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You use these commands by sending an email to listserv@listserv.ksu.edu. The command will be in the body of the message.
Find a list to join (LIST)
LISTSERV will send a message with all the public lists at K-State that anyone may join, as well as any private lists to which you're already subscribed.
Send email to: listserv@listserv.ksu.edu
Command: LIST
Subscribe to a list (SUB)
You can subscribe to any open list on your own. LISTSERV will generally return a message asking you to confirm your subscription request, and will then send a notification/welcome message when you've been added to the list. If you try to subscribe to a closed list or to one that has a limited subscription, LISTSERV will send a notice with further information.
Send email to: listserv@listserv.ksu.edu
Command: SUB listname Your Name (Where listname is the list's ID and Your Name is your real name.)
Example: SUB HIST251B Willie Wildcat
Send a message to a list you've joined
Address an email to the list using this format: listname@listserv.ksu.edu (Where listname is the list's ID.)
Unsubscribe from a list (UNSUB)
When you unsubscribe from a list, LISTSERV will send a notification message that you've been removed from the list.
Send email to: listserv@listserv.ksu.edu
Command: UNSUB listname (Where listname is the list's ID.)
Example: UNSUB HIST251B
Change your name on a list (REGISTER)
LISTSERV may ask for confirmation that you really want to change your name and then will make the changes. It will make the change on all the mailing list you subscribe to as well as your other incoming email. You can also contact the IT Service Desk with your request.
Send email to: listserv@listserv.ksu.edu
Command: REGISTER yourname (Where yourname is the name you want associated with your email address.)
Change the email address on the list
To change your email address, you have to unsubscribe from the list using your old email address and then subscribe to the list again using your new address.
- Using your old email address, send a message to listserv@listserv.ksu.edu with the command UNSUB listname
- Using your new email address, send a message to listserv@listserv.ksu.edu with the command SUB listname
In both cases, listname is the list's ID.
If you can't sign into your old email address and send mail from it, you will have to notify the list owner to remove you from the list. If you don't remember the owner or owner's email address, see the Contact a LISTSERV mailing list owner knowledge base article.
Check your mail delivery settings (QUERY)
Send email to: listserv@listserv.ksu.edu using either of the following command formats:
Commands:
QUERY listname (Where listname is the list's ID.)
QUERY *
Example: QUERY HIST251B
The first command checks your email settings on a specific list. The latter checks all the lists to which you belong.
Set your email delivery options (SET)
Send email to: listserv@listserv.ksu.edu using any of the following command formats:
Commands:
- SET listname NOMAIL
- Pauses email delivery from the list. This is useful if you are going to be out of the office for a few days.
- SET listname DIGEST
- Sends a daily or periodic summer of messages rather than each email individually.
- SET listname CONCEAL
- Conceals your email address from the list's membership roster.
- SET listname REPRO
- Sends you a copy of your own posts to the list.
- SET listname TOPICS: topics
- Filters emails by topic.
In all cases, listname is the list's ID.
Example: SET HIST251B DIGEST
Standard options available include MAIL/NOMAIL, DIGEST/NODIGEST, ACK/NOACK, CONCEAL/NOCONCEAL, REPRO/NOREPRO. For a complete list of options, see the LISTSERV List Subscriber's Manual.
Send email to: listname-REQUEST@listserv.ksu.edu (Where listname is the list's ID.)
Example: HIST251B-REQUEST@listserv.ksu.edu
Get a month's log of correspondence (GET)
Send email to: listserv@listserv.ksu.edu
Command: GET listname LOGyymm (Where listname is the list's ID and yymm is the 4-digit number for the year and month.)
Example: GET HIST251B LOG1503