Johan Ingles <[log in to unmask]> asked: > tell me how to get off this list And several listowners responded along these lines: > I gotta say, this is one of my biggest pet peeves about list > administration. No one ever saves the welcoming instructions > I'll be honest, my subscribers are not smart enough to > unsubscribe themselves. I just unsubscribe them > I'd be interested in hearing what other list owners do. Well, like most of you, I have the instructions on the web to supplement the welcome message, plus a DIGEST-H at the top of every digest (I haven't resorted to bottom banners, *yet*.) Still the requests come. Most of my subscribers are pretty sharp and only ask me for help when their email address changes, but there are always a few.... I use a shareware product (TypeIt4Me) so all I have to do is reply and type "pmunsub" and what I typed is replaced by the full instructions. Mr. Ingles' request shows how hard it is to write filters to trap "commands." I don't think Eric can plan for every possible variation on unsubscribe, e.g.: stop sending me mail, unscribe [sic], get me off, etc. But I thought listserv would trap any valid listserv command until someone accidentally posted a SEARCH command to my list. Went right out to all subscribers.... -- Peter C.S. Adams <[log in to unmask]> co-owner, PAGEMAKR mailing list <http://www.hypercorp.com/gain/pm/> "Common courtesy is not so common." -- apologies to Voltaire