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8.1 How can I start or stop getting the list posts grouped into one 
big email? (digest option)
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Groups of posts are called "digests" in Mailman.  Rather than get messages
one at a time, you can get messages grouped together.  On a moderately busy
list, this typically means you get one email per day, although it may be
more or less frequent depending upon the list.

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You may also want to look at Section&nbsp;<a href="node28.html#sec:MIME">8.2</a> which discusses MIME
and plain text digests.

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To turn digest mode on or off using the web interface,

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<li>Log in to your member options page.  (See Section&nbsp;<a href="node9.html#sec:web">3.1</a> 
	for more details on how to do this.)
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<li>Look for the section marked "Set Digest Mode."  

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Set it to "On" to 
	receive messages bundled together in digests.  Set it to "Off" to 
	receive posts separately.
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To turn digest mode on or off using the email interface,

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<li>Send a mail to <span class="email">LISTNAME-request@DOMAIN</span> with the command
   <var>set&nbsp;digest&nbsp;plain</var> or <var>set&nbsp;digest&nbsp;mime</var> or <var>set&nbsp;digest&nbsp;off</var>.

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   in either the body or the subject of the message.  (See
   Section&nbsp;<a href="node10.html#sec:email">3.2</a> for more information about sending mail
   commands.)
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<li>Set it to "off" if you wish to receive individual posts separately,
	and to "plain" or "mime" to receive posts grouped into one large mail.
	See Section&nbsp;<a href="node28.html#sec:MIME">8.2</a> for more information on plain versus MIME
	digests.
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