XM-U-I-SURROGATE BECOME (944)    HELP FRAME (9.2)

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NAME XM-U-I-SURROGATE BECOME
HEADER BECOMING A SURROGATE
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may act as a surrogate, as well as your access privileges ([READ] or [WRITE])
and whether the user has any new mail. 
 
When acting as a surrogate, you will be using your own MailMan message center
[PREFERENCES] when reading mail and not the other user's preferences. For
example, if you have set your message reader to use the Detailed Full Screen
message reader and the user who designated you as the surrogate uses the
Classic message reader, you will still view that user's messages in the
Detailed full screen and not in the Classic message reader. 
All users of MailMan are given the option to act as a Surrogate for
[SHARED,MAIL]. If you have been [DESIGNATED] as a surrogate by other MailMan
users, you may act as a surrogate for those users, too.

To become a surrogate, choose the Become a Surrogate (SHARED,MAIL or Other)
option on the MailMan menu. If you are not anyone's surrogate, you will become
SHARED,MAIL.  If you are someone's surrogate, you will be asked whom you wish
to become.  If you enter a '?', MailMan will show you the users for whom you
RELATED FRAME
DATE ENTERED 1999-01-20 08:15:00
AUTHOR USER,ONE