On Wed, 6 Feb 1991 16:04:47 EST Stan Horwitz <OASIS@TEMPLEVM> said:
>Now almost  all listservs  say that  I do not  have a  personal listserv
>password on their listserv servers. I am not going to go through all the
>listservers in existence and establish  passwords there. Is there anyway
>around this roadblock?
 
If  a list  is  configured in  such  a way  that  password validation  is
required to sign  off a user, there is  no way you can sign  off the user
without a password, and your request only causes a note to be sent to the
list owner, to inform him that you would like this account removed. It is
not a  question of  whether or  not you  have the  "right" to  delete the
account, it's just  that any student with an  IQ > 70 or so  can "be" you
any day and send the command of his choice from your account, so the list
owner may choose not to authorize this  kind of commands if he deems such
a security  level to be necessary  for his list. Unfortunately,  too many
(otherwise completely open)  lists are configured this way;  this is sad,
but there  is nothing I  can do  about it. If  you really need  to delete
accounts from a  particular high-volume list, you can do  so by getting a
password on  that server. Otherwise, you  just have to wait  for the list
owners to act upon your request.
 
>If these  accounts were still  opened, I could  unsub them all  from all
>lists, but not when they're closed. This seems like a silly restriction.
 
And  you would  be told:  "your request  has been  forwarded to  the list
owner", with the account remaining  subscribed until the list owner takes
action. No difference.
 
>  Oh,  a few  listservs  indicated  that the  account  I submitted  this
>program was not a NAD, although most  acknowledged that it was and a few
>acknowledged that I  was a NAD a did some  deletions as appropriate. Why
>this inconsistency?
 
Why do some people use outdated tables? I don't know, ask them.
 
  Eric