Subject:	Re: How to unsubscribe
To:	kuku AT acds DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de (Christoph Kukulies)
Date:	Tue, 5 Jan 93 12:52:01 EST
From:	Stephen Turnbull <turnbull AT ecolan DOT sbs DOT ohio-state DOT edu>
Sender:	turnbull AT ecolan DOT sbs DOT ohio-state DOT edu

Chris misses the point:

> From: kuku AT acds DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de (Christoph Kukulies)
> Subject: How to unsubscribe
> 
> >unsubscribe
> >qit
> >bye
> >off
> >can me
> >erase me
> >asta la vista 
> >adios
> >so, bye!
> >del
> >unsubscribe me!
> 
> Er, er. Not this way!
> 
> Read this:

and prints the listserv help file.

What is annoying about the unsubscribers (besides the fact that they
obviously have lives, so we're envious :-), is that they get mixed
with the mailing list traffic.  Most of them would get off fine if
they sent their "unsubscribe" messages to 

    LISTSERV AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

rather than

    DJGPP AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu.

Is it possible to add a "Send-Unsubscribe-Messages-To:" header line to
all LISTSERV-distributed traffic?  (Yes, I know, mucking with the
listserv is someone else's job.  Most OSU-based mailing lists have
such headers.  Often ignored.  But many DJGPP unsubscribers do make a
good-faith effort to figure out what's going on; we should give them a
chance.)  Or maybe those of us who are getting tired of seeing them
and responding to them could put such a header in?  I don't know how
difficult the latter would be, and don't have time to figure it out
this week.  Or if such a header would get filtered by most mailers.

--  
Stephen Turnbull
The Ohio State University, Department of Economics
410 Arps Hall, 1945 N. High St., Columbus, OH  43210-1172  USA
Phone: (614) 292-0654  Fax: ...-3906  Email: turnbull DOT 1 AT osu DOT edu

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