>Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 23:02:03 >To: [email protected] >From: Ken & Evelyn Hansson <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Failed mail > >UNSUBSCRIBE > > > > > > > >At 07:56 PM 6/10/98 -0700, you wrote: >> General info >> ------------ >>Subcription/unsubscription/info requests should always be sent to the -request >>address of a mailinglist. >>If a mailinglist for example is called "[email protected]", then the -request >>address can be inferred from this to be: "[email protected]". >> >>To subscribe to a mailinglist, simply send a message with the word "subscribe" >>in the Subject: field to the -request address of that list. >> >>As in: To: [email protected] >> Subject: subscribe >> >>To unsubscribe from a mailinglist, simply send a message with the word (you >>guessed it :-) "unsubscribe" in the Subject: field to the -request address of >>that list. >> >>As in: To: [email protected] >> Subject: unsubscribe >> >>In the event of an address change, it would probably be the wisest to first >>send an unsubscribe for the old address (this can be done from the new >>address), and then a new subscribe for the new address (the order is >>important). >> >>Most (un)subscription requests are processed automatically without human >>intervention. >> >>Do not send multiple (un)subscription or info requests in one mail. Only one >>will be processed per mail. >> >>NOTE: The -request server usually does quite a good job in discriminating >> between (un)subscribe requests and messages intended for the maintainer. >> If you'd like to make sure a human reads your message, make it look >> like a reply (i.e. the first word in the Subject: field should be "Re:", >> without the quotes of course); the -request server does not react to >> replies. >> >> >> The archive server >> ------------------ >>Every submission sent to this list is archived. The size of the archive >>depends on the limits set by the list maintainer (it is very well possible >>that only, say, the last two mails sent to the list are still archived, the >>rest might have expired). >> >>You can look at the header of every mail coming from this list to see >>under what name it has been archived. The X-Mailing-List: field contains >>the mailaddress of the list and the file in which this submission was >>archived. >> >>If you want to access this archive, you have to send mails to the -request >>address with the word "archive" as the first word of your Subject:. >>To get you started try sending a mail to the -request address with >>the following: >> Subject: archive help >>-- >> >