E-mail Discussion List
The Swish-e e-mail list is for the discussion of the Swish-e software and its implementation and use. Bug fixes, problem reports, desired features, and more are all appropriate topics.
To subscribe, send the message:
subscribe swish-e youraddr@yourdomainto listserv@sunsite.berkeley.edu.
Search the Archive
A Boolean "and" between words is assumed; that is, documents will be retrieved that have all the specified words. If you wish to find all the documents that have any word, then use "or" between your search words. To truncate a word, use an asterisk (*) at the end. For example, the search "comput*" would retrieve documents that have the words "computer", "computing", "computation", etc. Search capability is being provided by Swish-e, what else?
Browse the Archive
The Swish-e discussion began on July 9, 1997.
Posting Policy
The following policy governs all postings to the Swish-e list. Offenders will be warned once and removed from the list after a second violation of the same policy:
- All messages must relate to Swish-enhanced or issues related to the development or implementation of it.
- Advertisements are not appropriate. However, a simple statement that offers a way to follow-up for more information on a service or product is tolerated if it accompanies a substantive message discussing a subject appropriate to the list.
- Personal attacks such as name calling and personal insults will not be tolerated. Comments that are intended only to enrage the recipient rather than contribute to thoughtful discussion are prohibited.
- All postings must be free of copyright restrictions that limit distribution. For example, posting a significant amount of a copyrighted work verbatim requires the permission of the copyright holder. To verify that such permission was obtained, all postings of this nature must include a statement that this is the case.
Administration
The Swish-e list is hosted by the UC Berkeley Library. It is an un-moderated list, but only subscribers may post messages. The software program List Processor (ListProc) 6.0 is used to provide an automated method for persons to subscribe, unsubscribe, etc. Questions about the Swish-e list may be directed to Roy Tennant (roy.tennant@ucop.edu).
Command Reference
The mailing list manager for Swish-e is List Processor (ListProc) 6.0. The basic commands are:
TO SUBSCRIBE:
Send the message "subscribe swish-e youraddr@yourdomain" to
listserv@sunsite.berkeley.edu
TO UNSUBSCRIBE:
Send the message "unsubscribe swish-e" to listserv@sunsite.berkeley.edu
TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DISCUSSION:
Send your message to swish-e@sunsite.berkeley.edu.
For more information
on appropriate discussion topics, please see the information below.
TO RECEIVE A COMPLETE LIST OF LISTPROC COMMANDS:
Send the message "help" to listserv@sunsite.berkeley.edu
TO SUSPEND AND RESUME MAIL:
To suspend mail from Swish-e, send the message 'set swish-e mail
postpone' to listserv@sunsite.berkeley.edu.
To resume mail from Swish-e, send the message "set swish-e mail
ack" or "set swish-e mail noack" to listserv@sunsite.berkeley.edu.
"ACK" will acknowledge your list contributions, "NOACK" will not.
Full List of Commands
Everything appearing in [ ] below is optional; everything appearing in < > is mandatory; all arguments are case insensitive. The vertical bar ("|") is used as a logical OR operator between the arguments. Requests may be abbreviated, but you must specify at least the first three characters.
help [topic]
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Without arguments, this file. Otherwise get specific information on the
selected topic. Topics may also refer to requests. To learn more about this
system issue a 'help listproc' request. To get a listing of all available
topics, generate an error message by sending a bogus request like 'help me'.
set <list> [<option> <arg[s]>]
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Without the optional arguments, get a list of all current settings for
the specified list. Otherwise change the option to a new value for that
list, as follows:
option can be: mail, password, address, conceal
arg for mail can be: ack, noack, postpone, digest
args for password have to be: current-password new-password
args for address have to be: current-password new-address
args for conceal can be: yes, no
'set swish-e': get the current option settings for the list
'set swish-e mail ack': your message is sent back to you
'set swish-e mail noack': your message is not sent back to you
'set swish-e mail postpone': no messages will be sent to you
until you change mode again. NOTE: To resume messages,
send the message 'set swish-e mail ack' or 'set swish-e
mail noack' (explanations of these commands are directly
above)
'set swish-e mail digest': your message is not sent back to you.
New messages are not sent to you as they arrive, but are
accumulated into digests that are periodically sent to you.
'set swish-e password <current-password> <new-password>':
change your password for live access to the system (i.e.
for subscriber access privileges when telneting to the system).
'set swish-e address <current-password> <new-address>:
change the address you are subscribed with; may not be available on all
lists.
'set swish-e conceal yes': remove yourself from 'recipients' and
'statistics' listings.
'set swish-e conceal no': opposite of previous mode.
subscribe swish-e youraddr@yourdomain
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The only way to subscribe to Swish-e.
unsubscribe swish-e
signoff swish-e
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Two ways of removing yourself from the discussion
recipients swish-e
review swish-e
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Get a listing of all non-concealed people subscribed
information swish-e
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Get information about the list
statistics swish-e {[subscriber email address(es)] | [-all]}
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Get a listing of non-concealed subscribers along with the number of messages
each one of them has sent to the specified list. If the optional email addresses
are given, then statistics will be collected for these users only. For
example:
stat foo user1@domain user2@domain
will generate statistics about these two subscribers. "-all" lists statistics
for all users that have posted on the list (whether currently subscribed ot
not).
lists
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Get a list of all local mailing lists that are served by this server, as well
as of all known remote lists.
index [archive | path-to-archive] [/password] [-all]
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Get a list of files in the selected archive, or the master archive if no
archive was specified. If an archive is private, you have to provide its
password as well.
get <archive | path-to-archive> <file> [/password] [parts]
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Get the requested file from the specified archive. Files are usually split in
parts locally, and in such a case you will receive the file in multiple email
messages -- an 'index' request tells you how many parts the file has been split
into, and their sizes; if you need to obtain certain parts, specify them as
optional arguments. If an archive is private, you have to provide its
password as well.
search <archive | path-to-archive>] [/password] [-all] <pattern>
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Search all files of the specified archive (and all of its subarchives if -all
is specified) for lines that match the pattern. The pattern can be an
egrep(1)-style regular expression with support for the following additional
operators: '~' (negation), '|' and '&'' (logical OR and AND), '<' '>'
(group regular expressions). The pattern may be enclosed in single or
double quotes. Note: . matches any character including new line.
release
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Get information about the current release of this ListProcessor system.
which
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Get a listing of local mailing lists to which you have subscribed.
listproc
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Learn more about this system and list management software in general.