On  Wed, 2  Feb  1994 08:52:00  EST  "Peter  M. Weiss  +1  814 863  1843"
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>Two  issues of  RISKS Forum  Digest have  discussed the  LISTSERV NOMAIL
>option (and its RISKS). To fetch the two issues, e-mail listserv@uga (or
>@uga.uga.edu) with b-o-t:
 
Please note  that the "bugs" mentioned  in these files are  most probably
due to  manual action  by the  list owner.  It seems  the authors  of the
articles expect  to be able to  set their subscription to  NOMAIL for 3-4
years and not see it changed by  the list owner (why anyone would want to
be  NOMAIL  for   3-4  years  rather  than  signing  off   is  beyond  my
understanding, but that's  another story). In practice,  many list owners
set people  NOMAIL when their mail  is bouncing due to  temporary errors,
and periodically revert NOMAIL subscribers to MAIL, hence the "bug".
 
  Eric