyed if you use the wrong number.

You  may leave  the list  at  any time  by sending  a "SIGNOFF  GEDCOM-L"
command to  LISTSERV@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU. You  can also tell  LISTSERV how
you want it to  confirm the receipt of messages you send  to the list. If
you do  not trust  the system,  send a "SET  GEDCOM-L REPRO"  command and
LISTSERV will send you  a copy of your own messages, so  that you can see
that the  message was  distributed and  did not get  damaged on  the way.
After a while  you may find that this is  getting annoying, especially if
your mail program does not tell you  that the message is from you when it
informs you that new  mail has arrived from GEDCOM-L. If  you send a "SET
GEDCOM-L  ACK   NOREPRO"  command,  LISTSERV   will  mail  you   a  short
acknowledgement  instead,  which  will  look different  in  your  mailbox
directory. With most mail programs you will know immediately that this is
an  acknowledgement  you  can  read  later. Finally,  you  can  turn  off
acknowledgements completely with "SET GEDCOM-L NOACK NOREPRO".

Following  instructions from  the list  owner, your  subscription options
have  been  set  to  "REPRO  SHORTHDR" rather  than  the  usual  LISTSERV
defaults. For more information about  subscription options, send a "QUERY
GEDCOM-L" command to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU.

Contributions sent to this list are automatically archived. You can get a
list  of the  available  archive  files by  sending  an "INDEX  GEDCOM-L"
command to  LISTSERV@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU. You  can then order  these files
with  a "GET  GEDCOM-L  LOGxxxx" command,  or  using LISTSERV's  database
search facilities. Send  an "INFO DATABASE" command  for more information
on the latter.

Please note that  it is presently possible for other  people to determine
that  you are  signed up  to the  list through  the use  of the  "REVIEW"
command,  which  returns   the  e-mail  address  and  name   of  all  the
subscribers. If  you do not  want your name to  be visible, just  issue a
"SET GEDCOM-L CONCEAL" command.

More  information on  LISTSERV  commands  can be  found  in the  LISTSERV
reference  card, which  you can  retrieve  by sending  an "INFO  REFCARD"
command to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU.
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