Hello Eleanor and list, here are some useful list commands for setting vacation mode and so on. Firstly, to use any of these commands send an email to: vip_students-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx It is important to note that you should not use the normal address for posting to the list. If you do, your message will be sent to everybody on the list, and your command will have no effect on your subscription. The command should be included in the subject line of the message. There is no need to include any information in the main body of the message. In the below list, I have included the command to use. In each case use the email address vip_students-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx to send the command. 1. subscribing/unsubscribing: to unsubscribe from the list use the command: unsubscribe to subscribe to the list, use the command subscribe 2. vacation mode: If you are going on holidays you can temporarily set the list not to send you emails while away. You can then unset this when you return. Note that you are not unsubscribed from the list by using this command. this mode is known as 'vacation mode' and to enable it use the command set vacation To return to the normal mode use the command unset vacation 3. Digest mode If you don't want to receive each message sent to the list as a separate message, you can use digest mode. This combines all the messages for a given day and sends them to you as a single email. To enable this mode use the command set digest and to unset this mode use unset digest When you send any of the above commands, you should receive a confirmation mail from the list stating whether your command was successful or not. Bert----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:52 PM Subject: [vip_students] Re: Vacation Status for Lists
How is this done flor, how do you set up the vacation period with freelists?Eleanor----- Original Message ----- From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 6:15 PM Subject: [vip_students] Re: Vacation Status for ListsHi Tony,It can depend on the list provider. In the case of freelists, you can setyour vacation to, say, 7 days, or 14 days. You will not receive anymessages from that list on those days for which the vacation has been set.yahoogroups is different. other providers have their own rules.----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Sweeney" <tonysweeney1@xxxxxxxxxx>To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 3:28 PM Subject: [vip_students] Vacation Status for Lists Hi All,I would like to know that when you request 'vacation from a list are thoseemails still there for you on your return?The problem is thatI am on one or two highly-trafficked lists and don't wantto be confronted with hundreds of mail on my return! Thanks Tony-- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 974 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3684 (20081211) __________The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com