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	Oklahoma Chapter Special Libraries Association
	Mailing List Quick Help The OKSLA-L mailing list is provided as a way for members of OKSLA to electronically communicate with a minimum of effort to other members. Please keep in mind a few guidelines to follow when using mailing lists: Mailing lists are not by their very nature a means of private communication. Anything you post to the mailing list will go to everyone else on the mailing list. If you wish to converse privately with a list member, send mail directly to that person. There are two email addresses associated with OKSLA-L. The first one to mention is LISTSERV@LISTSERV.OKSTATE.EDU. This email address can ONLY be used to change your subscription profile. If you try to send a message to the list using this address, it will reply with as many lines of unknown command as you have lines in the message. It will likely look something like the following example: Hi Everyone! unknown command "Hi" I'm writing to ask a question about unknown command "I'm" etcetera... After you are subscribed to the mailing list, simply send mail to OKSLA-L@LISTERV.OKSTATE.EDU and everyone on the list will receive a copy of your posting. The important thing to remember here is that this email address does not execute subscription commands and that a copy of any command you attempt to send to the listserv using this address will be sent to everyone else on the list. While this is harmless -- as far as the mailing list is concerned, it's another piece of email to process for its list -- it can be frustrating to other members of the list for them to see repeated subscription change commands from OKSLA-L. Occasionally it happens, and that can be reasonably expected, but after a while people tend to get a little upset about it. One way to try to remember it is to imagine sitting with your best friend in a room full of other acquaintances. You might tell the group a funny story about something that happened to a family member on your vacation, but only your best friend knows which family member. Sending email to the LISTSERV@LISTSERV.OKSTATE.EDU address is roughly analogous to your best friend's knowledge of which family member you're talking about, while the OKSLA-L@LISTSERV.OKSTATE.EDU email address can be compared to the remaining people in this fictitious group. Subscribing To Our Mailing List This is very easy to do: Send Email to the 'Listserver' (it accepts mail from you to send to the other subscribers). The Subject can be blank (if your email application complains, you can put "None" in the subject line). In the body of the message, enter SUBSCRIBE OKSLA-L without any signature or other text, just the command above. When you receive an email from LISTSERV@LISTSERV.OKSTATE.EDU, you will have two options: You may click on the included link to visit a web page that will confirm your subscription; You can reply to the email as instructed. When you do either of the above options to "confirm" your subscription, you will be sent another email from LISTSERV@LISTSERV.OKSTATE.EDU explaining in greater detail what's been covered here. Most listowners suggest keeping a copy of the email in either electronic or printed form to refer to later. If you later want to unsubscribe from OKSLA-L, you will want this email handy to follow the unsubscribing instructions (briefly covered below). A (Very Brief) Primer on ListServ Commands Interacting with the ListServ has very few parts. You can change your preferences by interacting with ListServ through email by sending mail to the LISTSERV@LISTSERV.OKSTATE.EDU address. It is basically made up of a command for the mailing list and a setting such as command <LISTNAME> setting For example: set OKSLA-L digest will cause you to receive email from OKSLA-L in digest form. "Digest Form" is a method where the ListServ saves messages for you until it has reached either a set period of time or an approximate number of lines of received mail. It then combines all the email into one easy-to-follow-along message. Conversely, sending set OKSLA-L mail will cause you to receive email from other members of the group as it is processed. Another example is temporarily electing to not receive mail while not unsubscribing from the list (handy if you're going on a long vacation and won't have access to your email): set OKSLA-L nomail The ListServ will not save any mail for you, it just removes your name from the recipients list without removing your account preferences. Finally, here is a command to get a handy reference sheet for the most commonly used commands in a ListServ environment: info refcard This will send you a "cheat-sheet" of sorts with examples of how to use common commands. Unsubscribing From The Mailing List Send Email to the 'Listserv' address (it accepts mail from you to execute commands). Again, the Subject line is ignored. In the body of the message, enter SIGNOFF OKSLA-L without any signature or other text, just the command above. You will be notified by email from LISTSERV@LISTSERV.OKSTATE.EDU that you have been unsubscribed from the OKSLA-L mailing list.
	This website Copyright © 2007 by Oklahoma Chapter of SLA All Rights Reserved. No part of this website may be reproduced or used outside of the manner in which it is intended. Your continued visitation of this website constitutes your agreement to these terms.

Oklahoma Chapter
Special Libraries Association

Mailing List Quick Help

The OKSLA-L mailing list is provided as a way for members of OKSLA to electronically communicate with a minimum of effort to other members. Please keep in mind a few guidelines to follow when using mailing lists:

Mailing lists are not by their very nature a means of private communication. Anything you post to the mailing list will go to everyone else on the mailing list. If you wish to converse privately with a list member, send mail directly to that person.
There are two email addresses associated with OKSLA-L. The first one to mention is LISTSERV@LISTSERV.OKSTATE.EDU. This email address can ONLY be used to change your subscription profile. If you try to send a message to the list using this address, it will reply with as many lines of unknown command as you have lines in the message. It will likely look something like the following example:
```
Hi Everyone!
unknown command "Hi"

I'm writing to ask a question about
unknown command "I'm"
```
etcetera...
After you are subscribed to the mailing list, simply send mail to OKSLA-L@LISTERV.OKSTATE.EDU and everyone on the list will receive a copy of your posting. The important thing to remember here is that this email address does not execute subscription commands and that a copy of any command you attempt to send to the listserv using this address will be sent to everyone else on the list. While this is harmless -- as far as the mailing list is concerned, it's another piece of email to process for its list -- it can be frustrating to other members of the list for them to see repeated subscription change commands from OKSLA-L. Occasionally it happens, and that can be reasonably expected, but after a while people tend to get a little upset about it.

One way to try to remember it is to imagine sitting with your best friend in a room full of other acquaintances. You might tell the group a funny story about something that happened to a family member on your vacation, but only your best friend knows which family member. Sending email to the LISTSERV@LISTSERV.OKSTATE.EDU address is roughly analogous to your best friend's knowledge of which family member you're talking about, while the OKSLA-L@LISTSERV.OKSTATE.EDU email address can be compared to the remaining people in this fictitious group.

Subscribing To Our Mailing List

This is very easy to do:

Send Email to the 'Listserver' (it accepts mail from you to send to the other subscribers). The Subject can be blank (if your email application complains, you can put "None" in the subject line). In the body of the message, enter

SUBSCRIBE OKSLA-L

without any signature or other text, just the command above.
When you receive an email from LISTSERV@LISTSERV.OKSTATE.EDU, you will have two options:
- You may click on the included link to visit a web page that will confirm your subscription;
- You can reply to the email as instructed.
When you do either of the above options to "confirm" your subscription, you will be sent another email from LISTSERV@LISTSERV.OKSTATE.EDU explaining in greater detail what's been covered here. Most listowners suggest keeping a copy of the email in either electronic or printed form to refer to later. If you later want to unsubscribe from OKSLA-L, you will want this email handy to follow the unsubscribing instructions (briefly covered below).

A (Very Brief) Primer on ListServ Commands

Interacting with the ListServ has very few parts. You can change your preferences by interacting with ListServ through email by sending mail to the LISTSERV@LISTSERV.OKSTATE.EDU address. It is basically made up of a command for the mailing list and a setting such as

command <LISTNAME> setting

For example:

set OKSLA-L digest

will cause you to receive email from OKSLA-L in digest form. "Digest Form" is a method where the ListServ saves messages for you until it has reached either a set period of time or an approximate number of lines of received mail. It then combines all the email into one easy-to-follow-along message. Conversely, sending

set OKSLA-L mail

will cause you to receive email from other members of the group as it is processed.

Another example is temporarily electing to not receive mail while not unsubscribing from the list (handy if you're going on a long vacation and won't have access to your email):

set OKSLA-L nomail

The ListServ will not save any mail for you, it just removes your name from the recipients list without removing your account preferences.

Finally, here is a command to get a handy reference sheet for the most commonly used commands in a ListServ environment:

info refcard

This will send you a "cheat-sheet" of sorts with examples of how to use common commands.

Unsubscribing From The Mailing List

Send Email to the 'Listserv' address (it accepts mail from you to execute commands). Again, the Subject line is ignored. In the body of the message, enter

SIGNOFF OKSLA-L

without any signature or other text, just the command above.
You will be notified by email from LISTSERV@LISTSERV.OKSTATE.EDU that you have been unsubscribed from the OKSLA-L mailing list.

This website Copyright © 2007 by Oklahoma Chapter of SLA All Rights Reserved. No part of this website may be reproduced or used outside of the manner in which it is intended. Your continued visitation of this website constitutes your agreement to these terms.