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On Thu, 15 May 2014, Jodi Schneider wrote: > elm++ people still use elm? I'm personally using the 'patterns-filters2' rule in alpine for managing my mailing lists. I've considered switching to mutt, but I haven't used elm or its derivatives in over a decade. (elm didn't have good MIME support, and I was getting tired of jumping through hoops for every attachment... although, it was *much* better than pine if you were connecting at 1200 baud, as it didn't redraw the screen constantly) -Joe > On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Eric Lease Morgan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> I have done my initial best to configure the mailing list to support a >> jobs topic, and I've blogged about how you can turn off or turn on the jobs >> listings. [1] From the blog: >> >> The Code4Lib community has also spawned job postings. Sometimes >> these job postings flood the mailing list, and while it is >> entirely possible use mail filters to exclude such postings, >> there is also "more than one way to skin a cat". Since the >> mailing list uses the LISTSERV software, the mailing list has >> been configured to support the idea of "topics", and through this >> feature a person can configure their subscription preferences to >> exclude job postings. Here's how. By default every subscriber to >> the mailing list will get all postings. If you want to turn off >> getting the jobs postings, then email the following command to >> [log in to unmask]: >> >> SET code4lib TOPICS: -JOBS >> >> If you want to turn on the jobs topic and receive the notices, >> then email the following command to [log in to unmask]: >> >> SET code4lib TOPICS: +JOBS >> >> Sorry, but if you subscribe to the mailing list in digest mode, >> then the topics command has no effect; you will get the job >> postings no matter what. >> >> Special thanks go to Jodi Schneider and Joe Hourcle who pointed >> me in the direction of this LISTSERV functionality. Thank you! >> >> The LISTSERV topics feature is new to me, and I hope it works as >> advertised. I think it will. >> >> [1] blog posting - http://bit.ly/1nSCG2u >> >> ? >> Eric Lease Morgan, Mailing List Owner >> >