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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~