I was planning to attempt to post some general information for new
users of LISTSERV capabilities, until I realized there is some
nice, pre-packaged info already available as part of the LISTSERV
software that resides at ALBNYDH2.BITNET.

To obtain general information on LISTSERV and its various commands, send
the following command in the form of an e-mail message to
xxxxxx@ALBNYDH2.BITNET:

INFO GENINTRO

There should be no subject line and no other text in your message.  The
LISTSERV will mail you back a nice little introductory users guide.

As mentioned in the introductory memo sent to you upon subscription,
contributions to RESADM-L are automatically archived.  You can obtain
a list of the available archive files by sending an
INDEX RESADM-L command to the LISTSERVER address in the same
format noted above for GENINFO.  These files (which are monthly
logs) can be retrieved by means of a "GET RESADM-L filetype"
command where filetype is the filetype noted on the log returned
to you from INDEX.  The LISTSERV also has database capabilites that
you can learn about by sending the command INFO DATABASE to the
xxxxxx@ALBNYDH2.BITNET, again as noted for GENINFO above.

We are fortunate to have nearly 300 subscribers at this point, but
unfortunately, I am not going to be able to help all of you that
might run into problems in talking with the ALBNYDH2.BITNET listserver.
I must request that you contact your local e-mail administrator. (My posting
of the SET Nomail command resulted in many phonecalls as the command
was not working for some :-()

Chances are most of your campuses have a listserver of your own and hence,
have someone there that knows the ins and outs of listserv software
and how it may or may not work with your local e-mail package.

A few final notes:

Please don't use "REPLY" features of e-mail when talking to RESADM-L
--the listserv sees 2 TO: and 2 FROM: fields as a result of the
original message you are replying to being appended and it
gets confused and sends me a notice of "possible error." Your
message may (or may not in some cases) get to RESADM-L, but after
3 errors being generated by your address I will boot you off the list.
:-(  Don't take this the wrong way, anyone--it is a necessary evil
of being a listowner.  Correspondence among 300 people makes for
a lot of errors - the only way they can be managed is to cut them
off at the source.

Please don't go away for an extended period of time without turning
off your mail (instructions for doing so are in the GENINFO document)
Again, failure to do so may result in your box filling and mail
starting to bounce back to me as undeliverable--again three strikes
and you're out :-(

Remember, if you are booted - don't take it personally and send
me a FLAMING note (for definition of FLAMING and other internet
etiquette such as smilies :-) and frowns :-( I recommend
something called the BIG DUMMY'S GUIDE TO THE INTERNET)
It's available via e-mail by sending any message to the address
xxxxxx@eff.org)  Warning --its a large document 150 pages

You can also get it by gophering to gopher.eff.org or FTP
to ftp.eff.org with an anonymous login and your e-mail
address as the password.

Finally, it's available via snailmail by centing a 52 cent stamped
disk mailer to EFF 1001 G Street NW Suite 950E, Washington DC20001
specify DOS MAC or AMIGA Format.

Sorry to ramble, particularly for those of you who are
experienced in the ways of cyberspace.

I am thrilled by the turnout for this list and the amount of
good information that is moving across it.  - It has been more than
worth the time invested in start up!  Thanks again :-)

* Elizabeth (Liz) Mazzella             xxxxxx@ALBNYDH2.BITNET  *
* Asst. Dir. Technology Transfer & Sponsored Pgms.            *
* Health Research, Inc. (A Non-Profit Corp.) Albany NY 12209  *
* Voice: (518) 431-1200                    Fax: (518)431-1234 *