Re: Our new listserver - Please read this
Arthur Secret <secret@hpwww.cern.ch>
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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 18:12:04 --100
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Subject: Re: Our new listserver - Please read this
X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas
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Sorry, due to my mistake, the last five messages (all messages sent after
my first message of today, announcing testings on listprocessor)
were only sent to half of the list.
Here was my last one...
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> Subject: Our new listserver - Please read this
> X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas
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>
> We have now switched to ListProcessor, thanks to the suggestions
> of Richard Wiggins (six months ago ;-), Lou Montulli and Mustafa Akgul.
>
> Any problems with this software or suggestions on the configuration
> should be mailed to me (secret@info.cern.ch)
>
> Your initial password is WTALK. Please change it as soon as you can
> by issuing the following request to listproc@info.cern.ch:
>
> SET WWW-TALK PASSWORD WTALK new-password
>
> WARNING: Do not use your login password; you will be breaching security at your
> site.
>
> You may change the address you are subscribed with (currently secret@hpwww.cern.
> ch)
> with the following request:
>
> SET WWW-TALK ADDRESS WTALK new-address
>
> assuming that you keep the same password.
>
> For information on this service and how to use it, send the following
> request in the body of a mail message to listproc@info.cern.ch:
>
> HELP
>
> Below is an excerpt of the HELP file
> *********************************************************************
>
> ListProcessor 6.0
>
> Here is a brief description of the set of requests recognized by ListProcessor.
> Everything appearing in [] below is optional; everything
> appearing in <> is mandatory; all arguments are case insensitive. The vertical
> bar ("|") is used as a logical OR operator between the arguments. Requests may
> be abbreviated, but you must specify at least the first three characters.
>
> Keep in mind that when referring to a <list>, that list may be of two kinds:
> local or remote, unless otherwise noted. When referring to a local list, your
> request will be immediately processed; when referring to a remote list (a list
> served by another ListProcessor which this system knows about), your request
> will be appropriately forwarded. Issue a 'lists' request to get a listing of all
> local and known remote lists to this ListProcessor.
>
> Recognized requests are:
>
>
> help [topic]
> ------------
> Without arguments, this file. Otherwise get specific information on the
> selected topic. Topics may also refer to requests. To learn more about this
> system issue a 'help listproc' request. To get a listing of all available
> topics, generate an error message by sending a bogus request like 'help me'.
>
>
> set <list> [<option> <arg[s]>]
> ------------------------------
> Without the optional arguments, get a list of all current settings for
> the specified list. Otherwise change the option to a new value for that
> list. Issue a 'help set' request for more information.
>
>
> subscribe <list> <your name>
> ----------------------------
> The only way to subscribe to a list.
>
>
> unsubscribe <list>
> signoff <list>
> ------------------
> Two ways of removing yourself from the specified list.
>
>
> recipients <list>
> review <list>
> -----------------
> Get a listing of all non-concealed people subscribed to the specified list.
>
>
> information <list>
> ------------------
> Get information about the specified list.
>
>
> statistics <list> {[subscriber email address(es)] | [-all]}
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Get a listing of non-concealed subscribers along with the number of messages
> each one of them has sent to the specified list. If the optional email addresses
> are given, then statistics will be collected for these users only. For example:
> stat foo user1@domain user2@domain
> will generate statistics about these two subscribers. "-all" lists statistics
> for all users that have posted on the list (whether currently subscribed ot
> not).
>
> run <list> [<password> <cmd [args]>]
> ------------------------------------
> Run the specified command with the optional arguments and receive the output
> from stdout and/or stderr. To get a listing of all available commands to run,
> omit the arguments, i.e. issue a 'run <list>' request. You have to belong to
> the specified list, and must have obtained the password from the list's owner;
> the owner's address may be found in the Errors-To: header line of each
> delivered message. <list> may be local only.
>
>
> lists
> -----
> Get a list of all local mailing lists that are served by this server, as well
> as of all known remote lists.
>
>
> index [archive | path-to-archive] [/password] [-all]
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Get a list of files in the selected archive, or the master archive if no
> archive was specified. If an archive is private, you have to provide its
> password as well.
>
>
> get <archive | path-to-archive> <file> [/password] [parts]
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> Get the requested file from the specified archive. Files are usually split in
> parts locally, and in such a case you will receive the file in multiple email
> messages -- an 'index' request tells you how many parts the file has been split
> into, and their sizes; if you need to obtain certain parts, specify them as
> optional arguments. If an archive is private, you have to provide its password
> as well.
>
> view <archive | path-to-archive>] [/password] [parts]
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Same as "get" but in interactive mode justs catenates the file on the
> screen.
>
> search <archive | path-to-archive>] [/password] [-all] <pattern>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Search all files of the specified archive (and all of its subarchives if -all
> is specified) for lines that match the pattern. The pattern can be an
> egrep(1)-style regular expression with support for the following additional
> operators: '~' (negation), '|' and '&' (logical OR and AND), '<' '>' (group
> regular expressions). The pattern may be enclosed in single or double quotes.
> Note: . matches any character including new line.
>
>
> release
> -------
> Get information about the current release of this ListProcessor system.
>
>
> which
> -----
> Get a listing of local mailing lists to which you have subscribed.
>
>
Sorry about that
Arthur
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Arthur Secret, phone:(41-22) 767-37-55
Technical Student at CERN, e-mail: secret@dxcern.cern.ch