Psylaw-L Instructions

Instructions for the PSYLAW-L email listserver are below. 

PLEASE NOTE:  This listserv is not owned, moderated or an official product of AP-LS. 

LISTSERV USER INSTRUCTIONS

This is a very brief list of Listserv commands. A complete "General User's Guide" is available, in a variety of formats, from L-Soft International, Inc. via web at http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8d/user/user.html

You send commands only to subscribe, unsubscribe and set subscription options to Listserv, a machine which will generally respond back in a few minutes, at LISTSERV@UNL.EDU

To post actual messages to the members (people) of the list, send the e-mail to PSYLAW-L@UNL.EDU

HOW TO SUBSCRIBE

Send an e-mail message to LISTSERV@UNL.EDU

In the Message Field, NOT Subject field, type: SUBSCRIBE PSYLAW-L

The items above are case insensitive.

NOTE: Do not include your electronic signature, as Listserv will try to interpret each line as a command.

HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE

Send an e-mail message to LISTSERV@UNL.EDU

In the Message Field, NOT Subject, type: UNSUBSCRIBE PSYLAW-L

The items above are case insensitive.

NOTE: Do not include your electronic signature block, as Listserv will try to interpret each line as a command.

TO SEARCH PSYLAW-L ARCHIVES

Searchable archives from January 1999 through the present are available at http://crcvms.unl.edu/htbin/wa?A0=PSYLAW-L

SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS

When you subscribe to a listserv, your subscription options will be set to the defaults of that list. Most of the time the defaults will probably serve you well. However, you may choose to alter these settings to suit your needs. All commands are sent via e-mail to LISTSERV@UNL.EDU and the commands are placed in the Message Field (NOT Subject)

To view your present settings

QUERY PSYLAW-L

To change option setting

SET PSYLAW-L OPTION

SELECTED OPTIONS

For full list of options go to http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8d/user/user.html

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Option ---> Description

MAIL ...You are sent individual postings as they are received.

NOMAIL ...You will not receive any mail from the list, but are still subscribed. Useful when you will not be reading your e-mail for an extended time and don't want a full mailbox upon return.

DIGEST ...You receive list digests, rather than individual postings. The default setting for the list is "digest" format. If you wish to receive the postings on a message-by-message basis, simply issue a SET PSYLAW-L NODIGEST command to LISTSERV@CRCVMS.UNL.EDU.

NODIGEST ...You receive individual postings.

REPRO ...You do receive a copy of your own postings.

NOREPRO ...You do not receive a copy of your own postings

ACK ...Acknowledgement of your postings is sent to you.

NOACK ...No acknowledgement of your postings.

CONCEAL ...Your subscription is concealed from other members, but not from owner. Note-Posting to the list will reveal your presence.

NOCONCEAL ...Your subscription is not concealed. The options above are case insensitive. You can set as many options as you like, including more than one listserv, with a single e-mail note, but only one option setting command per line.

ARCHIVES...download archives fro PSYLAW-L server in text form. These archives go back only to about April 1999--see above for more extensive archives.

Example:
set psylaw-l digest
set psylaw-l noack
set psylaw-l norepro

NOTES

You must be subscribed to a listserv to alter your option settings.

Do not include signature block, as Listserv will try to interpret each line as a command.

FURTHER INFORMATION FOR BEGINNERS

Please save this message (or url) for future reference, especially if this is the first time you subscribe to an electronic mailing list. If you ever need to leave the list, you will find the necessary instructions below. Perhaps more importantly, saving a copy of this message (and of all future subscription notices from other mailing lists) in a special mail folder will give you instant access to the list of mailing lists that you are subscribed to. This may prove very useful the next time you go on vacation and need to leave the lists temporarily so as not to fill up your mailbox while you are away! You should also save 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 PSYLAW-L@CRCVMS.UNL.EDU. 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 (PSYLAW-L@CRCVMS.UNL.EDU) 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@CRCVMS.UNL.EDU. 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 that connects you to a machine, whereas the list address is like a normal voice line connecting you to a person. If you make a mistake and dial the FAX number when you wanted to talk to someone on the phone, you will quickly realize that you used the wrong number and call again. No harm will have been done. If on the other hand you accidentally make your FAX call someone's voice line, the person receiving the call will be inconvenienced, especially if your FAX then re-dials every 5 minutes. The fact that most people will eventually connect the FAX machine to the voice line to allow the FAX to go through and make the calls stop does not mean that you should continue to send FAXes to the voice number. People would just get mad at you. It works pretty much the same way with mailing lists, with the difference that you are calling hundreds or thousands of people at the same time, and consequently you can expect a lot of people to get upset if you consistently send commands to the list address.

You may leave the list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF PSYLAW-L" command to LISTSERV@CRCVMS.UNL.EDU. 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 PSYLAW-L 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 PSYLAW-L. If you send a "SET PSYLAW-L 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 PSYLAW-L NOACK NOREPRO".

Following instructions from the list owner, your subscription options have been set to "NOACK REPRO DIGESTS" rather than the usual LISTSERV defaults. If you wish to receive the postings on a message-by-message basis, simply issue a SET PSYLAW-L NODIGEST command to LISTSERV@CRCVMS.UNL.EDU. For more information about subscription options, send a "QUERY PSYLAW-L" command to LISTSERV@CRCVMS.UNL.EDU.

Contributions sent to this list are automatically archived. You can get a list of the available archive files by sending an "INDEX PSYLAW-L" command to LISTSERV@CRCVMS.UNL.EDU. You can then order these files with a "GET PSYLAW-L LOGxxxx" command, or using LISTSERV's database search facilities. Send an "INFO DATABASE" command for more information on the latter.

IMPORTANT This list is confidential. You should not publicly mention its existence, or forward copies of information you have obtained from it to third parties. Please note that the "GIVE" command is automatically disabled for all archive files.

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 PSYLAW-L 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@CRCVMS.UNL.EDU.