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Post a Message	To send a message to all of BC-L's 700+ subscribers, address your message to <BC-L@cornell.edu>. Only subscribers to BC-L may post to the list. For a list of posting rules, see the BC-L Informational Bulletin.
Contact the Mangement	To contact the list manage team, write to <BC-L-request@cornell.edu>. Please include your e-mail address.
!	All commands below need to be placed in the body of e-mail and sent to <ListProc@cornell.edu>. Type the command on the first line in the body of your e-mail message. Do not add any extra text such as a signature. All commands are case insensitive.
Subscribe a Friend	To subscribe, have your friend send the following command to <ListProc@cornell.edu>: subscribe BC-L fullname replacing "fullname" with your friend's real full name.
Check Your Subscription Status	To check your subscription status and mail delivery option, send the following command to <ListProc@cornell.edu>: query BC-L If you stop receiving mail unexpectedly, check your subscription status before writing to the list management at <BC-L-request@cornell.edu> for help.
Receive Messages Individually or as Digests	You may receive list mail as individual messages or grouped into digests. The default when you subscribe or re-subscribe is individual messages. The digest is a compilation of several messages into one large e-mail message with a table of contents. To change your mail delivery option to the digest, send the following command to <ListProc@cornell.edu>: set BC-L mail digest To change your mail delivery option to individual messages, send the following command to <ListProc@cornell.edu>: set BC-L mail ack
Temporarily Stop Mail Delivery	To suspend you subscription temporarily, send the following command to <ListProc@cornell.edu>: set BC-L mail postpone Messages are not held for later delivery, but archives are kept for up to two weeks. To un-postpone and resume mail delivery, send either the ack or digest command described above.
Cancel Your Subscription	To cancel your subscription, send the following command to <ListProc@cornell.edu> unsub BC-L If you send this and receive a message back from ListProc that you are not subscribed and therefore cannot unsubscribe, contact the list management at <BC-L-request@cornell.edu>. Most likely the routing of your address has changed and you will need to be removed manually.
Access the Archives	Archives of BC-L digests are kept for at least two weeks. Access is restricted to subscribers only. To obtain an index, send an e-mail message with the following command in the body to <ListProc@cornell.edu>: index BC-L To obtain a specific digest from the archive, send the following command (delete the brackets): get BC-L digest<number> For example: get BC-L digest4132