The ppp-help@musc.edu mailing list
How to subscribe
Unsubscribing
Sending messages to the list
Accessing archived messages
The ppp-help mailing list is provided as a forum for users of MUSC's
PPP Service. You need to subscribe to this mailing list from your email
program. Once you have subscribed, you can post either technical questions
or requests for information to the list. You will also receive requests
that other PPP users send to the list. We encourage everyone who is
subscribed to the list to make suggestions and share their experience.
If you reply to a message, make sure the reply goes back to the list
address (ppp-help@musc.edu).
Please do not include your password in any message you send to the
list. You would be sending it to several hundred people at MUSC.
More than 60 volunteers monitor these postings and most receive an answer
within a business day. If you send a message, do NOT include your username
and password; it could be used to gain access to your account and your
data files.
We recommend that you read all the documents found on the PPP
Main Page before posting a question to this list, since answers
to your questions may already be available.
How to subscribe to ppp-help
From your email program, open a new mail message. Address the message
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You will receive an automated message verifying your subscription to
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Unsubscribing from ppp-help
From your email program, open a new mail message. Address the message
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You will receive an automated message verifying your removal from the
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Sending Messages to ppp-help
From your email program, open a new mail message. Address the message
with the following information:
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ppp-help@musc.edu
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Subject:
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A one-line description of your problem
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Message:
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A detailed message that describes your system (brand, cpu, speed,
RAM, operating system version, modem model and speed) and the
problem you are having.
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And if a suggestion works, please make sure to post a message back
to the list to let the people on the list know what worked, so we
can all learn from your experience.
Accessing the Message Archives of ppp-help
The messages that have already been sent to ppp-help are archived monthly.
To get a list of the archive files that are available from the list,
send a message from your email program with the following information:
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ppp-help-request@musc.edu
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index
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The Majordomo server will return a list of files to your email account,
in a message with the subject: Majordomo Results, which will
look something like this:
>>>> index
total 104
-rw-rw---- 1 majordom majordom 9960 Aug 21 23:57 ppp-help.9608
-rw-rw---- 1 majordom majordom 23635 Sep 30 13:03 ppp-help.9609
-rw-rw---- 1 majordom majordom 39290 Oct 31 14:18 ppp-help.9610
-rw-rw---- 1 majordom majordom 24455 Nov 27 15:13 ppp-help.9611
-rw-rw---- 1 majordom majordom 6748 Dec 3 17:56 ppp-help.9612
The file ppp-help.9611 contains the archive of all messages sent to
the list in November of 1996. You can then retreive an archive file,
by sending another message:
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ppp-help-request@musc.edu |
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| Message: |
get filename |
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get ppp-help.9611 |
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