Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio
On Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 04:17:33PM -0000, Curt wrote:
> But what I want to know is: if you misspell "unsubscribe" in your
> subscription cancellation email to the appropriate Debian user list
> address, what happens?
Just tried it. The misspelled request is not processed, and you get
a generic "how to use this service" message. See below.
On Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 04:32:00PM +0000, debian-user-request@lists.debian.org wrote:
> General info
> ------------
> Subscription/unsubscription/info requests should always be sent to
> the -request address of a mailing list.
>
> If a mailing list is called for example "thelist@lists.debian.org", then
> the -request address can be inferred from this to be:
> "thelist-request@lists.debian.org".
>
> To subscribe to a mailing list, simply send a message with the word "subscribe"
> in the Subject: field to the -request address of that list.
>
> To unsubscribe from a mailing list, simply send a message with the word (you
> guessed it :-) "unsubscribe" in the Subject: field to the -request address of
> that list.
>
> In the event of an address change, it would probably be the wisest to first
> send an unsubscribe for the old address (this can be done from the new
> address), and then a new subscribe to the new address (the order is important).
>
> Most (un)subscription requests are processed automatically without human
> intervention.
>
> Do not send multiple (un)subscription or info requests in one mail.
> Only one will be processed per mail.
>
> NOTE: The -request server usually does quite a good job in discriminating
> between (un)subscribe requests and messages intended for the maintainer.
> If you'd like to make sure a human reads your message, make it look
> like a reply (i.e. the first word in the Subject: field should be "Re:",
> without the quotes of course); the -request server does not react to
> replies.
>
>
> The archive server
> ------------------
> Every submission sent to this list is archived. The size of the archive
> depends on the limits set by the list maintainer (it is very well possible
> that only, say, the last two mails sent to the list are still archived, the
> rest might have expired).
>
> You can look at the header of every mail coming from this list to see
> under what name it has been archived. The X-Mailing-List: field contains
> the mailaddress of the list and the file in which this submission was
> archived.
>
> If you want to access this archive, you have to send mails to the -request
> address with the word "archive" as the first word of your Subject:.
> To get you started try sending a mail to the -request address with
> the following:
> Subject: archive help
>
>
> The listmaster
> --------------
> To reach a human being answering your mail you may contact the address
> listmaster@lists.debian.org. We will process your request as soon as
> we can.
>
> Mail sent to this address is pre-parsed, a little mail robot will
> automatically answer all mails sent with the following Subject lines:
>
> help sends this help
>
> lists sends information on how to get a list of mailing lists
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