The following instructions are for turning off and on museum-L without
ending your subscription.
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>9. MANAGING / CONTROLLING YOUR MESSAGES.
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>9.1 NOMAIL Option
>If you're interested in staying registered with Museum-L but you don't
>want to participate actively (i.e.: can't handle the e-mail volume, not
>able to read your e-mail for a period of time ...), send the following
>in the body of an e-mail message to:  [log in to unmask]
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>SET Museum-L NOMAIL
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>Keep this file handy because you will not receive any messages while you
>have your e-mail options set for NOMAIL.  We have suspended the annual
>renewal process because the listowner was swamped each December by more
>than 200 e-mail messages asking how to renew subscriptions.  Therefore,
>you may go years without receiving a message from Museum-L, and if you
>want to start again, send the following message to:
>[log in to unmask]
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>SET Museum-L MAIL