MWCA
Listserve
The MWCA listserve—miwcs@list.msu.edu—is
our primary means of communication with one another. It is used
for upcoming Ideas Exchange information and other conference announcements,
discussions about writing center pedagogy, informal mentoring and
surveying, and other sharing of resources. If you are not a member
of the listserve, we strongly encourage you to join.
Although peer tutors are encouraged to join miwcs, the MWCA also
hosts a listserve dedicated especially for use by peer tutors. This
listserve, mitutornet@list.msu.edu, is used for
discussions about peer tutoring, cross-institutional training, and
informal mentoring. Tutors should be aware that although we ask
that this listserve be dedicated specifically to their needs, we
do not have control over who joins this listserve. In other words,
there may be a few directors lurking there! For information on subscribing
to and using mitutornet, please click the link for Tutor Training
Resources in the red column to the right.
Instructions for Subscribing to and Using miwcs
To subscribe
Mail a message to listserv@msu.edu
In the subject of your message, type: subscribe miwcs
In the message body, type: subscribe miwcs your first name your
last name
You will receive a reply letting you know you have been added to
the list. Once you have been added, you can send messages to the
listserve address:
miwcs@list.msu.edu
Please note that messages will go to all of the subscribers of the
list. If you want messages to go to a particular person, send them
to his or her individual e-mail address. See the REVIEW miwcs command
below or the Membership Directory link in the red column on the
right to obtain members’ individual e-mail addresses.
You will be sent a message explaining some of the functions that
enable you to control your relationship with the listserve once
you have been subscribed. These functions will allow you to sign
off, set the listserve to receive no mail, get help, digest mail,
and review the list of subscribers. Some of the commands you may
find particularly useful are described below.
To initiate any of these commands, send the command
as an e-mail message to: listserv@msu.edu. Simply type the command
in the body of the message (one command per line if
you use more than one).
SIGNOFF miwcs
This will sign you off the list. Alternately, you can send a request
to be removed from the list via the Contact Us link on this site.
SET miwcs NOMail
Keeps you on the list, but you won’t get any mail from the
list. To return to a “receive mail status,” reissue
the command with “Mail” instead of “NOMail.”
HELP
Sends you a brief description of the most useful commands. To get
a comprehensive list, use the command INFO REFCARD.
SET miwcs MAIL DIGEST
Puts all of the individual messages from other users of this list
into a digest which will appear as one mail message in the menu
of mail messages you have when you enter the mail system. This is
as opposed to the default, where all messages sent by the list users
will appear as individual messages in your mail menu (to see the
benefits of DIGEST, subscribe to a very busy list and leave town
for a couple weeks!). The entire contents of the digest can be deleted
at once if necessary.
REVIEW miwcs
Gives a list of all subscribers to miwcs and their e-mail addresses.
For more help with listserve functions, use the Contact Us link
on this site or e-mail the list manager, Janet Swenson (jswenson@msu.edu),
at the Michigan State University Writing Center.
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