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Help: Mailing List Digest Options

You can offer subscribers a digest of messages sent to the list-server mailing list. The list server will "archive" messages sent to the list to a digest mailbox. The accumulated messages are then sent periodically to digest subscribers as a single message. You schedule the digest to be sent on a time-basis (for example daily or weekly) or when the digest reaches a certain size. When subscribers receive a digest, it contains all the messages sent to the list since the last digest was sent.

To set up a list-server mail digest, you first enable digest mode (see List Parameters, Step 6), and then you set the options you want to use.

List Digest Options

Enter the name of the Digest Mailbox where postings get stored before the digest mailing is sent out. A copy of all postings will be sent to: list_administrator-mailboxname@yourhost.com. This mailbox has the following characteristics: After a posting is sent to the digest list, the Digest Mailbox is emptied and a copy is made in the format: digestmailbox MMDD.mbx where digestmailbox is the name of the Digest Mailbox, MM is the month, and DD is the day of the posting.

TBD Question for Reviewers: Is List Owner or List Moderator correct in the following sentence? The list owner? moderator? can view the mailbox by using the Web Remote Administration utility and can delete or add messages before the posting is sent. The list owner/moderator can also view posted digests by the MMDD format.