VBI Listserv

Welcome to the listserv.vbi.vt.edu. Here you can access the archives of our public mailing lists, subscribe/unsubscribe from them, and get detailed help.

Visit the mailing list archives, or a web interface for managing your mailing list or adjusting personal options.

What follows are descriptions of the basic actions you can use to work with the lists that you choose. Note that "mail-list" is used to represent whatever list you are working with (e.g. pathport-announce).

(UN)Subscribe
To subscribe (unsubscribe) to a mailing list, simply send an e-mail directly to the mailing list request account, "mail-list"-request@vbi.vt.edu . The e-mail should have the word 'subscribe' ('unsubscribe'), without quotes, either in the subject or in the body of the message.

For example, to subscribe to the pathport-announce mailing list, you should send an e-mail to pathport-announce-request@vbi.vt.edu with the word 'subscribe' as the subject (please omit the quotes). That's it.

Digests
To get a digest every day:

Send a message to "mail-list"-request@vbi.vt.edu with a subject of 'set digest'. This will turn on digests, and you will receive a digest however often the server is configured to send them.

To stop getting a digest:

Send a message to "mail-list"-request@vbi.vt.edu with a subject 'unset digest'. This will turn off digest mode, and instead you will receive an e-mail every time something is posted to the list.

To get a digest AND normal posts:

Send a message to "mail-list"-request@vbi.vt.edu with a subject of 'set digest2'. This will activate digest mode with normal posting. As each message is posted to the list it will be sent to you, AND you will receive a digest as well. This flag should be used INSTEAD of digest, NOT IN ADDITION TO. To stop receiving digests in addition to normal posts, send a message to "mail-list"-request@vbi.vt.edu with a subject of 'unset digest2'. You will go back to receiving normal posts.

Vacation/No Mail

In order to temporarily stop delivery of messages from mailing lists to your mail box send a message to "mail-list"-request@vbi.vt.edu with a subject of 'set vacation'. You will remain subscribed to the list but will not receive any e-mails as long as this flag is set. To begin receiving e-mails again when you get back from holiday, send a message to "mail-list"-request@vbi.vt.edu with a subject of 'unset vacation'.

Help
To get a listing of additional commands supported by your mailing list, an e-mail to "mail-list"-request@vbi.vt.edu with the subject 'help', without quotes, either in the subject or in the body of the message. If you need assistance with anything, please contact listadmin@vbi.vt.edu.