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(digest option) </H2> <P> 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. <P> You may also want to look at Section <A HREF="node28.html#sec:MIME">8.2</A> which discusses MIME and plain text digests. <P> To turn digest mode on or off using the web interface, <OL> <LI>Log in to your member options page. (See Section <A HREF="node9.html#sec:web">3.1</A> for more details on how to do this.) </LI> <LI>Look for the section marked ``Set Digest Mode.'' <P> Set it to ``On'' to receive messages bundled together in digests. Set it to ``Off'' to receive posts separately. </LI> </OL> <P> To turn digest mode on or off using the email interface, <OL> <LI>Send a mail to <span class="email">LISTNAME-request@DOMAIN</span> with the command <var>set digest plain</var> or <var>set digest mime</var> or <var>set digest off</var>. <P> Commands can appear in either the body or the subject of the message. (See Section <A HREF="node10.html#sec:email">3.2</A> for more information about sending mail commands.) </LI> <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. 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