ah right Barry, just like that? so it's just the word "vacation" with the number of days you do not want mail for, followed by the letter "d". OK, that sounds a bit more straight forward now. thanks barry, had a hard time trying the follow the faq. thanks again, Justin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry" <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 4:12 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: FAQ List > > > Hi Justin > The day before you go send a blank message to the usual access list but put this in the subject line (You can cut and paste to make sure the spacing is correct): > > vacation 6 d > > The six is the number of days you will be away plus the day you are setting up the request, and the d stands for days. > > Barry H > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Justin R > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 3:15 PM > Subject: [access-uk] Re: FAQ List > > > > > Hi George, > > I still can't get to grips with the no mail/vacation setting. the FAQ > doesn't make any sense to me. > > "Q: Holidays - I want to stop list mail while I am away - how? > > In the Subject line, put the following command, but note that you need to > change the # and x as listed below. > > vacation # x > > (Note the spaces in the above!) > > # is a number. x is either letter d for days, h for hours, or m for > minutes. Example:- > > vacation 8 d > > would stop mail for 8 days from the time you sent the command. > > NOTE: If you do not put a letter, the default for the number you put is > days. If you do not put a letter or a number, the default is two weeks." > > can anyone make any sense of this for me please? I'm going away in two > weeks, for five days which is why i wanna find out how to use the vacation > function and, how to on the list again after I come back, lol. > > thanks > > Justin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 2:36 PM > Subject: [access-uk] FAQ List > > > > > > > > I see there have been quite a few requests for the FAQ (Frequently Asked > > Questions) list. > > > > Are there any things I may have missed, or is it all crystal clear? > > > > George. > > > > > > This Message has been scanned for viruses by McAfee Groupshield. > > > > ** To leave the Access-UK list, send a message with the Subject:- > > ** unsubscribe > > ** to access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body > > ** For other things like setting nomail when on holiday, > > ** or digest mode, send a message, to > > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- > > ** faq > > ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body. > > ** To leave the Access-UK list, send a message with the Subject:- > ** unsubscribe > ** to access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body > ** For other things like setting nomail when on holiday, > ** or digest mode, send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- > ** faq > ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body. > ** To leave the Access-UK list, send a message with the Subject:- > ** unsubscribe > ** to access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body > ** For other things like setting nomail when on holiday, > ** or digest mode, send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- > ** faq > ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body. ** To leave the Access-UK list, send a message with the Subject:- ** unsubscribe ** to access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body ** For other things like setting nomail when on holiday, ** or digest mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- ** faq ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body.