> o If you forget that you've subscribed to the list, that's
> okay -- we're all human. But remember that ListServ
> subscriptions can only be initiated by the subscriber or
> the ListServ listowner ...
At my computing center, when a user leaves the organization their old
account is usually re-assigned to a new employee. If the departing
user failed to unsubscribe from all lists, then the new user might
get list mail that he/she didn't subscribe to, and so might complain
about it to the list or the listowner.
If a user's address appears unique to the user, e.g. [log in to unmask],
then a subscription problem like John described might well be due to
forgetfullness. However, if the user address is more anonymous, such as
[log in to unmask] then there could be this phenomenom of re-cycled computer
accounts wherein the complainer in fact did not initiate the original
subscription.
-- Roger Burns [log in to unmask][log in to unmask]