It seems that I've been seeing a lot of traffic on BEE-L that should
have been sent to the list server itself, rather than being sent to
everyone on the list.  So, here is the reader's digest version of how
to use the list server - If I screw this up, will someone please post
the correct instructions!!!!!! My apologies to those folks who already
know this stuff, and don't need to have their mailboxes clogged up with
this!
 
In order to send a message to every one of the several hundred people
on BEE-L, send a message to [log in to unmask]  (bitnet)  -- Internet
users can send to [log in to unmask]  Any message sent to that address
gets duplicated and mailed to all the subscribers of the list.
 
If you wish to subscribe, unsubscribe, review the list of current subscribers,
get an index of archived files, set different options, find out what lists
are available, or get help, you should send your mail to the listserver
itself -  [log in to unmask]  (bitnet)  or [log in to unmask]
for you Internet folks.  When you send mail to LISTSERV, you are sending mail
to a computer that will respond to the commands contained in the body of your
message.  So, if you want help on using the list, you should send a message
to [log in to unmask] which says "HELP" in the body of the message.
The computer will send a help file back to you.  You can also try the command
INFO to get more info.  For all you folks who want to see your own messages
when they are distributed, you must send the message SET BEE-L REPRO to the
LISTSERV address.  Sending it to BEE-L doesn't do anything other than tell
everyone that you want to get your own messages, and that you don't know how
to use the list server!
 
Summary of useful commands: (Commands can be abbreviated using only the part
of the command that is in CAPITAL letters)
Info - get info file.  Use INFO ? to get a list of available info topics
Help - sends a brief description of most useful commands
List - Get a description of all lists on this listserver
List Global - Get a description of all lists everywhere - Last time I did
   this, I got a 250Kbyte file back with several thousand lists shown!!!
SUBscribe - sign up to get mail from the specified list
UNSubscribe - stop getting mail from a list
SET - set various options
REView - get a list of who is on the list
GET - get the requested archive file
INDex - get a list of available archive files
 
Rick Hough
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