| [4aec656] | 1 | <sect2>
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| 2 | <title>Other list modes</title>
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| 3 |
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| [96f1ce6] | 4 | <para>The modes that can be set by a user require sending an email to
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| [b822811] | 5 | <ulink url="mailto:listar@linuxfromscratch.org">listar@linuxfromscratch.org</ulink>.
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| 6 | The modes themselves are set by writing
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| [96f1ce6] | 7 | the appropriate commands in the subject header of the message.</para>
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| [c6b978bf] | 8 |
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| [b822811] | 9 | <para>As the name implies, the <emphasis>Set command</emphasis> tells what
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| [c6b978bf] | 10 | to write to set a mode. The <emphasis>Unset command</emphasis> tells
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| [b822811] | 11 | what to write to unset a mode.</para>
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| [c6b978bf] | 12 |
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| [76c0b78] | 13 | <para>The word "listname" in the example subject headers below should be
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| 14 | replaced with the listname to which the mode is going to be applied.
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| 15 | If more than one mode is to be set (to
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| [93af6c3] | 16 | the same list or multiple lists) with one email, this can be done by
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| [96f1ce6] | 17 | leaving the subject header blank and writing all the commands in the body of
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| [b822811] | 18 | the message instead.</para>
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| [c6b978bf] | 19 |
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| [4aec656] | 20 | </sect2>
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| 21 |
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| [c6b978bf] | 22 | <sect2>
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| 23 | <title>Digests</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <literallayout>
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| 26 | Set command: <emphasis>set listname digest</emphasis>
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| 27 | Unset command: <emphasis>unset listname digest</emphasis>
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| 28 | </literallayout>
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| 29 |
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| [b822811] | 30 | <para>All lists have the digest mode available which can be set after a user
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| [1b256332] | 31 | has subscribed to a list. Being in digest mode will
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| [96f1ce6] | 32 | cause you to stop receiving individual messages as they are posted to
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| 33 | the list and instead receive one email a day containing all
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| [b822811] | 34 | the messages posted to the list during that day.</para>
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| [c6b978bf] | 35 |
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| [b822811] | 36 | <para>There is a second digest mode called digest2. When a user is set to this
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| [1b256332] | 37 | mode he will receive the daily digests but will also continue to
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| [2483c44] | 38 | receive the individual messages to the lists as they are posted. To
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| [2a761d4] | 39 | set this mode, substitute <emphasis>digest</emphasis> for
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| [96f1ce6] | 40 | <emphasis>digest2</emphasis> in the command.</para>
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| [c6b978bf] | 41 |
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| 42 | </sect2>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <sect2>
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| 45 | <title>Vacation</title>
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| 46 |
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| 47 | <literallayout>
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| 48 | Set command: <emphasis>set listname vacation</emphasis>
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| 49 | Unset command: <emphasis>unset listname vacation</emphasis>
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| 50 | </literallayout>
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| 51 |
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| [b822811] | 52 | <para>If a user is going to be away for a while or wishes to stop receiving
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| [96f1ce6] | 53 | messages from the lists but doesn't want to unsubscribe, he can change
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| [1b256332] | 54 | to vacation mode. This has the same effect as unsubscribing,
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| 55 | but without having to go through the unsubscribe process and
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| [b822811] | 56 | then later through the subscribe process again.</para>
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| [c6b978bf] | 57 |
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| 58 | </sect2>
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| 59 |
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