Several of you have asked me about adding yourself, changing your address, or
leaving the PRSATALK listserve--here are the directions. Put them in a safe
place.

To change your address, first leave the list under your old address by sending
a message to [log in to unmask] In the body of the message, type
SIGNOFF PRSATALK. Then, send another message to [log in to unmask]
using your new address and type SUBSCRIBE PRSATALK in the body of the message.
Or, you can send a request to either me ([log in to unmask]) or Tom Looney
([log in to unmask]) and we can do all this for you. Just don't send these
commands (or requests) to [log in to unmask] That clutters up the list
for everyone (see below).

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
([log in to unmask]) 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] 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 that connects you
to  a machine,  whereas the  list  address is  like a  normal voice  line
connecting you to a person. If you make a mistake and dial the FAX number
when you wanted to talk to someone on the phone, you will quickly realize
that you  used the wrong  number and call again.  No harm will  have been
done. If on the other hand  you accidentally make your FAX call someone's
voice  line,  the  person  receiving the  call  will  be  inconvenienced,
especially if your FAX then re-dials  every 5 minutes. The fact that most
people will eventually connect the FAX machine to the voice line to allow
the FAX  to go through  and make  the calls stop  does not mean  that you
should continue to send FAXes to  the voice number. People would just get
mad at you.  It works pretty much  the same way with  mailing lists, with
the difference  that you are calling  hundreds or thousands of  people at
the same  time, and consequently  you can expect a  lot of people  to get
upset if you consistently send commands to the list address.

You  may leave  the list  at  any time  by sending  a "SIGNOFF  PRSATALK"
command to [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 PRSATALK 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  PRSATALK. If you send a "SET PRSATALK
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 PRSATALK NOACK NOREPRO".

Following  instructions from  the list  owner, your  subscription options
have been set  to "NOACK REPRO" rather than the  usual LISTSERV defaults.
For more information about subscription  options, send a "QUERY PRSATALK"
command to [log in to unmask]

Contributions sent to this list are automatically archived. You can get a
list  of the  available  archive  files by  sending  an "INDEX  PRSATALK"
command to [log in to unmask] You can then order these files with
a "GET  PRSATALK 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 PRSATALK  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 PRSATALK 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]

Susan G. Barnes, APR
Director of Development
College of Communication & Information
The University of Tennessee
401 Student Services Building
Knoxville, TN 37996-0343
(865) 974-7074
FAX (865) 974-2826
Cell (865) 387-5141

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