No, I sent it to the listserv, not the list. In fact did it several times. The first time it seemed to work, got no messages for most of a day, then they started coming again. Some of the other commands I tried didn't work either, can't remember right now what they were tho.
On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 09:38:44PM -0700, Bill N wrote: > I would guess that the most common cause of this is sending the nomail request to the list > itself, at: > > vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > To work, it must be sent to the list server, whose address is: > > LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM. > > It has always worked for me. > > Bill > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > Well, according to the directions, you send a message to the listserver > > saying: > > > > set vanagon nomail > > > > > > However, don't be surprised if it doesn't work, although I tried it several > > times and got no error message, the mail kept coming. Maybe if enough people > > complain the list manager will fix it. -- Harmon Seaver CyberShamanix http://www.cybershamanix.com |
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