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- ; Mercury/32 template file.
- ; Mercury Mail Transport System, Copyright 1993-2000, David Harris.
- ;
- ; This file is used as the default template by Mercury when constructing
- ; Subscription "Welcome" messages for standard, unmoderated mailing lists.
- ;
- ; 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
- ;
- Welcome to the ~p2 mailing list!
-
- You have been successfully subscribed to this list and can begin posting
- to it immediately if you wish. This welcome message contains some general
- information on your subscription and how to manage it.
-
- * To send mail to the list for all the subscribers to read, send it to:
- ~p6
-
- * 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 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.
-