From: mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: unsubscribe
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 1997 01:19:04 GMT
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On Sat, 08 Feb 1997 14:18:22 -0800, "John M. Aldrich"
<fighteer AT cs DOT com> wrote:

>George Foot wrote:
>> These are people who are trying to unsubscribe from the mailing list,
>> but sending the mail to the list instead of the list controller.
>
>And who have mysteriously forgotten the instructions sent to them when
>they subscribed in the first place.  What I can't understand is that
>they obviously sent mail to listserv AT delorie DOT com to subscribe, so
>logically they should send mail to the same place to unsubscribe.  Is it
>just me, or is this not that difficult to figure out?

It's obviously difficult, otherwise we wouldn't be talking about it :)

The group/list isn't exactly flooded with them, though... it's a
simple matter to killfile anything with 'unsubscribe' or no subject.
If DJ Delorie is worried about them he could either forward them to
listserv, or set up an auto-reply system that tells these people of
their mistake. I don't think there's much point in doing the
auto-reply, because these people are unsubscribing, so these should be
their last messages.

Anyway, I expect he has more important projects... these messages
don't bother me really; I rarely read them.

George Foot