Car "list owners",
    Io non ha inviate ulle message a INTERLNG-request e non sape de
que cosa le sequente se tracta. Forsan alcun joco.
    - Bent


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Fra: "L-Soft list server at St. John's University (1.8d)"
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Til: <[log in to unmask]>
Sendt: 8. april 2004 20:02
Emne: Your message to [log in to unmask]


Thu, 8 Apr 2004 13:02:48

Your message to [log in to unmask] has been
forwarded to the  "list owners" (the people  who manage the INTERLNG
list). If you wanted to reach a human being, you used the correct
procedure and you can ignore  the remainder  of this  message.  If you
were trying  to send a command for the computer to execute, please
read on.

The  INTERLNG list  is managed  by a  LISTSERV server.  LISTSERV
commands should    always    be   sent    to    the    "LISTSERV"
address, ie [log in to unmask] LISTSERV never  tries to
process messages sent to the INTERLNG-request address; it  simply
forwards them to a human being, and acknowledges receipt with the
present message.

The "listname-request" convention originated on  the Internet a long
time ago. At  the time, lists were  always managed manually, and  this
address was defined as an alias for the  person(s) in charge of the
mailing list. You would write to the  "listname-request" address to
ask for information about the list, ask  to be added to the list,
make suggestions about the contents and policy, etc. Because this
address was always a human being, people  knew and  expected to  be
talking to  a  human being,  not to a computer.  Unfortunately, some
recent  list  management packages screen incoming  messages  to  the
"listname-request" address  and  attempt to determine whether they are
requests to  join or leave the list. They look for words such as
"subscribe," "add,"  "leave," "off," and so on. If they decide your
message is  a request to join or leave  the list, they update the list
automatically;  otherwise, they forward the message  to the list
owners. Naturally, this means that if  you write to the list owners
about someone else's  unsuccessful attempts to  leave the list, you
stand good chances of  being automatically removed  from the list,
whereas  the list owners will never receive your message. No one
really benefits from this. There is no  reliable mechanism to contact
a human  being for assistance, and you can never  be sure whether your
request will  be interpreted as a command or as a message to the list
owners. This is why LISTSERV uses two separate addresses, one for the
people in  charge of the list and one for the computer  that runs it.
This way you  always know what  will happen, especially if you are
writing in a language other than English.

In  any case,  if your  message was  a LISTSERV  command, you  should
now resend it  to [log in to unmask]  The list owners
know that you have  received this message and  may assume that you
will resend the command  on your  own. You  will find  instructions
for  the most common administrative requests below.

*********************
* TO LEAVE THE LIST *
*********************

Write to [log in to unmask] and, in  the text of your
message
(not the subject line), write: SIGNOFF INTERLNG

********************
* TO JOIN THE LIST *
********************

Write to [log in to unmask] and, in  the text of your
message
(not the subject line), write: SUBSCRIBE INTERLNG

************************
* FOR MORE INFORMATION *
************************

Write to [log in to unmask] and, in  the text of your
message
(not the  subject line),  write: "HELP" or  "INFO" (without  the
quotes).
HELP will give you a short help  message and INFO a list of the
documents
you can order.