Anne Ogborn wrote: > I'm on more than a dozen lists, and have mail filters that automagicly put things in > the right place. I rarely delete email, so I have my own archive. but it's hard to > follow a conversation when half of it is missing. Same here. > I'd vote for turning the echo on. Well as they say, life is like a box of chocolate... ya know ;) Here is what I've got today (*THANKS* to Wolfgang Kynast): If you send email to the listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with empty subject and "SET PICLIST REPRO" (without quotes) as message text, here is what you can get: "L-Soft list server at MITVMA (1.8c)" wrote: > > SET PICLIST REPRO > Your subscription options have been successfully updated. Here are the exact > settings now in use for your subscription. Please take a few moments to > check that this is indeed what you wanted. > > Subscription options for Miroslav Hibler , list PICLIST: > > MAIL You are sent individual postings as they are received > MIME You prefer to receive messages in MIME format > FULLHDR Full (normal) mail headers (formerly "FULLBSMTP") > REPRO You receive a copy of your own postings > NOACK No acknowledgement of successfully processed postings > > Subscription date: 13 Jun 1999 > HA! This kind of chocolate I like! Are there any other chocolates that this MIT beast is hiding from us? There is also one more thing Wolfgang pointed me to: Some people (including me - not knowing) are sending email in HTML format. Well, this seams to annoy others. Any comments on that? Miroslav Hibler mhibler@usa.net ____________________________________________________________________ Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1