When you register on this website and choose "yes" for joining the email discussion List (or if you previously were on the List), your name and email address are manually entered into an online database. The CONNECT List is hosted on the NPOgroups server, a non-profit hosting service.
The CONNECT List address is CONNECT@LISTS.WOMENPLAYWRIGHTS.ORG, and the messages you recieve will come from that address, and once registered, that is the address you will send messages to as well.
The LISTSERV computer receives the emails sent by subscribers and forwards a copy of each message to everyone whose name and address is subscribed to the list. The LISTSERV which handles CONNECT emails has its own administrative address: sympa@lists.womenplaywrights.org
Another way of understanding the difference between the CONNECT List address and the sympa@lists.womenplaywrights.org address is to think of the CONNECT List address as a room full of playwrights eagerly awaiting your messages about playwriting.
The LISTSERV however, is a computer which will only do what it's told to do (when you send COMMANDS to it) and it isn't the slightest bit interested in messages about playwriting or any other topic that interests real people.
A mail worker just sorts and delivers the mail: he or she doesn't read it in transit and is only interested in any delivery instructions, like First Class, Second Class, Express, Return to Sender, Forwarding Address, Air Mail etc.
These delivery instructions are like Listserv Commands. LISTSERV is like a mail worker and just wants to know "What do you want done with your mail?"
And that's where your Account Settings come in....
Account settings Each subscriber has their own account, where their Settings are stored. These settings affect the way a subscriber receives List mail. Each subscriber can change their account settings anytime they like, as can the List Owner or List Administrator.
Changing Account Settings:
There are 2 methods of changing your account settings.
Method 1. Using a password and web control panel, which you access through your internet web browser programme (Internet Explorer. Firefox, Opera etc.) Very simple to use, but more time-consuming than Method 2.
Method 2. Using email Commands sent to the sympa@lists.womenplaywrights.org computer. Very fast, but you need to type the commands in an exact format and send the commands to the correct email address - commands need to be sent to the sympa@lists.womenplaywrights.org address, not to the CONNECT List address.
* Using your web browser go to http://lists.womenplaywrights.org/lists/info/connect. Use the box at top right to log in with your email address and password.
(if you forgot your password click "Request Password" and enter your email address in the box provided).
Once you have accessed your own account Control Panel, click "connect" under Your Groups.
Now click Subscriber Options. Next to "Receiving Mode" clikc the arrow to show all the options.
Select nomail and click the Update button.
TO RECEIVE MAIL AGAIN - repeat the steps above and select "standard" for individual message delivery, or Digest, or whatever mode you prefer.
* Using email commands sent to the LISTSERV computer. Email commands need to be exact. Copy and paste any of the commands on this page into your email message. Send the message which appears between the dotted lines to sympa@lists.womenplaywrights.org
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SET <connect@lists.womenplaywrights.org>|* NOMAIL
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Don't add anything in the message area. Put only a single space in the Subject Line Turn off Signatures, if you normally use them.
Check that you are sending the email to sympa@lists.womenplaywrights.org Then "send". LISTSERV knows who you are from your List email address and will send you an email by return, acknowledging that it has received your command. Until you receive the LISTSERV acknowledgement email, it isn't safe to assume your command has been carried out.
To begin receiving List email again, repeat the steps above, but send this command instead
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SET <connect@lists.womenplaywrights.org>|* MAIL
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SET <connect@lists.womenplaywrights.org>|* DIGEST
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*To receive all of each day's messages in one long message per day, rather than individual messages as they are processed by the Listserv (HTML Digest). (Similar to the Digest option in that the subscriber will periodically receive batched messages in a Digest. With DigestPlain the Digest is sent in a plain text format, with all attachments stripped out. DigestPlain is useful if your email software doesn't display multipart/digest format messages well.
SET <connect@lists.womenplaywrights.org|*> DIGESTPLAIN
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SUMMARY
* Receiving the message index only. Instead of receiving individual mail messages from the list, the subscriber will periodically receive a list of messages. This mode is very close to the Digest reception mode but the subscriber receives only the list of messages.
SET <connect@lists.womenplaywrights.org>|* SUMMARY * Receiving the message index only
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STANDARD MAIL
*To receive individual messages as they are processed by the Listserv (MAIL)
SET <connect@lists.womenplaywrights.org>|* MAIL
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*Remember the Commands are sent to SYMPA@LISTS.WOMENPLAYWRIGHTS.ORG NOT the ICWP-L List CONNECT@LISTS.WOMENPLAYWRIGHTS.ORG
Other mail reception options are available in your personal control panel. For an explanation of how each reception mode works, click the HELP button next to the Mail reception box in Subscriber Options
* Using the web browser control panel.
Once you have accessed your own List account Control Panel, click on the "Unsubscribe" link.
To use the web browser control panel you first need to obtain your List password.
* Using email commands sent to the LISTSERV computer. Email commands need to be exact.
You can copy and paste any of the commands on this page into your email message.
Send the message between the dotted lines to SYMPA@LISTS.WOMENPLAYWRIGHTS.ORG
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UNSubscribe * <EMAIL> * To quit all lists.
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Don't add anything in the message area. Put only a single space in the Subject Line Turn off Signatures, if you normally use them.
Check that you are sending the email to SYMPA@LISTS.WOMENPLAYWRIGHTS.ORG Then "send".
LISTSERV knows who you are from your List email address and will send you an email by return, acknowledging that it has received your command. Until you receive the LISTSERV confirmation email, it isn't safe to assume your command has been carried out.
If all else fails and you are still receiving the LISTSERV, email the List Administrator.
If you still need additional assistance, email the List Administrator.