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Command: mnemonic

  Format: mnemonic <mnemonic>

Sets the mnemonic to be included in the Subject: header or X-Mnemonic: header
(see below) of all messages for the selected list.  The default mnemonic is
the list name with lowercase letters mapped to capital letters, followed by
a colon, followed by the list's sequence number, all enclosed in square
brackets.

The mnemonic must be enclosed in double quotation marks if it contains a
space character.

The default can be restored by using the word 'none' for the mnemonic.

The mnemonic set here is only used if the "mnemonic" list flag is set.

It is possible to create any mnemonic format you want using a formatted output
system much like the common UNIX methods use.  The <mnemonic> you set may
contain special pairs of characters which will be replaced by the list name,
sequence number, and so forth as you desire to construct the mnemonic as you
would like it to appear.

Wherever a percent sign ("%") is encountered in the mnemonic string,
listmanager will perform a replacement as described.  The recognized
replacements are:

    %%  a percent sign
    %c  the list's mnemonic separator character (defaults to ":")
    %l  the name of the list with case preserved
    %L  the name of the list converted to all uppercase
    %s  the list's sequence number

For example, the default mnemonic for the "hookup-announce" list, assuming
a sequence number of 329, would be "[HOOKUP-ANNOUNCE:329]" and this would
be prepended to the Subject: of that message.  Using the command:

	mnemonic [Announce:%s]

would change the subject line to contain "[Announce:329]" instead.
A mnemonic format of "<%l %s>" on a list called "testlist"
whose sequence number is 1293 would produce a mnemonic of "<testlist 1293>"
on the next submission to the list.

A percent sign not followed by one of the above will be ignored.  From this,
you can get the same behaviour as the earlier versions by setting the
mnemonic to "[%L:%s]".  This is the default used when no mnemonic string
is set, and the "mnemonic" list flag is enabled.

This command is only available to list owners.

See also: flags select

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List flag: mnemonic

Causes Subject: headers of all distributed messages for the selected list
to contain a mnemonic that uniquely identifies the message.

If this flag is off, the mnemonic for the list is placed in the X-Mnemonic:
header instead, which is ignored by most mail readers.  Mail readers capable
of detecting non-standard headers such as this can use it to filter or sort
messages as desired, while not cluttering the Subject: header of postings.

See also: flags mnemonicsep select
