List owners might want to have a look at this Internet Draft on headers
for mailing lists. There's no official IETF working group for it, but
there is a mailing list (see below). Chances are good that a future
version of this draft will become an Internet Proposed Standard.
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Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-costales-subscribe-01.txt
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 09:04:14 -0400
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A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
Title : E-Mail Headers to Facilitate Mailing List
Subscriptions and Unsubscriptions
Author(s) : B. Costales
Filename : draft-costales-subscribe-01.txt
Pages : 4
Date : 1997-08-19
The number of ways to subscribe-to (and to unsubscribe-from)
e-mail mailing lists is as varied as the number of programmers
designing mailing list software. For some lists, for example,
users (un)subscribe by sending a request to <listname>[log in to unmask]
For others lists the address is [log in to unmask] with the request
to (un)subscribe embedded in the message body. Yet others set up
special hosts to satisfy this need, such as <listname>@list-off.domain.
In this Internet Draft we offer two new e-mail headers intended to make
mailing list subscription and unsubscription easier and more uniform:
List-Subscribe and List-Unsubscribe.
Internet-Drafts are available by anonymous FTP. Login wih the username
"anonymous" and a password of your e-mail address. After logging in,
type "cd internet-drafts" and then
"get draft-costales-subscribe-01.txt".
A URL for the Internet-Draft is:
ftp://ds.internic.net/internet-drafts/draft-costales-subscribe-01.txt
Internet-Drafts directories are located at:
Africa: ftp.is.co.za
Europe: ftp.nordu.net
ftp.nis.garr.it
Pacific Rim: munnari.oz.au
US East Coast: ds.internic.net
US West Coast: ftp.isi.edu
Internet-Drafts are also available by mail.
Send a message to: [log in to unmask] In the body type:
"FILE /internet-drafts/draft-costales-subscribe-01.txt".
NOTE: The mail server at ds.internic.net can return the document in
MIME-encoded form by using the "mpack" utility. To use this
feature, insert the command "ENCODING mime" before the "FILE"
command. To decode the response(s), you will need "munpack" or
a MIME-compliant mail reader. Different MIME-compliant mail readers
exhibit different behavior, especially when dealing with
"multipart" MIME messages (i.e. documents which have been split
up into multiple messages), so check your local documentation on
how to manipulate these messages.
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QUICK INSTRUCTIONS
To post a message to the list (all subscribers) send it to
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To "subscribe" to or "unsubscribe" from the list, send a message to
[log in to unmask]
with the subject set to one of the commands:
subscribe
or
unsubscribe
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ABOUT THIS LIST
This is a discussion list specifically for discussing methods for
identifying and describing electronic mailing list commands.
Please review the full discussion document before posting to this list.
<http://arpp.carleton.ca/listspec/>
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DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS
Please read the list guidelines (see below) before engaging in discussion.
In addition, familiarize yourself with how the list operates, especially if
you've never participated in an Internet email discussion group before.
It's a good idea to save this message somewhere so you know how to
unsubscribe.
When dealing with a listserver, there are two types of messages, namely,
COMMANDS and POSTS. Unlike traditional listservers which require the
use of numerous email addresses, we have simplified the process by
allowing for both both COMMANDS and POSTS to be sent to the same address.
COMMANDS
These e-mail messages are intended to cause some action to occur, such as
subscribing the FROM address to a mailing list. Commands are usually one or
two word phrases which should be entered in the SUBJECT field of the message.
Any other fields are ignored... it doesn't matter what you put in them.
The following commands are accepted:
subscribe
adds your e-mail address to the list of subscribers
you will then receive all posts
you are then allowed to post from that address
unsubscribe
removes your e-mail address from the list of subscribers
you will no longer receive any posts
you are no longer allowed to post
subscribe digest
switches you to digest mode
you will then receive one message per day which lists all posts
to switch back, send a "subscribe" command
digests
returns a list of digests for the past 30 days along with
instructions for retreiving them via e-mail
(currently not working, so instead you should use:
<http://arpp.carleton.ca/listspec/mail/#Digest>)
help
this message will be returned
POSTS
Email messages which don't match any commands are distributed to everyone on
the list.
Every time you post a message, hundreds of other people on the list receive a
copy, just as if you sent it to them personally. As a member of the list, you
will receive a copy of every message anyone else sends. On this list, only
members of the list can post to it.
If you have problems using the list, you can contact the coordinator by
writing to [log in to unmask] (Grant Neufeld).
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