The ABA hosts over 1,900 e-mail lists (both discussion and broadcast distribution). Subscription to the majority of these are a benefit of ABA/Section Membership.

THE BASICS...

To send messages to all of the members of the list, address them to: listname@mail.abanet.org

For example: sololaw@mail.abanet.org

To cancel your subscription to a discussion list or an "opt-in" broadcast list, send e-mail to listserv@mail.abanet.org with only the following line of text as the body of the message: SIGNOFF listname

For example: SIGNOFF sololaw

If you are a member and wish to cancel your subscriptions to all ABA broadcast type lists, complete the form at http://www.abanet.org/members/join/coa2.html.

By using the link above, you can select one of two restriction codes to be placed on your membership record - No e-mail Marketing or No e-mail Communications.

Please note that these restrictions do not apply to individual mailing lists that you have joined. Please contact the list owner to be removed from those lists if you are not able to use the SIGNOFF command.

To send a message to the list owner directly, address the e-mail to listname-request@mail.abanet.org

for example: sololaw-request@mail.abanet.org

The ABANET.ORG List Serve is a software program (actually, several programs forming a system). Here are a summary of the COMMANDS the List Serve recognizes. You may issue any of these commands in the BODY of an E-MAIL message to: listserv@mail.abanet.org

Remember, when you send messages using the commands below to the listserv@mail.abanet.org, it is very important to follow the message command structure below to allow the server to properly process your message.

Common Commands
Most commands can be referred to by the first few letters of the command (shown below in all CAPS). Information in italics should be substituted with the proper information. For instance, listname, should be replaced by the actual name of the list.

The List Serve understands the following commands:

Add yourself to a list:
SUBscribe listname

Remove yourself from a list:
SIGNOFF listname

stop mail from the list temporarily without signing off:
SET listname NOMail

Resume getting messages from the list after issuing a NOMail command:
SET listname MAIL

Check your options:
QUERY listname

Choose to receive the digest version of the list:
SET listname DIGests

Turn off a previously selected digest setting:
SET listname NODIGests

Get a list of available archive files:
INDex listname

Retrieve a specific archive message from the index:
GET listname filename

More information can be found at: List Serve Manuals

NOTE: Only commands contained in the BODY of the message will be recognized. Commands in the "Subject:" line are NOT processed.

These guidelines are intended to facilitate better communication on this list.

This list is a privilege and personal attacks and profanity will not be tolerated. If you feel that this privilege is being abused by a subscriber, it is your right and responsibility to e-mail the list owners and report this.

Messages intended for a specific person on the list should be sent to that person through direct Email. Please do not post personal messages to the entire list. Due to differences in Email software, the reply function does not always address a message to the original sender, but sometimes to listname@mail.abanet.org. For this reason, always include your name and Email address in the body of your message so that others may reply to you directly.

The responsibility of the posting content lies entirely with the poster.

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This publication could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information herein; these changes will be incorporated in new editions of the publication. American Bar Association may make improvements and/or changes in the product(s) and/or the service(s) described in this publication at any time.

Thanks very much and enjoy your list service. If you ever have any questions, send them to info@abanet.org.