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Eric Thomas <ERIC@FRECP11> |
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> In the 1.5j doc, references are made to some manuals that I can't find
> (User's Guide, Maintenance Guide, ...). Also, Appendix A refers to several
> document numbers which I assume to some of the MEMO files which haven't been
> updated to include the document. Are the updated versions available or can
> you tell me if (and which) memo files correspond. Thanks.
There are basically three categories of LISTSERV docs:
1) The 'recent' ones. They start with a box listing the document number, CMS
fileid, creation date, etc. I think there is no problem with these ones.
2) The 'future' ones. They simply don't exist already, but references might be
made to them in other docs. I don't want to have to re-scan all the docs I
have written when I complete a new manual, so I do as if it already
existed. A notable one is LISTFOWN MEMO which will be very thick when it's
ready and I thought that LISTINST (install guide) should be given a higher
priority. LISTFOWN will be the next one.
3) Docs which do exist but are outdated (ie I haven't had time to convert them
to SCRIPT format). They don't bear any document number. They will, as time
permits, be grouped together to form various new manuals. For example, the
application programmers guide will contain LISTDIST and LISTJOB. The user's
guide will be made of LISTSERV and LISTKEYW MEMO, etc.
Karen: the maintenance guide is LISTMAST MEMO but it's severely outdated.
You'd better try to pick as much info from LISTINST (which is 100% up to date
as all docs bearing the release number '1.5j') as possible. Note that I might
have distributed docs with an erroneous release number of '1.6'; these should
be treated as '1.5h', I had just forgotten a trailing '.' after a SCRIPT
variable in a test. Finally, LISTPRES MEMO bears the number 1.5f because it
was in fact a copy of Ross Patterson's SHARE presentation of LISTSERV which is
intrinsically not 'update-able' :-)
Those of you who have a laser printer (3812 or 3820 with Sonoran font or
suchlike, preferrably with the Pi and Specials font too) and want a
paper-printable copy of the docs should contact me. They'll get two PSEG38PP
(logos) files plus a number of LIST3820 (one per doc). I don't distribute the
huge source SCRIPT files, except to people who REALLY need it and BADLY want
it.
Regards, Eric
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