Always works for me.  Send it to <listserv@gerry.vanagon.com>   Put the
following in the body:
set vanagon nomail

Harmon Seaver <hseaver@CYBERSHAMANIX.COM>@gerry.vanagon.com> on 08/27/2002
06:12:50 PM

Please respond to Harmon Seaver <hseaver@CYBERSHAMANIX.COM>

Sent by:    Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>

To:    vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
cc:
Subject:    Re: Postponing List

  Well, according to the directions, you send a message to the listserver
saying:

set vanagon nomail

 However, don't be surprised if it doesn't work, although I tried it
several
times and got no error message, the mail kept coming. Maybe if enough
people
complain the list manager will fix it.

On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 04:05:14PM -0700, Frank wrote:
> How can I postpone or halt getting list messages while I'm gone on
vacation?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Frank

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Harmon Seaver
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