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(the hide option) </h2> <p> If you do not want to have your email address show up on the subscriber list for any reason, you can opt to have it concealed. <p> Common reasons for doing this include avoiding unsolicited bulk email (spam). By default, the subscribers list is obscured to hinder spam harvesters, but if you feel this is insufficient it's easy enough to remove address from the subscriber list given in the information pages or by email request. (Note that this does not conceal your address from the list administrators.) You may wish to see Section <a href="node40.html#sec:antispam">11.2</a> for more information on what Mailman can do to help avoid spam. <p> To change this setting 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 instructions on how to do this.) </li> <li>Go to the section marked "Conceal yourself from subscriber list?" and choose "Yes" to hide your name from the list, or "No" to allow your name to appear on the list. </li> </ol> <p> To change this setting using the email interface: <ol> <li>Send a mail to <span class="email">LISTNAME-request@DOMAIN</span> with the command <var>set hide on</var> or <var>set hide off</var>. <p> Commands can appear in either the body or the subject of the message. 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