SCIENCE-JOBS-DE

Email Interfaces - Part 1 of 2


Joining/Leaving via Email

A small guideline for Joining or Leaving the mailing list SCIENCE-JOBS-DE via Email - this applies analogously to all category related sublists.

The recommended alternative for Joining/Leaving the SCIENCE-JOBS-DE mailing lists is using the WWW-interface for the Subscription Maintenance!

Configuration of your mail client

Listserv, the system running the mailing list SCIENCE-JOBS-DE, can not manage HTML formatted email. You have to configure your mail client to send text only mail - e.g. when using Netscape you can find the formatting preferences with preferences -> mail -> formatting

Joining

the mailing list SCIENCE-JOBS-DE can be achieved by an email to

Confirmation of the Joining request

Listserv requests a confirmation of your Joining request which will be handled via the Subject mail header which should not be changed! The easiest way when reading the Listserv confirmation request mail is

and to send it back to Listserv. Listserv will then send a notification to you about the positive processing.

Leaving

the mailing list SCIENCE-JOBS-DE can be achieved by an email to

Confirmation of the Leaving request

Listserv requests a confirmation of your Leaving request which will be handled via the Subject mail header which should not be changed! The easiest way when reading the Listserv confirmation request mail is

and to send it back to Listserv. Listserv will then send a notification to you about the positive processing.

Common Problems

The most frequent problem is the change of the email address - if you have not left the mailing list using the "old" email address there is no chance to do it by yourself, you must send an email to the SCIENCE-JOBS-DE contact asking for manual deletion of the old email address.

Up 12.02.2004 Responsible: Team Science-Jobs-De