RMI-USERS List Server Instructions
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From: "L-Soft list server at JavaSoft (1.8b)" 
Reply-To: RMI-USERS-request@javasoft.com
X-Lsv-Listid: RMI-USERS

Your subscription to  the RMI-USERS list (JavaSoft  Support Mailing List)
has been accepted.

Please save this message for future  reference, especially if you are not
familiar with LISTSERV.  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 RMI-USERS@JAVASOFT.COM. This is called "sending mail to
the list", because  you send mail to a single  address and LISTSERV makes
copies   for  all   the  people   who  have   subscribed.  This   address
(RMI-USERS@JAVASOFT.COM)  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
"LISTSERV  address",  LISTSERV@JAVASOFT.COM.  It  is  very  important  to
understand  the difference  between the  two, but  fortunately it  is not
complicated. The  LISTSERV 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  "SIGNOFF RMI-USERS"
command to LISTSERV@JAVASOFT.COM. You can also tell LISTSERV 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  RMI-USERS REPRO" command and LISTSERV 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 RMI-USERS.  If  you  send a  "SET
RMI-USERS  ACK  NOREPRO"   command,  LISTSERV  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 RMI-USERS NOACK NOREPRO".

Please note that  it is presently possible for anybody  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 RMI-USERS CONCEAL"
command.

More  information on  LISTSERV  commands  can be  found  in the  LISTSERV
reference  card, which  you can  retrieve  by sending  an "INFO  REFCARD"
command to LISTSERV@JAVASOFT.COM.

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