A reminder about suspending mail that came to me from PMC-LIST. It also applies to SCREEN-L. Happy holidaze, friends. ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- If you are going away for vacation and would like not to receive mail from _Postmodern Culture_ or PMC-Talk until you return, here are some instructions for suspending mail. These instructions will work not only for PMC-LIST and PMC-TALK, but also for any other Listserv-based groups to which you subscribe, provided you substitute the correct listname and network distribution node. Why should you bother? If you are subscribed to several lists or even to one very active list, list-produced mail can fill up your mailbox in a matter of days. A full mailbox may make it difficult for you to operate your mail program when you return, and it will eventually start bouncing messages back to the list from which they originate, which can be a nuisance for the list owner (some list owners automatically unsubscribe you when this happens). PLEASE NOTE: In the following, all instructions which are typed in upper case are to be reproduced exactly as shown; items enclosed in brackets are to be replaced with the relevant information (no brackets should be used). To turn the mail off, send a mail message to LISTSERV@[node] with the following as the text of the message: SET [listname] NOMAIL Note that there should be no blank lines, no spaces, and no other text before the command, and no other text after it. To turn the mail back on, send a mail message to LISTSERV@[node] with the following command as the text of the message: SET [listname] MAIL The Listserv program will pick up your address from the header of the incoming mail, so you don't need to worry about including it. SO: to turn mail off for PMC-Talk, for example, you would send mail to LISTSERV@NCSUVM or [log in to unmask] with the text SET PMC-TALK NOMAIL and to turn mail off for _Postmodern Culture_, send a mail message to the same address with the text SET PMC-LIST NOMAIL If you are permanently closing out your e-mail account, please do remember to unsubscribe. The command for doing that is UNSUB PMC-TALK (or) UNSUB PMC-LIST sent as a mail message to LISTSERV@NCSUVM or [log in to unmask] Thanks-- John Unsworth Co-editor, _Postmodern Culture_