MIDDLE-L is a discussion list for anybody interested in middle school education. Operated by the Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative at the University of Illinois, MIDDLE-L is the place where parents, teachers, representatives of professional associations and government agencies, faculty and researchers, students and teachers, librarians, and anyone else interested in middle school education come together to share ideas, resources, problems, and solutions.
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- Mail Options If you have any technical questions about the list (problems subscribing,
unsubscribing, setting list digests, etc.), please contact the list administrator
at:
ecap-listadmin@illinois.edu
(mail, no mail, digest) - Message Options
(acknowledgement, reproduction) - Unsubscribe
- Archive
- Questions
Subscribe
To subscribe to MIDDLE-L, send a one-line e-mail to listserv@listserv.illinois.edu with following message:subscribe MIDDLE-L {Your First Name} {Your Last Name}
Where {Your First Name} and {Your Last Name} refer to your real name (not your login name). Note that there is no reason to include a subject or your e-mail address. As an example, if Jane Doe wanted to subscribe to MIDDLE-L, she would send a message that looks like the example on the right.
NOTE: Your message to LISTSERV should not include a "signature" if at all possible. The computer will try to interpret the lines of your signature as commands.
You should receive a note confirming your subscription within a few minutes (although sometimes it can take and hour or two).
Send a Message
To send a message to all the members of the MIDDLE-L list, compose your e-mail message as usual and send it to the list discussion 
address:
MIDDLE-L@listserv.illinois.edu
Mail Options
There are three different mail options for the MIDDLE-L listserv: MAIL (the default), NOMAIL, and DIGEST
MAIL: Messages arrive in your mail box one at a time as they are posted to the listserv. This is the setting you are AUTOMATICALLY given when you subscribe. It is very easy to respond directly to messages received, but some people find that so many separate messages can clutter up their mail box.
Do NOT put a subject line in your message and remove any signatures from the body of your message.NOMAIL: You remain subscribed to MIDDLE-L, but new messages will not be sent to you. This is a good way to keep your mail box from filling up if you will be on vacation or away from your e-mail account for an extended period.
To temporarily stop mail from being delivered, send listserv@listserv.illinois.edu the following message:
set MIDDLE-L nomail
To undo this command, send listserv@listserv.illinois.edu the following message:
set MIDDLE-L mail
DIGEST: You will receive only ONE message per day from MIDDLE-L which includes ALL of the day's postings collected together. Digests are nice if you don't like wading through lots of separate messages, but it's harder to reply to any one specific posting.
To start receiving mail in digest form, send listserv@listserv.illinois.edu the following message:
set MIDDLE-L digest
To undo this command, send listserv@listserv.illinois.edu the following message:
set MIDDLE-L mail
Message Options
- Acknowledgement:
- ACK (Acknowledgement)
- NOACK (No acknowledgement)
- Reproduction:
- REPRO (See own message)
- NOREPRO (Don't see own message)
Acknowledgement setting
The Acknowledgement setting tells the Listserv computer whether or not to send you an acknowledgement whenever you send a message to the list. The setting options are ACK and NOACK. For instance, if you send a message with subject line "General Information", you can automatically get a message back from the Listserv computer that is something like: Your message dated XXX with subject "General Information" was successfully distributed to the XXX list.
Acknowledgement: To receive an automatic acknowledgement from the Listserv computer whenever you post a message to the list, send listserv@listserv.illinois.edu the following message:
set MIDDLE-L ackNo acknowledgement: If you do not want to receive an acknowledgement, send listserv@listserv.illinois.edu the following message:
set MIDDLE-L noack
Reproduction setting
The Reproduction setting tells the Listserv computer whether or not you want to see your own message posted to the list. The setting options are REPRO and NOREPRO.
See own message: If you want to see your own message posted to the list, send listserv@listserv.illinois.edu the following message:
set MIDDLE-L repro
Don't see
own message: If you do not want to see your own message posted to the list, send listserv@listserv.illinois.edu the following message:
set MIDDLE-L norepro
It is a good idea to set one of these options "on" (i.e., ACK or REPRO) so that you can know that your own posting has been received by the list. There are default settings for these options for each Listserv list. Each list may have different default settings.
Unsubscribe
If you unsubscribe from the listserv, you will remove yourself from the list completely and will no longer receive messages or digests.
To unsubscribe from MIDDLE-L, all you need to do is send a one-line e-mail message to listserv@listserv.illinois.edu that reads:
signoff MIDDLE-L
Feel free to contact the list administrator if you have problems getting signed off:
ecap-listadmin@illinois.edu
Note that there is no reason to include a subject, your name, or your e-mail address. Your message to LISTSERV should not include a "signature" if at all possible. The computer will try to interpret the lines of your signature as commands. You should receive a note confirming your signoff within a few minutes (although sometimes it can take and hour or two).
MIDDLE-L list archive
Messages posted to the MIDDLE-L list will be archived for approximately one year. The MIDDLE-L archive is available at: https://listserv.illinois.edu/archives/middle-l.html
Questions
If you have any technical questions about the list (problems subscribing, unsubscribing, setting list digests, etc.), please contact the list administrator at: ecap-listadmin@illinois.edu
If you have any other questions, contact the list owner:
Bernard Cesarone
ECAP, University of Illinois
Children's Research Center
51 Gerty Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone:
(217) 333-1386
Fax: (217) 244-7732
E-mail: cesarone@uiuc.edu