Dear Zooarchers,

One my propositions for the New Year was to send a reminder of how
zooarch works, so here you go (see below). People who have subscribed
recently will have received a copy of this document but others may have
not seen it for a long time.

May also also remind that:
- no attachments should be sent to the list (people have been very good
about this lately)
- you need to hit the "reply to all" (or equivalent command in your
email program) if you want the whole list to see your reply to a zooarch
message. Unless the message is personal or concerns a very specific
question, we very much encourage people to make their information or
ideas available to all zooarchers.

Happy New Year!

Umberto


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to
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makes
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address
([log in to unmask])  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," [log in to unmask]  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.

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command
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to
confirm the receipt of messages you send to the list. If you do not
trust
the system, send a "SET ZOOARCH 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 ZOOARCH. If  you send a "SET  ZOOARCH 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
ZOOARCH NOACK NOREPRO".

Following  instructions from  the list  owner, your  subscription
options
have been set to "NOACK REPRO  SUBJECTHDR" rather than the usual
LISTSERV
defaults. For more information about  subscription options, send a
"QUERY
ZOOARCH" command to [log in to unmask]

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a
list of the available archive files by sending an "INDEX ZOOARCH"
command
to [log in to unmask]  You can then  order these files with  a
"GET
ZOOARCH LOGxxxx" command, or using LISTSERV's database search
facilities.
Send an "INFO DATABASE" command for more information on the latter.

This  list is  available  in digest  form.  If you  wish  to receive
the
digested  version  of the  postings,  just  issue  a SET  ZOOARCH
DIGEST
command.

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 ZOOARCH 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 [log in to unmask]


--
Umberto Albarella
Department of Archaeology
University of Durham
Durham DH1 3LE, UK
tel.+44-191-3341153
fax +44-191-3341101
http://www.dur.ac.uk/Archaeology/staff/UA/index.htm

"The worst betrayal of intelligence is finding
justification for the world as it is"
Jean Guehenno