Re: Removal from list
Eileen Orbell wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I read a few weeks back the many attempts the Professor had made to be
> removed from this list and through his final frustrations he GOT a little
> mad. Anyway, I am leaving the country for 3 weeks tomorrow and felt it was
> better to unsubscribe rather than come back to 3 thousand plus emails. So
> following the instructions provided at the bottom of the debian email:
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org
> with a subject of "unsubscribe".
>
> I did just that. But oh dear here is the reply:
>
> You have not been removed, I couldn't find your name on the list.
> What I did find were the following approximate matches:
> 1121 eileen@orbell.com 32752 eileen@orbell.com
> 1121 eileen@orbell.com 25797 eileen@orbell.net
>
> But wait those are my email address's hmmmm Confused ? Yes I am...
>
Not confusing at all. Look at this:
>From the subscription notice:
> To unsubscribe from this list, send "unsubscribe" in the message body
> (the subject should be blank) to:
> -REQUEST@lists.debian.org
> and you will be removed.
>
And from the footer:
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org
> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
>
So which is correct? It's no wonder ppl get confused about unsubscribing, and
maybe even a little mad about
such contradictory advice..
John P Foster
>
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