; Mercury/32 template file. ; Mercury Mail Transport System, Copyright 1993-2007, David Harris. ; ; This file is used as the default template by Mercury when constructing ; Subscription "Welcome" messages for moderated mailing lists that have a ; "digest" option. ; ; You can instruct Mercury/32 to use this file as a template by entering ; the word "standard" in the "Welcome file" field of the mailing list ; definition. Mercury will automatically determine the proper version of ; this template to use for the subscription. ; ; You can edit this template using any text editor. Lines beginning with a ; ';', like this one, are comments and are ignored: all other lines are ; written into the message. You can place special markers in the body of the ; template, which Mercury will replace with information about the list: these ; markers consist of the two special characters ~p followed by a single digit ; identifying the piece of information you want substituted. The following ; substitutions are currently possible in this template file: ; ; ~p0 The list's basic name (i.e, what appears to the left of the '@') ; ~p1 This system's hostname ; ~p2 The full title for the mailing list ; ~p3 The address of the mailing list's primary moderator ; ~p4 The subscriber's address ; ~p5 The subscriber's "personal name" ; ~p6 The formal mailing address for the list ; ~p7 The user's password (v4.53 and later only) ; Welcome to the ~p2 mailing list! You have been successfully subscribed to this list and will begin receiving mail from it immediately. This welcome message contains some general information on your subscription and how to manage it. This mailing list is a "moderated" mailing list: that means that only certain people, known as "moderators" can post messages to the list's membership. The primary moderator for this list is: ~p3 Please contact a list moderator to arrange for mail to be posted to the list. * To receive your messages as "digests" (occasional messages containing all the mail received for the list over a period of time) send a mail message to maiser@~p1, placing the following two lines in the body of the message: SET ~p0 DIGEST EXIT * To stop receiving mail from the list for "x" days, send a mail message to maiser@~p1, placing the following two lines in the body of the message: SET ~p0 VACATION x EXIT Naturally, you should change the "x" to the proper number of days. The list server will automatically re-enable your subscription at the end of the period. * To stop receiving mail from the list for an indefinite period, send a mail message to maiser@~p1, placing the following two lines in the message body: SET ~p0 NOMAIL EXIT * To start receiving mail from the list again at any time, send a mail message to maiser@~p1, placing the following two lines in the message body: SET ~p0 MAIL EXIT * To unsubscribe from the list permanently, send a mail message to maiser@~p1, placing the following two lines in the message body: UNSUBSCRIBE ~p0 EXIT For all the commands shown above, please ensure that the commands start hard against the left-hand margin of your mail message - do not indent them (they are indented as shown above simply for clarity). If your mail program supports hyperlinks, you can use the following links to generate the proper commands for this list: To receive the list mail in "digest" form: > mailto:maiser@~p1?body=SET%20~p0%20DIGEST%0D%0AEXIT To go on vacation for seven days: > mailto:maiser@~p1?body=SET%20~p0%20VACATION%207%0D%0AEXIT To go on vacation for four weeks: > mailto:maiser@~p1?body=SET%20~p0%20VACATION%2028%0D%0AEXIT To stop receiving mail for an indefinite period: > mailto:maiser@~p1?body=SET%20~p0%20NOMAIL%0D%0AEXIT To start receiving mail again: > mailto:maiser@~p1?body=SET%20~p0%20MAIL%0D%0AEXIT To unsubscribe from the list: > mailto:maiser@~p1?body=UNSUBSCRIBE%20~p0%0D%0AEXIT Best regards, The List Management.