Pro bono publico: winhlp-l instructions!

[Patrick O'Connell <patricko -at- EICON -dot- COM>]

The below is forwarded from George Byrnes, listowner for the winhlp-l
mailing list and a darn nice guy as far as I can tell, in response to a
request forwarded by me from Lavonna Funkhouser for info on how to subscribe
to WINHLP-L. If we can get the techwr-l FAQ off the ground, BTW, I'd like
this to be part of it; maybe also Brad Mehlenbacher's ultra-list of lists of
interest to technical communicators. Hmmmmm...seems to be no shortage of FAQ
candidates!

One thing George doesn't explicitly mention below: it's important to
remember the distinction between the *listserver* address and the *list*
address. You send subscription requests, commands (viz. listserv refcard
command mentioned below) and etc. to the former, NOT the latter. With the
former you're actually addressing the list-management program that runs
round-the-clock on a computer on Internet somewhere; with the latter you're
addressing EVERYBODY ON THE LIST. Whatever you're using for Net e-mail
address management, you probably want to keep aliases for both addresses.

For winhlp-l, by the way, you get the *list* address by substituting
"winhlp-l" (withOUT the quotes) for "listserv" in the listserver address
George gives below.

Cheers,
PatO'
Don't worry, you'll see my e-mail address soon enough  :-)
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Winhlp-L is a listserv for people creating hypertext files for the
Windows environment using Winhelp or Multimedia Viewer. This list enables
authors to share ideas and provide each other with answers to technical
questions concerning the Microsoft compiler (available ftp from
192.75.71.35 directory:  winhlp) and WinWord formatting. Various
freeware/shareware/commerical programs that aid the authoring process
are also discussed.

To subscribe, send an unsigned (no signature file appended) email message to

listserv -at- Admin -dot- HumberC -dot- ON -dot- CA

The body of your message should contain only the following:

SUB WINHLP-L [First name] [Last name]

for example: sub Winhlp-L Sigmund Freud

To unsubscribe, send an unsigned email message to the above listserv with
only the following in the body of the message:

Signoff Winhlp-L

List members can receive a list of all user commands by sending an
unsigned email message to any listserv with the following in the body
of the message:

get listserv refcard

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