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authorThomas Balu Walter <tw@itreff.de>2001-03-16 17:52:55 +0000
committerThomas Balu Walter <tw@itreff.de>2001-03-16 17:52:55 +0000
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@@ -2,22 +2,23 @@
<title>Other list modes</title>
<para>
-The modes you can set yourself to require you to send an email to
+The modes that can be set by a user require to send an email to
<ulink url="mailto:listar@linuxfromscratch.org">
listar@linuxfromscratch.org</ulink>. The modes themselves are set by writing
the appropriate commands in the subject headers of the message.
</para>
<para>
-As the name implies, the <emphasis>Set command</emphasis> tells you what
+As the name implies, the <emphasis>Set command</emphasis> tells what
to write to set a mode. The <emphasis>Unset command</emphasis> tells
-you what to write to unset a mode.
+what to write to unset a mode.
</para>
<para>
-Replace listname in the example subject headers with the listname to which
-you want to apply the mode to. If you want to set more than one mode (to
-the same list or multiple lists) with one email, you can do so by writing
+The listname in the example subject headers should be replaced with the
+listname to which
+the mode is going to be applied to. If more than one mode is to be set (to
+the same list or multiple lists) with one email, this can be done by writing
junk in the subject header like "hello" and then put the commands in the
body of the message instead.
</para>
@@ -33,18 +34,18 @@ Unset command: <emphasis>unset listname digest</emphasis>
</literallayout>
<para>
-All lists have the digest mode available and you can set yourself to
-digest mode after you subscribe to a list. Being in digest mode will
-cause you to stop receiving individual messages as they are posted to
-the list and instead you will receive one email daily containing all
+All lists have the digest mode available which can be set after a user
+has subscribed to a list. Being in digest mode will
+cause to stop receiving individual messages as they are posted to
+the list and instead send one email daily containing all
the messages posted to the list during that day.
</para>
<para>
-There is a second digest mode called digest2. When you are set to this
-mode you will receive the daily digests but you will also continue to
+There is a second digest mode called digest2. When a user is set to this
+mode he will receive the daily digests but will also continue to
receive the individual messages to the lists as they are posted. To
-set yourself to this mode write <emphasis>digest2</emphasis> instead of
+set this mode <emphasis>digest2</emphasis> has to be written instead of
<emphasis>digest</emphasis> in the subject header.
</para>
@@ -59,10 +60,10 @@ Unset command: <emphasis>unset listname vacation</emphasis>
</literallayout>
<para>
-If you are going to be away for a while or wish to stop receiving
-messages from the lists but you don't want to unsubscribe, you can set
-yourself to vacation mode. This has the same effect as unsubscribing
-yourself, but you don't have to go through the unsubscribe process and
+If a user is going to be away for a while or wishes to stop receiving
+messages from the lists but doesn't want to unsubscribe, he can set
+to vacation mode. This has the same effect as unsubscribing,
+but without having to go through the unsubscribe process and
then later through the subscribe process again.
</para>