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On 15 May 2002 at 16:45, George Sarr wrote:
> Let me elaborate a little; say I use [log in to unmask] (as my dummy e-mail
> address), and provided it is subscribed by List managers tp the G_L, I can
> use this online form and send all my postings. Since this is a dummy e-
> mail account, you won't be able to receive mails, but who needs to when
> you have the G_L archives. Besides the whole idea behind this is to avoid
> clogging your inbox. I don't know about you but I like to be able to send
> and read from the archives than going through gazillion e-mails in one
> ibox. You may inadvertently miss an important e-mail as a result of bulky
> G_L e-mails cloggging your inbox daily.
>
> Anyway, I would be more than willing to share this idea and others with our List
> managers and let you members see if this something you want to adopt. I don't
> mind sharing ideas at all.
George,
Thanks for this suggestion but LISTSERV is so powerful that individual
subscribers who do not want to get their mail boxes clogged can already
have complete control over their mail delivery options without interference
from any list manager. They can set the system to NOMAIL and read all
postings from the web interface. NOMail is often a good compromise for
users who are leaving the office for vacation or on extended business trips,
and who don't want a full mailbox on their return.
Here are some short instructions on LISTSERV SET options:
All of these "command" messages should be sent to the
helpful but ignorant LISTSERV clerical robot at:
[log in to unmask] <<NOT the Gambia-L
address!>>
What you want to have happen is followed by the message you send.
To Subscribe
SUB Gambia-L YourFirstname Lastname
To Unsubscribe
SIGNOFF Gambia-L
To Stop List Mail Temporarily
SET Gambia-L NOMAIL
To Restart Mail After Vacation
SET Gambia-L MAIL
To Receive Only One Mailing Each Day
Which Contains 24 Hours of Messages
SET Gambia-L DIGEST
To Receive Only One Mailing Each Day
Which Contains Only the Subject:
Line and Sender: for Each Message
SET Gambia-L INDEX
To See Your Own Distribution Options
QUERY Gambia-L
To Receive a Copy of Your Own Messages
SET Gambia-L REPRO
To Get a Listing of LISTSERV Commands
HELP
All of these "command" messages should be sent to the sleepless
LISTSERV clerical robot at:
[log in to unmask]
There is also a World Wide Web un/subscription page for the Gambia-L
mailing list. The URL is http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html
Web users can read the monthly Gambia-L logs and set all their
distribution options, subscribe, unsubscribe, and read and search the
Gambia-L Archives from the above Web page. They can also send messages
to the L from there.
BTW, Gambia-L is not an organization but a service maintained by
volunteers:-)
Momodou Camara
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