Listserv Commands for the Reflective Portfolio List

• How to send a message to the list
• How to join this list
• How to leave this list
• What to do with your You have been added to the REFLECTIVE_PORTFOLIO list message
• How to get a listserv manual

sending

Sending a Message

       To send a message to everyone on the list, address the message to

reflective_portfolio@rice.edu

or reply to a message you have received from the group.  Everyone who is subscribed to the list will receive a copy of the message.  If your message isn't for everyone in the group, but should be directed only to one individual, don't reply to a list message you've received.  Type that person's e-mail address into a separate message and send it that way.

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unsub

Subscribing
       To join the Reflective Portfolio Discussion List, send an e-mail message to

listserv@listserv.rice.edu

       You don't need to put anything on the subject line.  Make sure that the body of your e-mail message is completely blank, and type in the following:

subscribe reflective_portfolio username@whatever.domain Firstname   Lastname

        as in

subscribe reflective_portfolio msirois@rice.edu Michael Sirois

       Substitute your own e-mail address and name, of course.

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unsub
Unsubscribing
       To leave the Reflective Portfolio Discussion List (only temporarily, we hope), also send an e-mail message to

listserv@listserv.rice.edu

       Again, don't put anything on the subject line.   Make sure that the body of your e-mail message is completely blank, and type in the following:

signoff reflective_portfolio username@whatever.domain Firstname  Lastname

        as in

signoff reflective_portfolio msirois@rice.edu Michael Sirois

       Substitute your own e-mail address and name, of course.

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message

What Do I Do With That First Message?

       When you join a list, you are sent a short message which looks very boring and does not seem to have anything interesting to say about the list itself.  Do not discard it!  Treat it like a warranty card -- no immediate value, but you never know when you might need it.  If you are on several lists, you should make a new folder in your mail program for these little pamphlets and search it whenever you have an administrative question about a mailing list, instead of contacting the list owner directly. 

        Although they do look the same from a distance, the pamphlets are customised to the individual lists and do not contain the same information.  Finally, saving them in a dedicated mail folder makes it very easy for you to know what mailing lists you are subscribed to, and when you joined.

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manual

Getting a Listserv Manual

       For a full set of listserv commands, you can access the complete manual from L-Soft at this WWW address

       http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8d/user/user.html

       If you just want some of the basic commands (other than those listed above), you can send a message to

listserv@listserv.rice.edu

       In the body of the message, type info refcard and send the message.  You will receive a list of the the more commonly used commands.

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This page was last modified on March 20, 2000, by Michael Sirois, RPG's Web-Whatever.

E-mail mikey at msirois@rice.edu.

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