>      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]