On 26 Dec 2004, Sam Watkins wrote: > On Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 02:52:17PM +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I decided to unsubscribe and subscribe again to see if it would help. I > > then found that I had some how become unsubscribed without my knowledge, > > so I subscribed and am now getting mail from the list again. No idea how > > that could have happened. > > The only thing I can think of is if you have been on "vacation" and have > been running a program to mail people who contact you telling them you > are on vacation, and that program has been spamming the list, then I > or someone else probably unsubscribed you. (by sending a message > pretending to be from you to the unsubscribe service, to which your > broken vacation program would have replied, thus unsubscribing you!) > We have done this to one or two people recently due to the annoyance of > receiving such messages every time we post. I don't remember if you > were on vacation though. > > :) >
No, I haven't been away and I have no such program. Anthony -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.acampbell.org.uk using Linux GNU/Debian || for book reviews, electronic Windows-free zone || books and skeptical articles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
