>===== Original Message From "LISTSERV list owners' forum"
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>At 00:06 08/20/2000 Sunday, Adam Bailey wrote:
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>>Put them on NOMAIL.
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>Good Advice.  Also on my lists, I usally
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>SET listname NOPOST NOMAIL for vacationer
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>Why?
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>So when they return, they don't send stupid posts to the list asking:

I set such subscribers to NOMAIL too, but not NOPOST. Most of the
subscribers who receive this treatment can figure out what happened
by way of the notification that Listserv sends out whenever I do this.

What's more, I also have a reminder appended to each of my list's mail
messages. This reminder tells people how to sign off the list and it
refers them to the list's web site if they want to see archived postings
and change their subscription options while they're away. I also send out
an administrative style message every other month or two, particularly in
the summer and holiday seasons to remind people to set their subscription
options to NOMAIL if they intend to use a vacation program while they are
out of town. This works pretty well.