Introduction

This List-Owner Reference Manual provides an overview to the list-owner commands of the CREN® ListProcessor® list- and file-management software, also known as ListProc®. The commands documented in this reference are not generally available to subscribers who do not own the list affected by the command being used.

This reference assumes familiarity with the ListProcessor User Manual and does not replicate that document's explanation of ListProc's subscriber commands.

This Owner's manual is one of four documents of which list owners should be aware. All are available via anonymous ftp and Gopher from info.cren.net in the /listproc directory. Each file is available in Postscript (the .ps file extension), RTF (the .rtf file extension) and plain text (no file extension). These files are listed below (base file names are enclosed in parenthesis):

• The List Owner's Manual (ownerman) explains in detail how to manage a list.
• The List Owner's Reference Card (ownercard) is a short reminder of the material covered in the Manual.
• The ListProcessor User's Manual (userman) is a detailed explanation for users of how to interact with the list processor.
• The User's Reference Card (usercard) is a short reminder of material covered in the Manual.

It is strongly recommended that you, as list owner, obtain and read all four documents. You should be familiar with end-user commands, which are not covered in this document. It is recommended that you either print this Owner's Manual out or use a multi-window program to read it so that you can more easily refer to different sections.

In this reference, ListProcessor commands are shown in this typeface, with italics used for any command options and arguments which are to be replaced by the user. The minimum command abbreviations are in UPPERCASE. The actual commands are case-insensitive. For example, the command SUB is the same as sub or subscribe. Optional arguments and keywords are enclosed in brackets ([...]) and alternatives separated by a vertical bar ( | ), both of which must be omitted when the actual command is used. The list explore@listproc.net has been created for experimenting with ListProc. The term "local lists" refers to lists hosted by the ListProcessor with which you are communicating; "remote" lists are those hosted by other ListProcessors. Commands which relate to remote lists are forwarded to the appropriate ListProcessor when there is adequate information.

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