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commence  Russ Allbery quotation:

> Er, I don't think you're familiar with what the original poster is
> talking about.  The "vacation flag" is a list setting that leaves
> you subscribes but that temporarily suspends having the list send
> you mail.  It's a LISTSERV feature originally (and that's where the
> naming comes from).

Ah, I didn't know about that.  I just let the mail pile up.  My bad.

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