On Thu, 2011-06-30 at 19:30 -0400, Beartooth Comcast wrote:
>         Pending that, since fnal.gov affords us the use of Listserv 
> itself, we can send the command "SET scientific-linux-users INDEX" 
> (without quotes, and *please* to <[log in to unmask]> and 
> not, repeat *not* to the list.
> 
>         This is a woefully under-appreciated option, which afaik 
> only Listserv itself offers. (Oh, how I wish Mailman, or any list 
> software I could run would get it!)
> 
>         The software sends you, not all the messages, but a list or 
> them, with the posters' names. You reply, with your normal reply 
> function (Again, to <[log in to unmask]>, *not* to the 
> list!), after editing the list down to just those posts you wish to 
> see. The server returns just those.
> 
>         This saves even more aggravation than time. Prithee do not 
> ask how I know. 

Probably because you took the trouble at some stage to actually read the
reply/instructions listserver sends you when you signed up to the
list ;)