You may join the list at any time by sending a "SUBSCRIBE DETLIONS your name"
command to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ND.EDU.  "your name"
refers to your real name, not your e-mail address.

To send  a message to  all the people  currently subscribed to  the list,
just send mail to DETLIONS@LISTSERV.ND.EDU. This is called "sending mail to
the list", because  you send mail to a single  address and LISTSERV makes
copies   for  all   the  people   who  have   subscribed.  This   address
(DETLIONS@LISTSERV.ND.EDU)  is also  called  the "list  address". You  must
never try to send any command to that address, as it would be distributed
to all the people  who have subscribed. All commands must  be sent to the
"LISTSERV address", LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ND.EDU.
It is  very important to understand  the difference between the  two, but
fortunately it  is not complicated.  The LISTSERV  address is like  a FAX
number, and  the list address  is like a normal  phone line. If  you make
your FAX  call someone's regular phone  number by mistake, it  will be an
unpleasant experience for him but you  will probably be excused the first
time. If  you do it  regularly, however, he  will probably get  upset and
send you a nasty  complaint. It is the same with  mailing lists, with the
difference that  you are calling hundreds  or thousands of people  at the
same time, so a lot more people get annoyed if you use the wrong number.

You  may leave  the list  at  any time  by sending  a "SIGNOFF  DETLIONS"
command to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ND.EDU. You can
also tell LISTSERV how you want it to confirm the receipt of messages you
send to the  list. If you do  not trust the system, send  a "SET DETLIONS
REPRO" command and LISTSERV will send you a copy of your own messages, so
that you can see that the message was distributed and did not get damaged
on the  way. After a  while you may find  that this is  getting annoying,
especially if  your mail program  does not tell  you that the  message is
from you when it informs you that  new mail has arrived from DETLIONS. If
you send a  "SET DETLIONS ACK NOREPRO" command, LISTSERV  will mail you a
short acknowledgement instead, which will  look different in your mailbox
directory. With most mail programs you will know immediately that this is
an  acknowledgement  you  can  read  later. Finally,  you  can  turn  off
acknowledgements completely with "SET DETLIONS NOACK NOREPRO".

Contributions sent to this list are automatically archived. You can get a
list  of the  available  archive  files by  sending  an "INDEX  DETLIONS"
command to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ND.EDU. You can
then order  these files with a  "GET DETLIONS LOGxxxx" command,  or using
LISTSERV's database  search facilities.  Send an "INFO  DATABASE" command
for more information on the latter.

More  information on  LISTSERV  commands  can be  found  in the  LISTSERV
reference  card, which  you can  retrieve  by sending  an "INFO  REFCARD"
command to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ND.EDU.