Actually, the commands are SET VANAGON NOMAIL and SET VANAGON MAIL
and the commands must originate from the address from which you've
subscribed.

Jim

On Jul 11, 2006, at 9:39 AM, John Rodgers wrote:

> Send a message like this:
>
> To: listserv@vanagon.gerry.com
>
> Subject:  (leave the subject line blank)
>
> Body text : SET NOMAIL
>
> Click the send button.
>
> That should do it.
>
> Upon your return, send the same message but in the body text it should
> read SET MAIL
>
> These are listserv commands that are pretty useful. You can get a list
> of them by sending the message HELP to the listserv as well. These are
> all auto functions and can be of use if not benefit.
>
> Enjoy your trip.
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
>
>
>
> Lisa Bliss wrote:
>> Sam and others,
>>
>> Please accept my apologies.  I certainly did not mean to
>> inconvenience any one who was kind enough to share information.  I
>> failed to anticipate that people would choose to reply to me off-
>> list, since I am not that familiar with the workings of it.  I was
>> a member for a while last year and just re-signed up about a week
>> ago when I sent out my messages.  My bad for jumping in without
>> understanding the custom of replying to vacation inquiries via pmail.
>>
>> I should have notified all who might reply to me personally that
>> email from unknown senders is automatically temporarily directed
>> to my Earthlink email filter.  I get it regardless of whether the
>> person fills out the little form or not and read through all
>> messages.  Strangely, all of my mail from the list is going first
>> into my filter box - the computer must be reading it as sent from
>> the individual rather than the list.  I did not have this problem
>> when I was a member before so I am not sure what is going on but
>> if every time someone is posting to the list they are getting this
>> message from my spam filter I will just unsubscribe and when I get
>> back from vacation I will figure out what is going on.
>>
>> Thanks for taking the time to respond to my query and I apologize
>> for the inconvenience.
>>
>> Lisa Bliss
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>>> From: Sam Walters <sam.cooks@VERIZON.NET>
>>> Sent: Jul 11, 2006 1:57 AM
>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>> Subject: Re: Trip advice - northeast - she must not really want
>>> advice -              poor list etiquette
>>>
>>> I read this email from Lisa Bliss asking for travel information
>>> for a
>>> family that is in part in my area of the USA.
>>>
>>> So, I sit here and type up a nice little bit of information about
>>> some
>>> places this family might go as they try the non-95 route from GA
>>> to ME
>>> .  I've traveled these areas in MD, VA, WV and PA a good bit and
>>> figure
>>> it might be what she wants to know and helpful in someway.
>>>
>>> What do I get but an automated response from a spam blocker that
>>> says
>>> she won't get my email unless I fill out some form and get
>>> approved to
>>> send her email which can go through to her and she will then
>>> decide to read.
>>>
>>> I can't quite believe it.  This person sends an email to this list
>>> asking for personal info for her vacation knowing that all the pmail
>>> replies are going to get rejected and that all the senders are
>>> going to
>>> be asked to fill out some form that may or may not get us
>>> approved to be
>>> among the chosen from whom she might receive email.
>>>
>>> At least she should have had the courtesy to tell us this was
>>> going to
>>> happen and to reply to the list rather than having us waste our
>>> time if
>>> we sent pmail.
>>>
>>> Virtually all of the replies I got to requests for vacation area
>>> info
>>> were pmail.
>>>
>>> And this isn't the only post she has made in the last day or so
>>> to the
>>> list asking for help.
>>>
>>> What a trip.
>>>
>>> Maybe she will read this or maybe even the list is blocked by her
>>> spam
>>> filter.
>>>
>>> Sam
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sam Walters
>>> Baltimore, MD
>>>
>>> 89 Syncro GL, Zetec Inside
>>> 85 Westy Weekender
>>> 85 Mercedes Benz 300D Turbodiesel - to become veggie oil powered
>>>
>>> All incoming and outgoing email scanned by
>>> automatically updated copy of Norton AntiVirus.
>>>
>>
>>
>>