Using E-lists at Cornell
Customizing Your List Settings (Lyris)
The information on this page was changed in major ways in May 2007.
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If you are a member of a CIT-hosted list, there are four
configuration settings you can control:
Most people who use e-lists never feel the need to change any of the
default settings, but isn't it nice to know you have choices?
Command Syntax
To change one of the settings for a particular e-list, send an e-mail
message to
listname-request@cornell.edu
where listname is the name of the list you want to join, including the hyphen and
the letter L at the end of the list name.
The body of the message should be
set option
where option
is the keyword described below. You can include more than one option
on one line. For example:
set digest ack norepro
Important:
- You must send this message from the e-mail address where you
receive the e-list's messages.
- The message must be sent in plain text, that is, no formatting,
font styles, or HTML code.
(How do I send plain text?)
- The settings you specify will be changed only for the e-list
you specify, not for all your lists.
Delivery Type
To set how you'll receive the messages posted by list members, use
the SET command with one of these keywords:
mail - Receive mail as it is contributed.
Each posting will come to you as a separate e-mail message.
digest - Receive a single daily digest
with all the messages of the day. The digest will contain ALL the
text from ALL the postings , that is, it is not just a summary.
mimedigest – Receive a single
daily digest with all the messages of the day in MIME format. Each
posting will be included as an attachment (so you may receive many
many attachments).
nomail - Receive no mail from this
list. This is useful if you want to temporarily stop receiving messages,
but don't want to unsubscribe. (To start receiving mail again, send
another SET command with one of the the other three message type options.)
Examples:
set digest
set mail
Acknowledgement
To set whether or not you receive a message confirming the message
was sent, use the SET command with one of these keywords:
ack - When contributing to the list,
receive a confirmation message each message was distributed.
noack - When contributing to the list,
do not receive a confirmation message that the message was distributed.
Example:
set noack
Your Own Posts
To determine whether or not you receive a copy of your own postings,
use the SET command with one of these keywords:
repro - Receive a copy of messages
you contribute to a list when the messages are distributed to list.
norepro - Do not receive copies of
your own postings.
Example:
set repro
Change E-mail Address
Although Lyris includes a command for changing your e-mail address,
our testing has shown that it doesn't work at all well, so instead,
we recommend the following work-around.
- Join the list in the usual way from your
new address.
- Leave the list in the usual way from your
old address.
(If you cannot send messages from your old address, contact
the list's administrators and ask to have your old address removed. Be
sure to clear about which address you want removed!
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