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elm++ 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 >