Re: Unsubscribing issues (was Re: <no subject>)
Thank you Karsten for straightening me out. I have seen other lists where,
at the bottom (like this one) there is something like the following:
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To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
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I have seen folks misinterpret this (or just not look where they are
inserting "unsubscribe"). Thought this was one of those "obvious" fixes,
and, of course, I had not yet read the threads showing there really is a
problem here.
On Friday 20 April 2001 01:14 pm, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 08:07:30AM -0700, JC Portlock
(ke6ume@snowcrest.net) wrote:
> > On Friday 20 April 2001 02:03 am, Felicity wrote:
> > > unsubscribe
> >
> > Try again with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
>
> Nope.
>
> Standard unsubscription:
>
> Send a message 'unsubscribe' to <list-name>-REQUEST@lists.debian.org
>
> Or, as a GNU/Linux command:
>
> $ echo 'unsubscribe' | mail debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org
>
> ...which is what the list tag used to say, but it was considered too
> confusing. Subject line doesn't matter.
>
> Problems are supposed to be reported to listmaster@debian.org, but I'm
> seeing both list and personal mail (no, I'm not part of Debian
> International, I just get singled out), indicating problems or lack of
> response from this address. Not sure how closely it's being monitored.
>
> Lists are great when they work and really, really frustrating when they
> don't *stop* working.... I can understand the frustrations.
>
> And, to eliminate confusion, I'm *not* trying to unsubscribe myself.
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73,
JC Portlock KE6UME
ke6ume@arrl.net
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