Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 09:23:29 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: chat@freebsd.org, postmaster@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Morons... Message-ID: <15846.818702609@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 11 Dec 1995 19:10:13 %2B0200." <199512111710.TAA24646@grumble.grondar.za>
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Yeah, I remember that well! :-) There were actually 3-4 such lists that I knew of. In fact, one of them was called (not surprisingly): clueless@<somedomain.i.cant.remember> :-) I think our ultimate solution is to make the announce list moderated. Jonathan - how much trouble would that be? Jordan > Hi > > Way back, when I was a nipper, there was a list for twits like this. > Anyone could subscribe them, and the sole purpose was for them to try to > get off; very easy if you sent your "unsubscribe" to majordomo@<site>. > > The purpose was for aforesaid twits to discuss amongst themselves how > they got there in the first, place, then how to get off. > > Picture the scene - 90% of the traffic is frantic "unsubscribe, dammit!" > mail, there rest is equally frantic plain noise. > > I seem to recall that some folks learnt how to use list servers this > way... > > Anyone remember this? > > M > > ------- Forwarded Message > > Date: Mon, 11 Dec 95 16:25:34 +0100 > From: "g.seidel" <seidel@atm.aeg.kn.daimlerbenz.com> > To: announce@freebsd.org > Sender: owner-announce@freebsd.org > Precedence: bulk > > unsubscribe freebsd-announce > > ------- End of Forwarded Message >
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