Well as you're a one eyed man in the kingdom of the blind Dan, you could perhaps tell me what I'm doing wrong ;-) Although I get mail from the list, unsub or query commands just come right on back to me. Paul ---------------------- From [log in to unmask] Sat Feb 15 12:29:46 1997 Received: from relay-10.mail.demon.net by medweb.demon.co.uk with SMTP id AA856009786 ; Sat, 15 Feb 97 12:29:46 +0000 Received: from relay-10.mail.demon.net by mailstore for [log in to unmask] id 856009595:10:20950:1; Sat, 15 Feb 97 12:26:35 GMT Received: from gate1.ktgroup.co.uk ([194.70.85.3]) by relay-10.mail.demon.net id aa1020940; 15 Feb 97 12:26 GMT Received: (from Mail-Gateway@localhost) by gatekeeper.ktgroup.co.uk (8.8.4/8.8.4) id MAA26851 for <[log in to unmask]>; Sat, 15 Feb 1997 12:26:28 GMT Received: from tcupboard.ktgroup.co.uk (tcupboard.ktgroup.co.uk [194.70.85.1]) by gatekeeper.ktgroup.co.uk via smtp (V1.3) id SMFW026847 for <[log in to unmask]>; Sat, 15 Feb 1997 12:26:00 GMT Received: from gatekeeper.ktgroup.co.uk (gatekeeper.ktgroup.co.uk [194.70.85.3]) by tcupboard.ktgroup.co.uk (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id MAA30200 for <[log in to unmask]>; Sat, 15 Feb 1997 12:26:06 GMT Received: (from Mail-Gateway@localhost) by gatekeeper.ktgroup.co.uk (8.8.4/8.8.4) id MAA26844 for <[log in to unmask]>; Sat, 15 Feb 1997 12:25:56 GMT Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> Received: from listmail.cc.uga.edu (listmail.cc.uga.edu [128.192.232.10]) by gatekeeper.ktgroup.co.uk via smtp (V1.3) id SMFW026842 for <[log in to unmask]>; Sat, 15 Feb 1997 12:25:48 GMT Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by listmail.cc.uga.edu (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.0a) with SMTP id 829EA400 ; Sat, 15 Feb 1997 7:26:07 -0500 Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 8001; Sat, 15 Feb 1997 07:24:36 -0500 Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 07:24:36 -0500 From: "L-Soft list server at UGA (1.8b)" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Output of your job "paul" To: [log in to unmask] > query lstsrv-l You are not subscribed to the LSTSRV-L list. Summary of resource utilization ------------------------------- CPU time: 0.234 sec Device I/O: 0 Overhead CPU: 0.083 sec Paging I/O: 0 CPU model: 9672 DASD model: 3380 ---------- > From: Dan Lester <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Unsubscription requests sent to the list??? > Date: Tuesday 11 February 1997 11:42 > > At 09:03 AM 2/12/97 +1000, you wrote: > >Hello ppl, > > > >I was just wondering whether there is any particular reason why so many > >ppl seem to be unable to unsubscribe from the list? > > Simple. The world is full of idiots who can't or don't or won't read > simple instructions. > > Does this has > >anything to do with the 1.8b-->1.8c upgrade??? > > Nope. > > > Cause I have noticed alot > >more unsubscribe requests to the list. > > As the net grows the percentage of idiots continues to grow. > > Also doesn't listserv have some > >filtering options? Like detect the word unsubscribe (or any other > >chosen words) and if found send to the editor/moderator for approval? > > yes it does. but they have to be in first line, and have to be spelled > right. unsbribe won't get caught (one i've actually seen). and folks who > have braindead mail software that insists on putting in headers, dates, > etc, inside the message. > > I'd say the biggest problem, however, is the great number of outfits that > keep changing configurations of hardware and thus giving people new > addresses. Most of the netgeeks can manage to keep www.ourplace.com > stable, no matter what box it points to this week. Unfortunately they > can't seem to do that with something like mail.ourplace.com. Oh, well..... > > cyclops > > Dan Lester > [log in to unmask] > In the kingdom of the blind, the one eyed man is king.