From:	"Abadia, Teos" <Teos.Abadia@****.COM>
Subject:	Re: [OT] Digest Mode
Date:	Fri, 1 May 1998 10:58:48 -0400

The commands are in the e-mail you received when you first signed on.
You did save that e-mail, didn't you? <grin>

The command is:

SET SRCARD DIGEST

Put that in the body of your e-mail, and send it to
LISTSERV@********.ITRIBE.NET .

Here is what we all received when we first subscribed:

Your subscription to the SRCARD list (Shadowrun Trading Card
Game
Discussion) has been accepted.

Please save this message 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 SRCARD@********.ITRIBE.NET. 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
(SRCARD@********.ITRIBE.NET) 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@********.ITRIBE.NET. 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, and the
list
address is like a normal phone line. If you accidentally make your
FAX
call someone's voice line, the person receiving the call will be
annoyed.
If you do this regularly, however, your victim will probably
get
seriously upset and send you a nasty complaint. It is the same
with
mailing lists, with the difference that you are calling hundreds
or
thousands of people at the same time, so a lot more people get annoyed
if
you use the wrong number.

You may leave the list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF SRCARD"
command
to LISTSERV@********.ITRIBE.NET. 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 SRCARD 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 SRCARD. If you send a "SET SRCARD
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 SRCARD NOACK NOREPRO".

Following instructions from the list owner, your subscription
options
have been set to "MIME" rather than the usual LISTSERV defaults. For
more
information about subscription options, send a "QUERY SRCARD" command
to
LISTSERV@********.ITRIBE.NET.

Contributions sent to this list are automatically archived. You can get
a
list of the available archive files by sending an "INDEX SRCARD"
command
to LISTSERV@********.ITRIBE.NET. You can then order these files with
a
"GET SRCARD 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 SRCARD DIGEST
command.

Please note that it is presently possible for anybody 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 SRCARD
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@********.ITRIBE.NET.