Your  subscription to  the  SOMELIST-L list  (SOME_SUBJECT) has  been
accepted.

Please  save this  message  for future  reference, especially  if  you are  not
familiar with LISTSERVER. This might look like  a waste of disk space now, but in
6 months you will be glad you  saved this information when you realize that you
cannot  remember what  are the  lists you  are subscribed  to, or  what is  the
command to  leave the list to  avoid filling up  your mailbox while you  are on
vacations.  In fact,  you  should create  a new  mail  folder for  subscription
confirmation messages  like this one, and  for the "welcome messages"  from the
list owners that you will occasionally receive after subscribing to a new list.

To send a message to all the people currently subscribed to the list, just send
mail  to SOMELIST-L@SOMENODE.  This is  called "sending  mail to  the list",
because you send mail to a single address and LISTSERVER makes copies for all the
people  who  have subscribed.  This  address  (SOMELIST-L@SOMENODE) is  also
called the  "list address".  You must  never try  to send  any command  to that
address, as it would be distributed to  all the people who have subscribed. All
commands  must be  sent to  the "LISTSERVER  address", LISTSERVER@SOMENODE.
It is  very  important to  understand the  difference
between the two, but fortunately it is not complicated. The LISTSERVER address is
like a  FAX number, and the  list address is like  a normal phone line.  If you
make your  FAX call someone's  regular phone number by  mistake, it will  be an
unpleasant experience for him but you  will probably be excused the first time.
If you  do it regularly,  however, he  will probably get  upset and send  you a
nasty complaint.  It is the same  with mailing lists, with  the difference that
you are calling hundreds or thousands of people at the same time, so a lot more
people get annoyed if you use the wrong number.

You may leave the  list at any time by sending a  "UNSUBSCRIBE SOMELIST-L" command to
LISTSERVER@SOMENODE. You can also  tell LISTSERVER
how you want it to confirm the receipt of messages you send to the list. If you
do not trust the system, send a  "SET SOMELIST-L REPRO" command and LISTSERVER will
send you a copy of your own messages,  so that you can see that the message was
distributed and did not get damaged on the way. After a while you may find that
this is  getting annoying, especially  if your mail  program does not  tell you
that the message is from you when it informs you that new mail has arrived from
SOMELIST-L. If you send a "SET  SOMELIST-L ACK NOREPRO" command, LISTSERVER will mail
you a short acknowledgement instead, which  will look different in your mailbox
directory. With  most mail programs you  will know immediately that  this is an
acknowledgement you can read later.  Finally, you can turn off acknowledgements
completely with "SET SOMELIST-L NOACK NOREPRO".

Please note  that it is presently  possible for other people  to determine that
you are signed  up to the list  through the use of the  "REVIEW" command, which
returns the e-mail address and name of  all the subscribers. If you do not want
your name to be visible, just issue a "SET SOMELIST-L CONCEAL" command.

More information  on LISTSERVER commands can  be found in the  LISTSERVER reference
card,  which  you  can  retrieve  by  sending  an  "INFO COMMANDS"  command  to
LISTSERVER@SOMENODE.