Leaving the Parkinsn List for Vacation or...Forever

[John Cottingham <johnc@xxxxxxxxx>]

For what ever reason some need to take a respite from our fine company.

1. If you change internet providers but forget to change your subscription
before you leave the old provider, a note to Barb is necessary to kill your
old account.

Barb's address is:

patterso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

2. If you are going on vacation, it is not necessary to leave the list. The
listserv has a command to suspend your mail from the list while you are gone.
These same commands work to suspend your mail while you catch-up on your
reading and printing.

All listserv commands are directed to:

listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

In the body of the message put only:

set parkinsn nomail


When you get back from vacation send another message to the listserv with the
following command in the body of the message:

set parkinsn mail

If you regularly receive the list messages in digest form, use the command:

set parkinsn digest


To check your subscription specifications send a message to:

listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

In the body of the message put:

query parkinsn

3. If you need to leave the list permanently, send a message from the same
mail account and username that you regularly receive list mail at. Send
the message to:

listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

In the body of the message put only:

SIGNOFF parkinsn

It is not necessary to identify yourself by putting your name after
parkinsn. The word UNSUBSCRIBE does not work to leave the list, SIGNOFF is the
proper word.

4. WORD OF CAUTION: If you do not receive mail from the list for a day,
something under your control, or mishap by your internet provider has forced
the listserv to cancel your subscription to the parkinsn list.

If your mail reader program has the option to leave the messages on the
server, don't select that. When you download your mail with that type of
program, it is desirable for the program to automatically delete the old mail
on the server, leaving space for new incoming mail.

A. If you do not read and delete old messages regularly, some service
providers refuse to receive new mail for you. If that happens, the listserv
pulls the plug on you. You have to resubscribe.

B. If the service provider has problems with their server and listserv mail
bounces, the listserv will pull the plug on you. You have to resubscribe.

C. If you receive mail at work on a network that is down from time to time on
weekends, the listserv will pull the plug on you if it tries to send a message
to you and your workstation network is down.

In order to check to see if you are subscribed, send mail to:

listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

In the body of the message put:

rev parkinsn by name

The list returned is sorted by name.


John Cottingham                     "KNOWLEDGE is of two kinds: we know
johnc@xxxxxxxxx                      a subject, or we know where we can
OR                                   find information upon it."
john.cottingham@xxxxxxxxx            Dr. Samuel Johnson