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How to Use the COMS100A23-L
ListProc
Communications Studies
100A
California State University, Sacramento
General Information
Electronic mailing lists provide forums for Internet users to
participate in discussions or receive information on thousands of
topics. They provide a way to disseminate information to large
numbers of people and hold long-distance discussions among many
people. They are used by many colleges and universities to
facilitate and enhance classroom education. Mailing lists provide
an efficient way to reach a lot of people very quickly, by
automating the distribution of electronic mail to all members of
the mailing list. Digests, electronic journals, announcements, and
discussion groups are some of the types of content that are
delivered through the thousands of lists available on the
Internet.
The software responsible for the management and distribution of
these mailing lists to thousands of subscribers are commonly
called "list servers". A list member can send an e-mail
message to a single, central e-mail address and the list server
automatically distributes the message to all other members of the
list. There is a variety of list server software available that
allows users to create and manage mailing lists. The most common
list server software is listproc, listserv and majordomo.
Although, most list server software functions similarly ListProc
is the software used at CSU, Sacramento and will be described in
this document.
ListProc, a UNIX implementation of a list server, has been
established to enhance communication between faculty, staff and
students by automating the distribution of electronic mail to a
group of users with common interests. The electronic discussion
list is available to all students with e-mail accounts. You may
subscribe using any e-mail software, i.e. Pegasus Mail, Pine, VAX
Mail, Netscape Mail or Eudora. Pine is the client software for
users who access e-mail by logging into the CSUS SacLink system.
For further online information on SacLink or Pine mail refer to
Getting
Started with SacLink.
How to Join the Class Discussion List
You interact with ListProc by sending an e-mail message,
containing listproc commands, to LISTPROC@CSUS.EDU. To communicate
with other members of the list, you send an e-mail message to
COMS100A23-L@CSUS.EDU.
To join the class discussion list send an e-mail message to
LISTPROC@CSUS.EDU
Leave the subject line blank and in the message area type
subscribe
COMS100A23-L
Firstname Lastname (where Firstname and Lastname is
your first and last name)
Note: Because subscription requests are not automatic for
the list, you will receive a message back saying the request
has been forwarded for approval. After you receive the
COMS100A23-L list welcome
message, you can use the information below to communicate to
all members of the list.
Sending Message to the Group
- To send a message to all other members of the electronic
discussion group, address the message to
COMS100A23-L @CSUS.EDU
- Note: If you reply to a message from
COMS100A23-L
@CSUS.EDU, your message will be sent to
ALL members of the group.
To reply to only one member you need to type their e-mail
address in the TO section of the message.
- To receive a list of files in the archive, send an e-mail
message to LISTPROC@CSUS.EDU with the text of the message
index COMS100A23-L
- To get a copy of an archived file, send a message to
LISTPROC@CSUS.EDU with the text of the message get
COMS100A23-L
filename (where filename is the name of the archive
file)
- To receive a list of all active participants, send a message
to LISTPROC@CSUS.EDU with the text of the message
review
COMS100A23-L
- To receive a brief description of the requests recognized by
the CSU, Sacramento ListProcessor, send a message to
LISTPROC@CSUS.EDU with the text help
- To unsubscribe from the list, send a message to
LISTPROC@CSUS.EDU with the message unsubscribe
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August 5,
1998
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