I'd expect it to be rejected.  LISTSERV parsed it and found the word
"unsubscribe" in the first line.
 
Since ill-formed and misdirected messages are common, LISTSERV thought
someone was sending a "please unsubscribe me from this stupid list" kind of
posting.
 
Some of Eric's wonderful tools and techniques, such as this one,
occasionally produce undesirable results, but I'm sure glad they're there.
Throw something in a line in front of it and it won't happen again.
 
cyclops
multi-list owner and asst postmaster
 
 
At 02:24 PM 12/12/96 -0500, you wrote:
>The listserver refused to post a simple message from me, one of the
>owner's, because I decided it might be a command.  I think perhaps the
>filter is a tad too refined!
>
>
>        Hugh
>
>- - - - - - - Hugh [log in to unmask] - - - - - - - - -
>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 12:52:58 -0500
>> From: "L-Soft list server at University at Buffalo (1.8c)"
>>      <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: Hugh Jarvis <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Rejected posting to [log in to unmask]
>>
>> Your  message is  being returned  to you  unprocessed because  it looks
like
> a
>> LISTSERV command, rather than material intended for distribution to the
> members
>> of the ANTHRO-L list. Please note that LISTSERV commands must ALWAYS be
sent
> to
>> the LISTSERV address; if it was indeed  a command you were attempting to
> issue,
>> please  send  it  again to  [log in to unmask]  for
> execution.
>> Otherwise, please  accept our apologies and  try to rewrite the  message
with
> a
>> slightly  different wording  -  for  instance, change  the  first  word of
> the
>> message,  enclose  it in  quotation  marks,  insert a  line  of  dashes at
> the
>> beginning of your message, etc.
>>
>> ------------------------ Rejected message (36 lines)
> --------------------------
>> Received: (qmail 21352 invoked from network); 10 Dec 1996 17:52:54 -0000
>> Received: from ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu (128.205.2.1)
>>   by listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 10 Dec 1996 17:52:53 -0000
>> Received: from UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU by UBVM.cc.buffalo.edu (IBM VM SMTP
V2R3)
>>    with BSMTP id 2643; Tue, 10 Dec 96 12:52:45 EST
>> Received: from UBVM (NJE origin SMTP@UBVM) by UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU (LMail
>>  V1.2c/1.8c) with BSMTP id 3031 for <anthro-l@UBVM>; Tue, 10 Dec 1996
12:52:45
>>  -0500
>> Received: from conciliator.acsu.buffalo.edu by UBVM.cc.buffalo.edu
>>    (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with TCP; Tue, 10 Dec 96 12:52:44 EST
>> Received: from localhost (hjarvis@localhost) by
conciliator.acsu.buffalo.edu
>>  (8.8.3/8.8.3) with SMTP id MAA06651 for <[log in to unmask]>;
Tue,
>>  10 Dec 1996 12:52:50 -0500 (EST)
>> Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 12:52:50 -0500 (EST)
>> From: "Hugh W. Jarvis" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: Anthropology List <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: How to Unsubscribe from a Listserv List
>> Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.93.961210124900.29190M-100000
>>  @conciliator.acsu.buffalo.edu>
>> MIME-Version: 1.0
>> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
>>
>> A reminder to all of you who may at some point need to unsubscribe from a
>> listserv list. Simply send the message "unsub anthro-l" or whatever the
>> list's name is, to the listserver's address, in this case
>> "[log in to unmask]".  Failing that, contact the list
>> owner, or even [log in to unmask]
>>
>> Please do not just email the entire list with your request.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>       Hugh
>>       Anthro-l Board
>>
>> - - - - - - - Hugh [log in to unmask] - - - - - - - - -
>>
>
 
Dan Lester
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