TIP OF THE WEEK: the "nomail" option
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: TIP OF THE WEEK: the "nomail" option
- From: t*@lanl.gov (Tom Tadfor Little)
- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 09:47:43 -0600
Hi folks! I thought it might be a good idea to offer a "tip" about
the listserver, email, web, or what-have-you each week. Let me know
if you find this interesting or useful.
Today's tip is the "nomail" option. If you're too busy to read Iris-L
mail for awhile, or are going to be gone on vacation, you do not need
to unsubscribe and rejoin the list later. You can tell the listserver
to temporarily stop sending mail.
Send email to LISTSERV@RT66.COM
In the body of the message, type only
SET IRIS-L MAIL NOMAIL
When you're ready to start getting the messages again, send mail
to LISTSERV@RT66.COM but this time with the message
SET IRIS-L MAIL ACK
or
SET IRIS-L MAIL DIGEST
depending on whether you prefer individual messages or digests.
Although this is about the same amount of trouble as unsubscribing
and resubscribing, it has the advantage that your name stays on
the official rolls--others can still find you with a REVIEW command,
and you won't be bothered with a new welcome message and new password
when you come back.
Enjoy the list!
Cheers, Tom.
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Tom Tadfor Little tlittle@lanl.gov -or- telp@Rt66.com
technical writer/editor Los Alamos National Laboratory
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