On Friday 03 January 2003 11:21 am, mbot wrote: > Hello newbie, > > I'm newbie thus mailing list and also Mandrake. For now, I just have > one question: Is it possible to change my subsccription here to DIGEST? > Tnx.
mbot: This was the topic of a thread on 22 December under the subject "Commands for the Newbie List". From what I read there, there is a command on the mail server to do that, but it either (1) doesn't work very well or (2) doesn't work at all. Ah, you ask, how to I find the archives? There are two ways of accessing the newbie archives. First, you can go to the Mandrake home page, and click on the mail list link in the left hand column. Second, you can find them at: http://marc.theaimsgroup,com/?l=mandrake-newbie&r=1&w=2 A couple of points about mail list netiquette: 1. Please turn off the HTML and use plain text. First, HTML messages are much larger than plain text, and that is a problem to many list members who are pay by-the-minute. Second, some of us use text-based mail readers which make it very difficult to read the message due to all of the html coding. 2. Please blank out your reply-to field; otherwise, some replies may not get to the list but will only to you, and that defeats the purpose of a mail list; in other cases, you will receive two copies of the reply -- one directly to you, and one through the list. My understanding is that the reply-to field is used when you wish to have any replies directed to another address than you are using to send the mail. An example of one good usage of the reply-to feature would be if you were sending a work-related message from your home but want any responses to be directed to your office. (There was a recent thread on this topic, too.) Welcome aboard. -- cmg
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