> tell me how to get off this list I gotta say, this is one of my biggest pet peeves about list administration. No one ever saves the welcoming instructions when they first subscribe to a list, and then they don't know how to get off when the time comes. I would have hoped that this list - of list owners - would know better, but I guess not. What I do, whenever someone sends an unsubscribe command to the list instead of the listserv, is send them a private post that includes directions on how THEY can unsubscribe (better to train them to do it themselves than to do it for them, IMO), along with a brief description of why they shouldn't send their request to the list (not just because it doesn't work, but out of courtesy for other list members) and a recommendation that they save the welcoming instructions whenever they subscribe to a list in the future. I'd be interested in hearing what other list owners do. Oh, and Johan - to get off this list, send the command "unsubscribe lstown-l" to [log in to unmask] Ken Sax [log in to unmask]