XM-U-P-INSTITUTION (963)    HELP FRAME (9.2)

Name Value
NAME XM-U-P-INSTITUTION
HEADER MAILMAN INSTITUTION
TEXT
 
user must enter a MailMan Institution to better identify themselves.
 
Your MailMan Institution is displayed to others when they receive messages
from you. It is shown in parentheses following your name and title in the
heading of every local message or response that you send.
 
The MailMan Institution can range from 3 to 30 characters in length and
can contain any combination of numbers, alphabetic characters, symbols
(e.g., #, $, %, &, *), and punctuation marks.
 
The MailMan Institution is a piece of information that helps identify you
The 'MAILMAN INSTITUTION:' field can be set through the User Options Edit
option on the Personal Preferences menu.
to other MailMan users. It is usually the office or site where you are
located (i.e., your physical location) and is most useful in systems such
as FORUM where people from many different sites interact.
 
MailMan allows you to enter your own MailMan Institution that will be
displayed to other users. You are not required to enter a MailMan
Institution on local mail. However, on FORUM, it is a policy that every
DATE ENTERED 1998-12-11 10:47:00
AUTHOR USER,ONE