Appendix A: LISTSERV Command Reference for LISTSERV® version 1.8d

SUBSCRIBE listname full_name WITH option1 option2 ...

SUBSCRIBE MYLIST-L Joe User WITH NOMAIL

listname Sign off of the specified list

* Sign off of all lists on that server

* (NETWIDESign off of all lists in the LISTSERV network

The "* (NETWIDE parameter causes the LISTSERV server to forward a copy of the signoff request to all other registered LISTSERV servers. This is a good option for a user who is changing service providers or otherwise losing a specific address that will not be forwarded. Please note that this parameter will not remove the user from non-LISTSERV lists or from LISTSERV lists running on non-registered sites.

SHORT822 Essentially the same as "short" mail headers, with the same caveats as noted for FULL822.

• When the list in question requires periodic subscription renewals (controlled by the Renewal= keyword). In this case, the amount of time between the request for confirmation and termination of the subscription is controlled by the Delay() parameter of the Renewal= keyword; the default is seven days.

• When LISTSERV's automatic address probing function fails and you receive a message to that effect. The response time is controlled by the settings of the Auto-Delete= keyword for the list in question.

• For mailing lists without an associated filelist or catalog, LISTSERV creates an index "on the fly" containing entries for the accumulated notebook archives for that list. If notebook archives are not enabled for the list, LISTSERV will respond, "This server does not have any file by the name 'listname.filelist'."

• For mailing lists with an associated filelist or catalog, LISTSERV will append the "on the fly" index of notebook archives to the entries in the associated filelist or catalog. For instance, for a list called MYLIST with associated catalog MYLIST.CATALOG, INDEX MYLIST might return:

  *
  * MYLIST FILELIST from LISTSERV@LISTSERV.MYCORP.COM
  *
  * ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 
  *
  *  The GET/PUT authorization codes shown with each file entry describe
  *  who is authorized to GET or PUT the file:
  *
  *     ALL = Everybody
  *     CTL = LISTSERV administrators
  *     OWN = List owners
  *     PRV = Private, ie list members
  *     LMC = LISTSERV master coordinator
  *     N/A = Not applicable - file is internally maintained by LISTSERV
  *     MSC = Miscellaneous - contact administrator for more information
  *
  * :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
  *
  *
  * Information files for MYLIST
  * 
  * filename      filetype        GET PUT size (bytes) date       time     
  * --------      --------        --- --- ------------ ---------- --------
    MYLIST        FAQ             ALL MSC       22,528 1996-02-09 21:30:10 
    MYLIST        WELCOME         ALL MSC          279 1998-02-02 09:59:44
    MYLIST        FAREWELL        ALL MSC           92 1998-02-05 11:06:14 
                                                                            
  *
  * Archive files for the MYLIST list at LISTSERV.MYCORP.COM
  * (monthly logs)                                                          
  * 
  * filename      filetype        GET PUT size (bytes) date       time     
  * --------      --------        --- --- ------------ ---------- --------
    MYLIST        LOG9603         LOG OWN        8,668 1998-05-27 15:29:57
    MYLIST        LOG9605         LOG OWN        7,865 1998-06-29 08:43:26
    MYLIST        LOG9606         LOG OWN       17,298 1998-07-23 12:46:20
  

  Figure 6.1. Sample output of an INDEX listname command.

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• Lastly, for catalogs or filelists without an associated list, the INDEX command returns only the entries in the catalog or filelist, since there are no associated list archives to be indexed.

(Note: Prior to 1.8d this command is not available on non-VM servers.)