The Lepidoptera Listserver, or LEPS-L, is a general purpose electronic forum for those with an interest in butterflies and moths.
LEPS-L
and S.B.E.L. are electronic forums for those with an interest in
butterflies and moths. Membership in LEPS-L and S.B.E.L. is open to
anyone with e-mail and/or Usenet News service. The charter for S.B.E.L. is also available online.
The LEPS-L Discussion List was started in November 1994, and is
currently supported via Listproc on a Unix computer located at Yale
University, New Haven, Connecticut. LEPS-L is the successor to
leps@kaiwan.com, which was phased out in December 1994. LEPS-L ran as a
VM/CMS Listserv list through April 1997, when it was converted to
Listproc. The S.B.E.L. newsgroup was launched in November 1994. LEPS-L
and S.B.E.L. were linked into a unified forum in January 1995, so that
submissions sent to the former will automatically cross post to the
latter, and vice versa. Please remember this when posting to either —
you need only send email to one, not both. The volume of messages on
LEPS-L and S.B.E.L. varies, but at present generally runs between 5 to
25 per day.
Contributors to LEPS-L/SBEL are asked to please refrain from posting
messages regarding overtly commercial transactions in Lepidoptera that
otherwise do not contribute to broader discussions. Since LEPS-L/SBEL
is one of the largest and most widely known electronic forums for
Lepidoptera discussions, it is inevitable that occasional overtly
commercial postings will occur, and so subscribers to LEPS-L/SBEL
should exercise restrained, sound judgment in such instances. The Entomological Livestock Group is one such forum that carries commercial trade notices.
In addition, because some subscribers to LEPS-L pay network access fees
based upon the amount of material they receive, LEPS-L/SBEL subscribers
should always write succinctly and generally refrain from sending
attachments (e.g., images) to the list along with messages. Private
email arrangements should be made “off list” for such purposes.
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Larry Gall is the present “owner” (manager) of the LEPS-L discussion list. Please direct any questions you have about LEPS-L to lawrence.gall@yale.edu.
LEPS-L
is an electronic discussion list, based on a Unix computer computer,
which is connected to the Internet. The Listproc software used to
support LEPS-L is CREN’s Listproc.
WARNING: There are several different discussion list software programs
being used on the Internet. The specific commands and functions can
vary with each of these different software programs. THIS CAN BE VERY
CONFUSING TO PEOPLE. Some of the most frequently used Listproc software
commands are presented in this document.
If you are unacquainted with the Listproc commands and software, you
can request additional information by sending an e-mail message to:
and in the body of an e-mail message enter:
helpThere
are several methods of joining or subscribing to LEPS-L depending on
which computer systems or network you are using. There is no cost for
subscribing to the LEPS-L discussion list. HOWEVER, THERE MAY BE LOCAL
SERVICE PROVIDER CHARGES OR CONNECT CHANGES for the electronic mail
messages that you will receive. Check with your service provider or
local computer support person, if this is an issue.
To subscribe to LEPS-L send the following in the body of an e-mail message addressed to listproc@lists.yale.edu —
If you don’t want to remain subscribed to the LEPS-L list, send the following in the body of an e-mail message to listproc@lists.yale.edu —
UNSUBSCRIBE LEPS-LThere
are two addresses used in relation to the LEPS-L discussing list. Both
are located on the host lists.yale.edu. Administrative messages are
sent to Listproc. Postings to the discussion list, which are then
broadcast to the full membership, are sent to LEPS-L.
Please DO NOT send administrative messages to the LEPS-L address.
Specific address formatting varies slightly from different networks.
After you receive a subscription confirmation, send your postings to the list using this address:
7.1. MAIL POSTPONE Command
If you’re interested in temporarily holding your LEPS-L (e.g., you”re
on vacation and unable to read your e-mail for a period of time), send
the following in the body of an e-mail message to listproc@lists.yale.edu —
When you want to resume mail delivery, send the following message to the administrative address of listproc@lists.yale.edu —
SET LEPS-L MAILNote
that mail is held for you for the duration of the time you have set
your options to MAIL POSTPONE. This differs from the behavior of the
NOMAIL option of the former Listserv software, where you would
temporarily not get postings and they weren’t being held.
7.2. MAIL DIGEST Command
With the DIGEST option ON the Listproc software will send one large
message per day from the LEPS-L discussion list. This single message
contains a table of contents and the full text of all the day's
messages. The DIGEST is distributed shortly after midnight local time.
If you would like to switch to the DIGEST option send the following in
the body of an e-mail message to listproc@lists.yale.edu —
7.3. REVIEW Command
To see the list of subscribers (including yourself, to see what
Listproc currently believes your email address is), send the following
in the body of an e-mail message to listproc@lists.yale.edu —
7.4. SET Command
If you want to find out your current LEPS-L subscription settings, send the following in the body of an e-mail message to listproc@lists.yale.edu —
The archived correspondence of LEPS-L and S.B.E.L. can be found and queried at several places on the Internet, including the following:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera
http://listarc.mail.yale.edu/mhonarc/leps-l/threads.html
The
MHONARC listings from Yale currently only contain postings from 2000
onward, and until earlier correspondence can be incoroprated there,
yearly .ZIP format files are available for 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001.
Monthly log files are also available directly from Listproc. Because of
disk space quotas on the Unix computer at Yale that holds these monthly
LEPS-L files, the Listproc logs are typically retained only for THE
THREE MOST CURRENT MONTHS.
To get a listing of currently available Listproc log files, send a one line email message to listproc@lists.yale.edu —
and e.g., to retrieve a particular Listproc log file:
GET LEPS-L logyymmwhere
yy is the last two digits of the year, and mm is the month. These
Listproc raw log files are large (often more than 3 to 5 megabytes
apiece). Some e-mail systems cannot handle very large files, and you
may not want such a large file in your mailbox. The Listproc User’s
Manual describes a rich array of other available database functions
that allow you to query the LEPS-L Listproc log files for specific
items. The source for the Listproc User’s Manual can be found at CREN’s
site, http://www.cren.net.
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This document is a clone of the FAQ for the Museum Discussion List (MUSEUM-L), with amendments to reflect LEPS-L and S.B.E.L. usage. The original MUSEUM-L document was written by John Chadwick and David Bridge. Larry Gall made the amendments herein, and he gratefully acknowledges the help of Christopher Majka in preparing this and related documentation. Please send any corrections or suggestions for future additions or improvements to the LEPS-L FAQ to the listowner (see above).
