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VAR Listserv
The VAR Listserv is a free subscription-based interactive e-mail forum that allows VAR cavers (or anyone interested in Viriginia Region caving) to stay in touch. Any e-mail sent to the list is automatically forwarded to everyone else on the list. Message traffic is generally light, usually not exceeding a couple messages a day.
The Listserv is moderated by Walt Pirie. All subscriptions are approved by him, and he monitors all message content. In addition, the Listserv computers check all incoming messages for viruses before forwarding them to the list. The result is a well-run forum with no spam and no flaming, just good caving content.
For all of the instructions below, upper case is for emphasis only. The listserver is case-insensitive.
Rules
- No flaming or personal attacks
- No Spam or commercial messages
- Do not redistribute a post without author's permission
- You message should be relevant to the Virginia region
Subscribing
| Send an e-mail to: | LISTSERV@LISTSERV.VT.EDU |
| In the text portion of the message type: | SUB VARLIST your name |
Below is an example of a subscription message that Vitas sent to subscribe. Use your own name on your e-mail, please. Shortly after subscribing you will get an acknowledgement e-mail that your subscription has been accepted, a message on how to use the list and a request to post a short bio. At that point you are ready to send your first message to the list.
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Sending a message to the list
Once you are subscribed, you are ready to send a message to all of the other people who subscribe to the list. Sending a short bio of yourself is a good way to start. This is called sending mail to the list. For this you will use a slightly different email address than subscribing.
| Send an e-mail to: | VARLIST@LISTSERV.VT.EDU |
| Type your bio or anything else |
(Your message here) |
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Below is part of a message Vitas sent to the list.  |
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Receiving your own e-mails
By default, the Listserv forwards incoming messages to everyone EXCEPT the sender. If you would like to receive copies of your own posts:
| Send an e-mail to: | LISTSERV@LISTSERV.VT.EDU |
| In the text portion of the message type: | SET VARLIST REPRO |
Unsubscribing from the list
If you do not wish to receive mail from the VAR Listserv any more, unsubscribe as follows:
| Send an e-mail to: | LISTSERV@LISTSERV.VT.EDU |
| In the text portion of the message type: | SIGNOFF VARLIST |
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Below is an example of an e-mail that Vitas sent to unsubscribe.
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Getting a list of archived files
All the messages sent to the VAR Listserv are archived monthly into a single file containing all of that month's discussions. You can retrieve any previous month's archived discussions, even for months before you joined the Listserv. To get a list of the available archived files:
| Send an e-mail to: | LISTSERV@LISTSERV.VT.EDU |
| In the text portion of the message type: | INDEX VARLIST |
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The files will generally have names like LOG0209, which is the LOG file for September (09) of 2002 (02).
Below is an example of an e-mail that Vitas sent to get a list of available archived files. 
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Retrieving an archived file
After reviewing the list of available archived files, you can request that the VAR Listserv e-mail any of them you want:
| Send an e-mail to: | LISTSERV@LISTSERV.VT.EDU |
| In the text portion of the message type: | GET VARLIST filename |
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Below is an example of an e-mail that Vitas sent to retieve three archived files. 
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