>In a message dated 98-09-16 16:10:33 EDT, [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>> Another excerpt from the forthcoming 1.8d Release Notes:
>>
>>  ***********************************************************
>>  * Support for listname-subscribe-request, etc., mailboxes *
>>  ***********************************************************
>>
>>  Version 1.8d now supports the following generic -request mailboxes for
>lists:
>>
>>  listname-subscribe-request@...
>>  listname-signoff-request@...
>>  listname-unsubscribe-request@...
>>
>>  (where "listname" is the name of the list in question). Mail sent to these
>>  addresses will be interpreted as explicit SUBSCRIBE, SIGNOFF, or
>UNSUBSCRIBE
>>  commands, respectively, for the list in question, regardless of the text
>>  contained in the body of the mail message (which will simply be discarded).
>
>
>Given the poor spelling skills, or propensity to make typographical errors, of
>the seemingly many people who try to use the unsupported "susribe, subsrive,
>subsribe or subsribe" commands ( and their "un" variations), may I suggest
>that the following generic -request mailboxes be added to the above?
>
>   listname-sub-request@...
>   listname-unsub-request@...
>   listname-join-request@...
>   listname-leave-request@...
>
>These are a little harder, though not much, to screw up.

If your site administrators think this is desirable, they can create their
own mailing aliases locally that forward to the full addresses.

Probably the best use for them would be in the header or footer or in the
welcoming message, where you could do something like:

To leave the mailing list, send a blank message to <a
href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">
[log in to unmask]</a>.

I think most of the big mail clients would allow you to just double-click
on the mailto address, getting around the typo problem.

-jwgh