Temporarily disable email delivery from a list / LISTSERV

Objective

I want to temporarily stop email from my LISTSERV list
I plan to be away and don't want to receive email from a list
I want to avoid sending an automatic out-of-office reply to a list from my email account

Open your email application and create a new plain-text email message with no signature
In the From: field, enter the email address you specified as a subscriber to the list
In the TO field, enter LISTSERV@listserv.MiamiOH.edu
In the main message body, enter set listname nomail
- listname is the 32-character-or-less name of the list
- No additional information is needed in this command, LISTSERV determines your name and email address from your message
Press Enter a couple of times to add several blank lines after the subscribe line
- This ensures that any additional information your email app may add to your message does not get confused with the LISTSERV command
Send the message
LISTSERV will respond with a message confirming your request or notifying you if there was a processing problem
To re-enable mail delivery from the list, repeat the process above by substituting set listname mail in the message body in step 3

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