At 11:40 AM 3/13/97 -0500, Roger wrote: >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." > The phrase "jump right over and go to the good stuff" jumped out at me. Is LSTSRV-L peered to a newsgroup? Could some of these users be viewing LSTSRV-L from their newsreader? And on top of that not know how to delete a newsgroup from their subscription list? ----- Deanna McHugh, Network Administrator email: [log in to unmask] UCSF Office of Research Affairs voice: 415.476.9838 Box 0962, San Francisco, CA 94143 fax: 415.476.8158