How to Use the LISTSERV
H.S. 356A
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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, majordomo
is the software used at CSU, Northridge and will be described in
this document.
How to Join the Class Discussion List
To join the class discussion list send an e-mail message to:
majordomo@email.CSUN.EDU
Leave the subject line blank and in the message area type:
subscribe eoh356-c 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 eoh356-c 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
eoh356-c@email.CSUN.EDU
Note: If you reply to a message from
eoh356-c@email.CSUN.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:
majordomo@email.CSUN.EDU
with the text of the message:
index EOH356-c
- To get a copy of an archived file, send a message to:
majordomo@email.CSUN.EDU with the text of the message:
get eoh356-c filename
(where filename is the name of the archive file)
- To receive a list of all active participants, send a message
to majordomo@email.CSUN.EDU with the text of the
message:
review eoh356-c
- To receive a brief description of the requests recognized by
the CSU Northridge majordomo, send a message to
majordomo@email.CSUN.EDU with the text
help
- To unsubscribe from the list, send a message to
majordomo@email.CSUN.EDU with the message
unsubscribe eoh356-c
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