At 10:05 AM -0500 3/13/97, Valdis Kletnieks <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >On Wed, 12 Mar 1997 23:39:45 EST, you said: >> Me too I finally gave up and just get all there gripe sessions and when >>I see >> where it is from I jump right over and go to the good stuff dMaybe they will >> get the hint.. > >Of late, a large proportion of these comments have originated at AOL.COM. > >I have to wonder if there is something Strange, Unusual, Bizzare, and Evil >in the America Online interface, that encourages/allows people to become >accidentally subscribed to mailing lists. Can anybody in the AOL Padded >Cell Environment comment on whether this is true or not? > I just poked around on AOL, looking for some automated subscribe process and found nothing. They have a discussion of mailing lists at keyword "mailinglists" and a mailing list directory at <http://www.idot.aol./com/mld/production/> but nothing that looked like a "click here and you're subscribed." These folks COULD be victims, I suppose. Roger 301-903-5238 Office of Information Management U.S. Department of Energy