HST 102: Course and section listservs

How To Use the Course Listservs

A LISTSERV (or internet mailing/discussion list) has been set up for each section of HST102. [In addition, there is a general listserv for the entire course, but this is only for posting announcements, and only Professor Thompson and the TAs have authorization to post to the entire class.] The NAME of each listserv--except those for Julien Vernet's sections--follows this format: HST102-sectionnumber For example, if you are in Section 5, the name of your section's listserv is: HST102-5. [The names of Julien's listservs have a slightly different format: HIST102-6, HIST102-14, HIST102-15 (note the "I" in "HIST").]

Your TA and Prof. Thompson can use these listservs to send messages to everyone. But you can do the same! In fact, we encourage students to use their section listservs to ask questions about course material, to continue discussions which began in class, to post announcements of interesting campus events, etc.

You can send a message to your section's listserv by addressing it as follows: SECTIONNAME@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Thus, if you are in Section 5, mail a message to your section's listserv at: HST102-5@listserv.syr.edu (you can use capital or lower-case letters; it doesn't matter). This will send a message to the entire list (that is, all the people in your section, including your TA).

Here are a few other useful things to know about using a listserv:

• You can post messages to a listserv only if they come from the exact address at which you were subscribed to the list. For most, but not all, of you, that will be something that ends in @mailbox.syr.edu If you try to send a message, and get a response which says something like "you are unauthorized to post from this address," then check how you are logged on. If you regularly use an address different from the one at which you were subscribed, please ask your TA to change your subscription. [It is possible that you'll still receive messages, even at another address. That is because your e-mail may automatically be forwarded to that address. But you still may not be able to send to the listserv from it.]
• Unless you change your subscription options, you willnot receive copies of any messages you send to the list, or an acknowledgement that the message has been distributed. If your message doesn't bounce, you can assume it reached the list but, if you would like something more concrete, you must "re-set your subscription options." Here's how-- Send a message to: LISTSERV@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU [Note that this is not the same address as the one for your section listserv--this is important!] Leave "subject" blank. In the message area, write only: set LISTSERVNAME repro [Of course, plug the name of your section's listserv in--for example, set HST102-5 repro] Before sending, be sure to DEactivate any autosig that you may normally attach to your e-mail. After executing your command, you will begin to receive copies of your own messages.
• If you wish to reply to a message that was sent to your listserv, make sure, after clicking "reply," that your new message is addressed to the list, and not to the author of the specific message to which you are replying. It probably will NOT be set to the list address, in which case you must change the address to enable your message to reach the entire list.
• If you have any questions about your listserv, please contact either Professor Thompson or your TA.

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