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Mail setting commands are invoked by sending email to:with any of the following in the text block of the message:
- set morris nomail | mail | digest
- set morris subj | nosubj
- set morris mime | nomime
- set morris repro | norepro
- set morris ack | noack
In addition, note that your own settings may be checked at anytime by issuing aq morris command.
Sometimes you may want to change how often you receive MORRISemail. There are three possible settings:nomail,digest,mail.
Usethe nomail command when you want to temporarilyshut off your MORRIS email. This is easier than unsubscribingand later resubscribing.
As always, send email to:
with a line of text saying
To turn your mail back on, use the mail ordigest commands.
If you find the number of email messages from MORRIS isgreater than you are comfortable with, consider the digestoption rather than unsubscribing. Once invoked, you will receive all the previous day's messages in a single indexedemail message.
Send email to:
with a line of text saying
To turn off the digest, use the mailcommand.
This is the default setting when you first subscribe to theMORRIS list. Use it to turn your mail back on after issuinga nomail command or to turn off a digest command.
Send email to:
with a line of text saying
Once you usethe mail command, you should begin receiving individual MORRISemail in "real-time".
Some mail programs (such as Pegasus) allow you to filter youremail messages based on content in the header of the messages, such as
"To: MORRIS@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU".
Many, however, have nofiltering functionality. The subj commandallows you to identify, by a prefix in the subject field, that amessage originates with the MORRIS listserv. The nosubj command turns it off.
This command will change your subscription options so that everymessage you get from the MORRIS listserv has a subject starting with[MDDL].
Send email to:
with a line of text saying
This is the default setting. It will turn off the [MDDL] prefix in the subject lines.
Send email to:
with a line of text saying
MIME is an extension of usual mail handling that allows you to "attach"specially formatted objects to a piece of email. Common examples includeattaching word processing documents, graphics, sounds, etc. It is prettyuseless for listservs since many listserv users don't have mail programsthat understand MIME.
With one exception: digests. If you have set digest on, the mime commandmay be for you. Read on.There are two possible settings:mime,nomime.
The mime command is really only useful when used in conjunctionwith the digest command. It assumes that youhave a mail program capable of reading mime-formatted digests.If you don't know, don't use it.
As always, send email to:
with a line of text saying
A mime formatted digest acts very much like a folder of individualmessages -- i.e., the digest is just a wrapper containing the previousday's messages. The first message in the "folder" contains the table of contents for that day'sdigest; the second message contains the first email in the digest; thethird message the second email; and so on to the end of the digest.
The advantage is that you only have to read those emails that look interesting.(My mime mail handler lets me see the subject of the messages in each"folder". I can't promise that yours will do the same; you'll have to work thatout on your own. Sorry!) Furthermore, you can reply directly to the emailin that "folder"; sender and subject information is preserved unlike a nomimedigest. Another advantage is that in some mail programs you can sort themessages by sender, subject or date.
The disadvantage is that you may have to close each message before going on to the next (again,milage may vary) and I've not been able to figure out to print thewhole digest. But, then again, I seldom need to do this.
To turn mime off again, issue a nomime command in the usual way:
Changing Mail Reproduction Settings
No, mail reproduction is not a sexual curiousity. [Just checking to seeif anyone had read this far.]
It simply means that if it is set on, any message you send tothe MDDL, will be rebroadcasted back you. If it is set off, your own messagesto the MDDL will not be rebroadcasted back to you.By default it is off.There are two possible settings:repro,norepro.
Use the repro command when you want a "complementary copy" ofeach message you send to the MDDL, sent to yourself as well. This commandis useful if your mail program doesn't automatically save your sent messages.
The usual procedures apply, send email to:
with a line of text saying
Use the norepro command to turn off "complementary copies" ofmessages you send to the MDDL. This is the default condition sincemost mail programs automatically save your sent messages.
Send email to:
with a line of text saying
Changing Mail Acknowledgement Settings
The LISTSERV can be set to email you acknowledgement of the success it hadin broadcasting your postings to the MDDL.There are two possible settings:ack,noack.
Use the ack command when you want to receive acknowledgement ofthe successful broadcast of each message you send to the MDDL. This commandmight be helpful to your peace of mind if you have have repro set off, but (IMHO) it falls in the category of mostly useless.By default it is set off.
The usual procedures apply, send email to:
with a line of text saying
Use the noack command when don't need to receive acknowledgement ofeach message you send to the MDDL. By default it is set off.
The usual procedures apply, send email to:
with a line of text saying
Webmaster: Tom Keays / Contact Me
URL: http://web.syr.edu/~hytelnet/mddl/
Last updated: February 1, 2008
