Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 08:36:47 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sam & Marcy Freiberg Subject: Re: set for no mail In-Reply-To: <000b01c21aa9$e0128320$8f7d4e0c@Norm1> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Thanks Norm, That's a great help. Best, Sam > From: Norm Saunders > Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding > Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 07:34:02 -0400 > To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] set for no mail > > Since Bob Wasmer posted his query to the list and since so many people seem > to have trouble with this issue, here is a tutorial I developed some time > back for just this issue: > > A MDOsprey Mail-Handling Tutorial > > > 1. USING E-MAIL COMMANDS > > There are two approaches to turning your mail on or off. The first, a > rather blunt instrument approach, is simply to signoff the list and then > resubscribe when you want to start mail again. To do this, send a message > to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following command as the first line > in the body of the message: SIGNOFF MDOSPREY. The risk with this approach > is that as MDOsprey gets closer and closer to the limit of 400 subscribers, > you run the very real risk of finding yourself unable to resubscribe upon > your return. > > The second, preferred, approach to controlling mail while you are away on > vacation is to use the SET command. To temporarily turn off the flow of > messages from MDOsprey, send a message to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with > the following command as the first line in the body of the message: SET > MDOSPREY NOMAIL. > > Upon your return, send a message to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the > following command as the first line in the body of the message: SET > MDOSPREY MAIL. > > Full documentation for users of LISTSERV can be found at: > http://www.lsoft.com/info/default.asp?item=manuals. > > > 2. USING THE WEB INTERFACE TO LISTSERV > > Amuch more powerful alternative is to use the subscriber interface on the > Internet to manage your list settings. First, pointing your browser to the > MDOsprey archives: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/mdosprey.html. > > Once here, click on Subscriber's Corner, in the upper left hand corner of > your screen. Here's the tricky part--you will be prompted for your e-mail > address and your password. If you have never set a listserv password you > need to look for the underlined command in the opening paragraph of the > sign-in page: Get a new LISTSERV password. Once you have set a password > (you only need to do this once) you can complete the sign-in page and you > will then be taken to the Subscriber's Corner. > > From here you can manage all of your list subscriptions--signing on to new > lists, signing off from lists you are currently subscribed to, and managing > the settings for lists you are currently subscribed to. Take your time, > read the online help carefully as you use the Subscriber's Corner > capabilities and if you get things hopelessly messed up, just send an e-mail > to mdosprey-support@home.ease.lsoft.com. > > I hope this helps! > > Norm Saunders > MDOsprey list owner > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================