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] - - - - - - - - - >