I, for one, am not jealous of your 80 degree temperature. I feel that I have absolutely NO cause for complaint. It has not snowed here in almost a week and the temperature is above freezing...IT'S SPRING!! :) I have included part of the 'how-to' message which will explain how to set 'no-mail' while on vacation. From your description of the weather, it sounds like Alabama is a place to GO on vacation...not a place to leave.:) HOW TO INTERACT WITH THE LISTSERVER: To talk to the listserver, you want to send mail to the LISTSERVER, not to everyone on PARKINSN. Send a regular mail message to: [log in to unmask] and in the body of the note, use any of the following commands: SET PARKINSN NOMAIL (Temporarily stop getting mail from PARKINSN. You're still subscribed. Useful when going on vacation) SET PARKINSN MAIL (Start your PARKINSN mail coming again, or if your mail= option is set to DIGests, start your mail coming note by note again) To communicate with the list manager, send mail to: Barbara Patterson ([log in to unmask])