Subject: Re: I want out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Date: Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 10:55:51PM -0500
In reply to:Randy Edwards Quoting Randy Edwards([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > rik M antropov wrote: > > > > I want to be off all your mailing lists and forums. > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > If the list mantainer is watching, could I make a suggestion? The > above sig takes two lines. Since people not understanding how to > unsubscribe would typically be novices, could we use those two lines fully > and make it a bit easier on them? > > I've seen similar types of messages before, and the way the above is > phrased is rather cryptic, and of course the mail command wouldn't work on > a Windows system. How about instead making the sig something like: > > If you want to unsubscribe, E-Mail "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > with a subject line of "unsubscribe". > > Or something similar. There's only a few bytes difference, but it > would be far easier for a newbie to understand and would probably result > in far fewer off-topic messages like we see from rik above. FWIW. Don't think the list maintainer reads the list! :-( He has been asked to change this for at least 2 years, IIRC. -- Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue... _______________________________________________________