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GUIDE of FOREST mailing list
This message contains informations howto use mailserver services
and maintain your subscribing. Many thanks to prof. JR Thibault
who have had time to prepare this information package.
I hope this help old and new members of the forest list.
Ari Turkia, current forest list administrator
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THE FOREST LIST
The electronic Mailing list for Forest Scientists, launched in the automn of
1992, has now motre than 250 subscriber worldwide. Since September 1992, when
this service was started, there have been about 160 messages. The material
consists mostly of special pieces of information. There has also been an
increasing number of job announcements. A bi-monthly posting with "questions
that are frequently asked" is being planed, and also summaries of important
events and meetings prepared by WP-leaders and IUFRO headquarters.
COMMANDS
You command the listserver program by sending mail to it. You can joint the
list by sending a subscription to: mailserver@nic.funet.fi
The subscription should contain only four words on one line:
subscribe forest <your first name><your last name>
The mailserver interprets your mailing address from the mail you send.
Correspondingly, you may unsubscribe from the list with the following message
to mailserver: unsubscribe forest.
You can get information about the services by sending the following one line,
one word message to the mailserver: help. For instance, one useful command that
is apparent from the help is: review forest, which returns you a list of the
subscribers.
The administrator is:
Mr. Ari Turkia,
Forestry Faculty
University of Joensuu,
P.O. Box 111SF-80101 Joensuu,
Finland,
e-mail: turkia@lists.funet.fi
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MAILSERVER @ NIC.FUNET.FI - Help in English
MAILSERV @ FINFILES.BITNET
** HELP responce to `HELP' command. If you want help in **
** Finnish, use `APUA' command and be helped :-) **
This server can send out MIME-encapsulated files, to learn more
about it, ask "HELP MIME".
Commands are processed case insensitive in most cases, some
arguments may be case sensitive, but that is mentioned at each
occurrence. (File names are of course case sensitive.)
(Commands with `*' in front aren't implemented completely, or at all.
While some most commonly used commands may have national aliases,
their error messages are always in english.)
General warning:
You MUST NOT use REPLY command to reply to mailserver's return
message, because our long experience has told us not to have system
which responds from same address as it listens to.
(This is thanks to delivery errors and buggy mailers out there...)
Input LINES are taken in ONE AT THE TIME, lines with only spaces/tabs
are skipped silently. Input line can be turned into comment (even if it is
white-space intended) by prefixing it with one of following characters: ; * #
Commented lines preceding PATH/REPLYTO must be whilespace only.
First unrecognized command causes rest to be flushed.
However, most common form of UNIX mail .signature is detected and silently
skipped without error. (It is prefixed with line: `-- ', not with `--' !)
Commands:
HELP (no arguments) Lists this command summary.
HELP <topic> Gives other (detailed) help.
(Topics can be viewed with HELP HELP, and includes all
commands as well as some other items.)
(Help in finnish with `APUA' command.)
REPLY-TO return-mail-path If you don't trust your mailer...
(Command aliases: REPLYTO, PATH)
For our internal mailing lists, some of which are available
for everybody, most aren't...
SUBSCRIBE <listname> <real name> To join lists
(Command aliases: SUBS, SUB, SIGNON)
UNSUBSCRIBE <listname> To get out
UNSUBSCRIBE * To get out from every list
(Command aliases: UNSUB, SIGNOFF)
LIST To see list of lists
REVIEW <listname> To see members of list
(Command alias: REV)
REVME ( * ) Check which lists you are on
`*' to use fuzzy match.
Fileserver functions
(HELP FILEUTILS for complete document)
PARTSIZE <sizeexpr> Delivery partitioning mechanism.
(Command alias: SIZE) (Default: 64k, max: 1M. READ THE DOC!)
PARTS <part list> If only few parts are needed for
(Alias: PART) multipart request retry, this can
be used to pick only that/those.
MAILQUOTA <sizeexpt> Delivery limitation mechanism
Default limit 1M -- 1 MB worth mail.
ENCODER <keyword> Delivery encoding option
(Command alias: ENCODE)
LOCATE <regexp-pattern> Locate files by case insensitive
(Command alias: FIND) regexp search.
CHDIR <path> Change default directory to new one.
(Command alias: CD)
PWD (no arguments) Show current default directory.
(Also CHDIR without argument)
SEND filepath | dirpath Sends a file/dirfull of files with
(Alias: SENDME) present packing and encoding.
PACK|SHOP|SHOPMARK - not yet implemented
UNDER DEVELOPEMENT - Can SegV at you!
Archie interface
ARCHIE <arguments> A PROSPERO archie interface
DIR <ls args> Gives directory listing.
(Command alias: LS) Default is short format `ls'
listing! Not `ls -l' !
UNDER NO CURCUMSTANCES REQUEST "DIR -lR /"
WHICH WILL TAKE VERY LONG TIME, AND GENERATE
HUGE LISTING (long time: 10+ hours!)
Request ready-made listing: "ls-lR.gz" if you
want complete listing.. (Only 2+ MB in size.)
(It is packed with GNU-Zip.)
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# Command name/help topic to file binding information.
#
# This one is available in two languages, make your pick:
# HELP HELP -> English, APUA APUA -> Finnish.
#
# Contents of help file is printed partially, except cases where
# name of command is SAME as name of help file.
# Thus: `help listcmds' tells all list commands, `help subs' only
# about subscribe!
# Command/Topic Help file Comments for the user of HELP HELPINDEX :-)
helpindex HELPINDEX Topic index, this file.
help HELPINDEX
apua HELPINDEX Finnish Topics index
replyto REPLYTO How REPLYTO feature works, and how your
reply-to REPLYTO reply addresses are generated in overall.
path REPLYTO
# Mailinglist related commands
lists LISTCMDS "HELP LISTS" and "HELP LISTCMDS" give same.
subscribe LISTCMDS Subscribe a list
subs LISTCMDS --"--
sub LISTCMDS --"--
signon LISTCMDS --"--
add LISTCMDS Add somebody else on a list
unsubscribe LISTCMDS Unsubscribe a list
unsubs LISTCMDS --"--
unsub LISTCMDS --"--
signoff LISTCMDS --"--
delete LISTCMDS Delete somebody else from a list
review LISTCMDS Review a list
revme LISTCMDS Find yourself on any of local lists
list LISTCMDS List of list on this server
listcmds LISTCMDS Whole document about list-related commands
fileutils FILEUTILS Fileserver related commands
filecommands FILEUTILS alias giving whole help..
filecmds FILEUTILS ...
files FILEUTILS ...
partsize FILEUTILS File partitioning control
parts FILEUTILS File part selection control
part FILEUTILS --"--
mailquota FILEUTILS Limit on how much can be sent for one request
encoder FILEUTILS How mailed files are encoded for transport
encode FILEUTILS --"--
chdir FILEUTILS Change Directory
cd FILEUTILS --"--
pwd FILEUTILS Print Working Directory
locate FILEUTILS Locate a file (by its name) in local archive
find FILEUTILS --"--
send FILEUTILS Send a file with appropriate encoder, etc.
sendme FILEUTILS --"--
shop FILEUTILS not implemented
shopmark FILEUTILS not implemented
archie ARCHIE Archie search engine interface
/pdget PDGET TRICKLE feed point, under developement
/pddir PDDIR -- I said: Under developement ! Don't use!
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# Other related documents
#
mailinglists MAILINGLISTS How to create mailing lists under this server
# (Usefull only to server administrators.)
mime MIME What is MIME, how you can benefit of it.
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