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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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