There have been a couple of requests for this info in the last day or
so, so I have taken the liberty of forwarding the last automatic copy of
the NO-MILK Operating Instructions to the list.

Helen

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Thu, 26 Jul 2001 06:02:02

This  message is  sent  as  an automatic,  periodic  reminder to  NO-MILK
subscribers letting them  know how to manipulate  their subscriptions for
maximum benefit.

Some     common     commands     (which    you     should     send     to
[log in to unmask] if you wish to invoke them):

SIGNOFF NO-MILK

This ends  your subscription to the  list and stops list  mail from being
sent to you.

SET NO-MILK SUBJecthdr

Some subscribers  may desire  to have  the system  automatically identify
mail from the List by adding the Listname to the subject line.

SET NO-MILK NOMAIL

You would use this  if you were going on vacation,  for instance, and did
not wish to have messages delivered  while you were away. On your return,
when you wanted NO-MILK to start  sending you mail again, you would issue
the same command except with MAIL replacing NOMAIL at the end of it.

SET NO-MILK DUALHDR

If your  e-mail reading software  does not  reveal the senders'  names on
your incoming e-mail, invoke this  command. It causes Listserv to include
relevant header information in the text body of incoming NO-MILK messages
sent to you. Note when replying this information should be deleted.

SET NO-MILK DIGEST

This causes the NO-MILK to stop forwarding incoming messages to you as it
processes them. Instead, it sends you  one large message on a DAILY basis
that  contains any  individual  messages of  the  period strung  together
end-to-end. This is useful for subscribers who do not wish to be bothered
by the arrival of random messages, or who find it time-consuming to open,
read, and close  individual messages. To stop digest  delivery and resume
"instant" message  delivery, just send  the same command except  with the
word NODIGEST instead of DIGEST at the end.

Please note that  this message is sent  to all users not only  as a brief
operational  FAQ, but  also as  a NO-MILK  subscription "probe."  If this
message "bounces" on  its way to a subscriber, or  if a subscriber's mail
gateway  generates an  error while  handling this  message (and  this can
happen even  though this  message eventually  reaches a  subscriber), the
Listserv software  takes further  steps to  verify that  the subscriber's
e-mail address  is in working  order (this can be  of great benefit  to a
subscriber who is  unaware that his e-mail account  is malfunctioning and
possibly not delivering his mail to him). The probing mechanism automates
error processing  and saves the NO-MILK  owners from having to  deal with
errors by hand;  for that reason, the NO-MILK owners  ask you to tolerate
the minor inconvenience of receiving this message on a periodic basis.

If you  ever have questions  or comments  about the NO-MILK  list, please
write to the list owners at the generic address:

[log in to unmask]

Thanks again for your interest in NO-MILK.

--
Helen Edith Stephenson  <[log in to unmask]>
                        http://www.baronmoss.demon.co.uk/