How to Manage your Account

How to send a message to the list
Using the Web to alter your subscription options

Altering your email options - sending commands
(a)The Command Address
(c)Digest or individual emails
(d)To get a copy of your posts
(e)To stop mail temporarily when you are away
(f)To unsubscribe
How to set up a password and finding the web archives
Renewing your subscription
How to get the short stories from the archives/file server
Changing your subscribed email address
Finding help on the heyer list


First off - how to send messages to the list

HOW TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE LIST

The Heyer List Address to which posts are sent is HEYER@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM

Note - that the address on this email is HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM - site hosts the Heyer list, so we are Heyer at home.ease.lsoft.com You can send an email right from your email programme. You can also send a message to the list simply by clicking the reply on any message from the Heyer list - the options are set to automatically send it back to the Heyer list. REMEMBER - make sure your subject line is correct using the rules.

There is a third way to send a message to the list and that is through the Heyer List Serve Page.

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Using the Web

You can manage your account through the web by going to the Heyer List Serv Page and clicking on the option Update your HEYER list options. You select by radio button a - your Subscription type:
Regular [NODIGEST]
Digest (traditional) [NOMIME DIGEST]
Digest (MIME format) [NOHTML MIME DIGEST]
Digest (HTML format) [HTML DIGEST]
Index (traditional) [NOHTML INDEX]
Index (HTML format) [HTML INDEX]
b - your Mail header style:
Normal LISTSERV-style header [FULLHDR]
LISTSERV-style, with list name in subject [SUBJECTHDR]
LISTSERV-style, short [SHORTHDR]
"Dual" (second header in mail body) [DUALHDR]
sendmail-style [IETFHDR]
c - your Acknowledgements:
No acknowledgements [NOACK NOREPRO]
Short message confirming receipt [ACK NOREPRO]
Receive copy of own postings [NOACK REPRO]
d - Miscellaneous:
Mail delivery disabled temporarily [NOMAIL]
Address concealed from REVIEW listing [CONCEAL]
IF YOU MAKE ANY CHANCES YOU MUST END YOUR SESSION by clicking - Update options
On this web page you can also
1 - Search the Archives
2 - Post to the list
3 - Email a LISTSERV Command
4 - Email the List "Patroness"
The first two options are for list members only.

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If you wish to Email your commands without using a web page

ALTERING YOUR EMAIL OPTIONS - SENDING COMMANDS .....................................................................................................
(a)The Command Address
The Command Address to which commands are sent is LISTSERV@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM
ie - you are sending your messages to listserv, which is the automatic processor of commands at the host address home.ease.lsoft.com. (Do NOT send them to the Heyer at home.ease.lsoft.com. LISTSERV is the automated response address. It is an automated processor that 'serves these lists' - easier to remember that way right?)

(b)How to send commands All commands must go in the body of the email. NOT the subject line.
(c)Digest or individual emails By default all new list subscriptions are in DIGEST format which means that you will receive 1-2 large email notes a day that contain all the posts.

If you prefer to receive individual email posts then send the command SET HEYER NODIGEST

If you want to set it back to digest then send the command SET HEYER DIGEST

d) If you want a copy of your postings send SET HEYER REPRO NOACK

If you want to go back to just the acknowledgement: SET HEYER NOREP ACK

e) If you are going away a while and want to turn off mail SET HEYER NOMAIL

(this will stop all mail regardless of digest or other format)

When you come back send SET HEYER MAIL

f) To unsubscribe from this list send the command SIGNOFF HEYER

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HOW TO SET UP A PASSWORD AND FINDING THE WEB ARCHIVES

Note: you do not require a List password. It is nice to have if you use the web access method to read the archives and/or send posts. Access the archives. The web site will walk you through setting up a password to access them. But note, you will need to confirm your password by email as described below.

Or

If you want to set up a password by email send in the command

PW ADD XXXXXXXX

where XXXXXXXX is a selected password.

Send this to the command address at LISTSERV @HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM

You MUST send this from your subscribed email address. The WELCOME note which was sent to you will have that listed in the TO field.

After you send in that command LISTSERV will send back a confirmation request. Unlike the other confirmation this one just required you to REPLY to it with

OK

and nothing else in the body of the REPLY. The SUBJECT line will contain a special code so please do not change the SUBJECT line at all. (The RE: text is allowed.)

You will then receive a message that all was successful.

Then you can go backto The archives and use your subscribed email address and new password to view the archives and change your list options.

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RENEWING YOUR SUBSCRIPTION

Every two months, if you do not regularly post to the list, you will receive an automated renewal request. If you no longer wish to be on the list, you can just DO NOTHING and your subscription will expire in 2 weeks.

Or to remove yourself more quickly send the command:

SIGNOFF HEYER to LISTSERV@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM

If you want to stay on the list then you must follow the directions in the Renewal notice which instructs you to send the command in the body of an email:

CONFIRM HEYER to LISTSERV@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM DO NOT SEND THIS COMMAND UNTIL AFTER YOU RECEIVE THE RENEWAL NOTICE! If you send it too soon your subscription is likely to expire - this is an automated process remember.

If you post on a regular basis you won't receive this renewal notice as it is expected that you do want to stay.

If you prefer to read and lurk, that's fine, but don't forget to renew your subscription when at it comes. Remeber: YOU MUST SEND THE CONFIRM COMMAND FROM THE EMAIL ADDRESS YOU ARE SUBSCRIBED WITH!

For example if you are subscribed to the list as "avon@email.isp.com," make sure your identity in your email program has that EXACT address in it. If your identiy has "avon@isp.com" in it - the command may not work!!!!!! And then your subscription will expire!

Your subscribed address is in the "To:" field in the header of this WELCOME note.

After sending the CONFIRM you will receive a confirmation that your subscription was renewed within a day. If you so not receive a successful confirmation then email Lisa May, the Patroness for Membership Services (maylisa66@earthlink.net) Please give it a day and make sure you followed directions correctly before a patroness.

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HOW TO GET THE SHORT STORIES FROM THE ARCHIVES/FILE SERVER

As mentioned above, in addition to the regular archives we have a few files saved that may interest you to read. You do not have to have a password set up to retrieve these files.

CICELY is a contemporary short story written in the 1920s by Heyer. To read it send the COMMAND "GET CICELY FILE" to LISTSERV@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM (hereafter the Admin Address)

NAN was written by list member Caroline Zook as a "what-if" for Jack from Cotillion. To read it send the COMMAND "GET NAN FILE" to the Admin Address.

PURSUIT was written in 1939 by Heyer. It is a Regency short story. To read it send the COMMAND "GET PURSUIT FILE" to the Admin Address

A.S. Byatt's critique of Georgette Heyer as found in the "Passions of the Mind" by Byatt. This book is readily available in The Heyer article is entitiled: An Honourable Escape: Georgette Heyer To read it send the COMMAND "GET BYATT FILE" to the Admin Address

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CHANGING YOUR SUBSCRIBED EMAIL ADDRESS

To change the email address that you are subscribed with send a request to HEYER-REQUEST@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM

and state both your old and new address in the body of the message. One of the List Patronesses will change your address, and you will receive an automated response when successful.

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FINDING HELP ON THE HEYER LIST
At some stage you might need general help or want to ask a question. If you cannot find what you are looking for here or on the How to page, then you can contact a patroness.

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