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March 1, 2006
List-serve Digest Instructions
Would you like to cut down on the number of allfacstaff or student e-mail you find in your in-box every day? By subscribing to digest mode you can reduce the deluge to one or two per day. You can subscribe to digest mode by following these instructions:
- login in to http://cougar.wou.edu/mailman/listinfo/[any list name]
---- example: http://cougar.wou.edu/mailman/listinfo/allfacstaff
- At the bottom of the page there is a Subscibers section where you will enter your email address to edit your options.
-- Enter your e-mail address in the text box next to the Unsubscribe or edit options button.
- Next, a new page will open up where a password will be required to continue.
-- If you do not know your password, you can click on the Remind button at the bottom of the page. This button will email you your password so you can return to this page with password in hand.
- After the correct password is entered a new page opens. Under the Subscription Options there is a Set Digest Mode switch. Set it to On, scroll down to the Submit My Changes button and click it.
- The same page is refreshed after the options are changed, click the logout button and you're done.
Posted by kernanb at March 1, 2006 2:55 PM
Comments
Bill,
You say that should I follow your instructions above, that I can "reduce the deluge to one or two per day". How are these emails then filtered?
My fear is that I will then filter out emails that may be relevant to me from allfacstaff.
Thanks,
Nathan
Posted by: Nathan Bortnem at March 1, 2006 5:48 PM
Nathan:
This process will not filter out any e-mails. It groups the daily collection into a single e-mail that can then be quickly scanned. The top of the digest e-mail will contain a list of subject lines, which you can use to quickly scroll down those of particular interest.
Bill
Posted by: Bill Kernan at March 1, 2006 6:27 PM
Bill:
Thanks for setting this up/providing an explanation. I much prefer getting all my list-serv messages in digest form. I appreciate it.
Ryan
Posted by: Ryan West at March 2, 2006 7:39 AM
Bill,
I've been using the digest for a while (much better than receiving them individually) and have been meaning to note an issue with attachments. The link provided in the digest email that I suppose is to go to the attachment, appears not to work. For example, in yesterday's Vol. 23 Issue 1 the link:
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: penrose.pdf
Type: application/pdf
Size: 385907 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://cougar.wou.edu/pipermail/allfacstaff/attachments/20060301/ccdbd402/penrose-0001.pdf
leads to an error page with the following:
"Server Error
This server has encountered an internal error which prevents it from fulfilling your request. The most likely cause is a misconfiguration. Please ask the administrator to look for messages in the server's error log."
Posted by: Scot Morse at March 2, 2006 12:17 PM
This issue has been resolved.
Posted by: Travis Knabe at March 2, 2006 1:34 PM
I wish I knew this a two years ago.
Posted by: James at March 10, 2006 10:13 AM