On Sun, 23 Nov 1997 19:02:09 -0500, John Witherspoon <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>Why is a password required to join or leave a list (like LSTOWN-L at
>peach.ease.lsoft.com)?  If subscription= open why is a password required?
>And if subscription= open,confirm why wouldn't the confirmation mechanism
>work just as well in place of a password?

Some days I'm behind the 8-ball...  8-)

There is another page that does not require a password for joining/leaving
a list.  As Eric mentioned, it cannot fullfill the transaction at the
moment, it generates an email message that must be resonded to in the usual
manner.  However for people that do not know the proper email command, this
may be easier.

http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=ease-home&A=1

or more generally:

http://(hostname)/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=(listname)&A=1

This is not directly linked from the Archives page.
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