MailServ Help

MailServ is an Internet tool that helps you join electronic mailing lists.
Quick Start: Subscribing and Unsubscribing
Sending Other Mailing List Commands
If You Have Problems

Quick Start:
Subscribing and Unsubscribing

MailServ helps you subscribe to or unsubscribe from mailing lists in three easy steps:

1. Enter your e-mail address in the first field:

2. Verify the list name and the list request address, and make sure the Send commands option is set to immediately (it should be, by default):

3. Click the button next to the Subscribe or Unsubscribe command:

After you click the button, MailServ sends a specially-formatted e-mail message to the mailing list request address, asking to subscribe or unsubscribe your address. After sending the request, MailServ displays a screen that says Your commands have been sent!

If all goes well, you should receive an e-mail message to confirm your request. If you do not, see the section If You Have Problems below.


Sending Other Mailing List Commands

The commands that are available depend on the mailing list - MailServ supports several types of mailing lists, and each type has different capabilities. With some you can only subscribe or unsubscribe, but with others you can change various settings for your subscription. Most of the mailing lists offer a Help command: Use it to learn about the available commands.

Sending Multiple Commands

Most mailing list servers let you send multiple commands in a single message. When you start MailServ, it assumes you want to send only a single command:

When Send commands immediately is selected, MailServ sends a command as soon as you click a command button:

However, if you select Send commands after multiple commands and click a command button, then MailServ displays the commands you have already selected, and waits for you to click another command button:

If you decide you do not want to send one of the commands, simply un-select the checkbox to the left of the command. When you are ready to send the selected commands, click Send my commands now!


If You Have Problems

If you successfully send commands to the mail server, but do not receive an e-mail response...

First, keep in mind that e-mail is not meant to be a form of instant communication. Many factors can contribute to an e-mail delay, so be sure to wait long enough for your commands to get to the mailing list and to travel back to you. You should receive a response within a few minutes, but longer delays are common (sometimes an hour or more).

If you have waited and still have not received a message, go back to the MailServ screen and make sure you entered your e-mail address correctly, and verify that the list request address is correct.

Try submitting the commands again, and select the CC:yourself checkbox, to send a copy of the mailing list commands to your address.


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