"Mooraby, Rahman Mohamud (Rahman)" wrote: > > Was just trying to get all help commands from the server. Sorry for > the inconvenience. >
Sorry, I should tell people how to do this every once in a while. First of all, you need to know that mailing lists have TWO addresses. One is used when you wish to send commands to the server that manages your subscription, and the other is used when you want to post a message for distribution. For MapInfo-L, the server address is [EMAIL PROTECTED], and the list address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Typical commands that you might send to the server are subscribe, unsubscribe, and of course, help. There's a web page you can check out too: http://www.directionsmag.com/mapinfo-l/ (click on About MapInfo, then How to Get Help.) You can even stack up several commands in a single message. For example, if you send the following commands to majordomo: lists info MapInfo-L help end you will receive a reply from the server with 1.) a list of all the mailing lists that the Directions Magazine majordomo server manages (and that you can join), 2.) several paragraphs of information specific to MapInfo-L (this is the welcome message you see when you first signed up), 3.) Help on majordomo, which explains all the available commands (not all are implemented... for example, to keep spammers from downloading the subscriber list, the 'who' command is not open to the public), and finally the 'end' command simply tells majordomo to stop reading the rest of your message looking for commands (this keeps it from being confused by your sig or any disclaimers your organization insists on inserting into your mail.) I hope that helps. If anyone has further questions, feel free to ask me. -- - Bill Thoen ------------------------------------------------------------ GISnet, 1401 Walnut St., Suite C, Boulder, CO 80302 tel: 303-786-9961, fax: 303-443-4856 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.gisnet.com ------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________________________________ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
