Your  subscription to  the CONFOCAL  list (Confocal  Microscopy List)  is
still intact.
 
Please  save this  message  for future  reference, especially  if  you are
 not
familiar with LISTSERV. This might look like  a waste of disk space now, but
in
6 months you will be glad you  saved this information when you realize that
you
cannot  remember what  are the  lists you  are subscribed  to, or  what is
 the
command to  leave the list to  avoid filling up  your mailbox while you  are
on
vacations.  In fact,  you  should create  a new  mail  folder for
 subscription
confirmation messages  like this one, and  for 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 [log in to unmask]  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  (CONFOCAL@UBVM)  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",      [log in to unmask]
      (or
[log in to unmask]).  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 make your FAX call someone's regular phone number by mistake, it will
be
an unpleasant  experience for him  but you will  probably be excused  the
first
time. If you do it regularly, however,  he will probably get 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 CONFOCAL" command
to
[log in to unmask]  (or  [log in to unmask]).  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  CONFOCAL 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 CONFOCAL.  If  you send  a "SET  CONFOCAL 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 CONFOCAL NOACK NOREPRO".
 
Contributions sent to this list are  automatically archived. You can get a
list
of  the available  archive  files by  sending an  "INDEX  CONFOCAL" command
 to
[log in to unmask]  (or  [log in to unmask]).  You can  then
 order
these files with a "GET CONFOCAL LOGxxxx" command, or using LISTSERV's
database
search facilities. Send an "INFO DATABASE"  command for more information on
the
latter.
 
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 CONFOCAL 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
[log in to unmask] (or [log in to unmask]).