Unsubscribing from the Vanagon mailing list

List addresses

The list has two addresses. It's important to understand the difference between the two:

Unsubscribing permanently

To unsubscribe from the list send email to listserv@gerry.vanagon.com. Fill it out as follows:

To:
listserv@gerry.vanagon.com  
Subject:
  (leave this blank)
Body:
unsubscribe vanagon  

Send the message. You should get a reply from the Vanagon mailing list within a few hours. Follow the instructions in this message to complete your subscription.

Remember, Do not send this message to vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com!

Unsubscribing temporarily

The Vanagon mailing list allows you to turn off the flow of messages temporarily. This is useful, for example, when going on vacation. To turn off messages temporarily, send the following message:

To:
listserv@gerry.vanagon.com  
Subject:
  (leave this blank)
Body:
set vanagon nomail  

Send the message. You should get a confirmation from the Vanagon mailing list within a few hours.

Note that messages will not be saved for you while you've turned off mail, but you can review these messages from the archive.

To turn mail back on when you return, send the following message:

To:
listserv@gerry.vanagon.com  
Subject:
  (leave this blank)
Body:
set vanagon mail  

If you wish to get mail in digest mode, send the following message:

To:
listserv@gerry.vanagon.com  
Subject:
  (leave this blank)
Body:
set vanagon digest  

Send one of the messages above. You should get a confirmation from the Vanagon mailing list within a few hours.

Problems?

Usually unsubscribing to the list is fairly straightforward. If you're having problems, send email to vanagon-request@gerry.vanagon.com and one of the list administrators will try to help you.