Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 00:33:29 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stop Message-ID: <20170825001959.N76324@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <mailman.85.1503489602.94062.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> References: <mailman.85.1503489602.94062.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
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In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 690, Issue 3, Message: 2 On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 21:23:49 +0200 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 19:37:14 +0100, Hugh Wooller wrote: > >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > >> freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org Thanks heaps for chomping the whole earler digest, Rolf. > Apart from the wrong command "Stop", don't confuse > "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" with > "freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org" . I'm sure somebody subscribed > you against your will, confirmed the subscription using your email > account and chose digest to spam you. You are not alone, this happens > at least once a year for at least one mailing list. I don't see how someone could confirm the subscription using the OP's email address, without having read/write access to that mail account? > FWIW regarding those basics all mailman mailing lists work in the > same way. To follow the link to unsubscribe, you even don't need to know > a password, you only need to reply to a confirmation mail to > unsubscribe. If you shouldn't receive such an email, check your spam > folders first, and if needed get in contact with > freebsd-questions-owner@freebsd.org . All good advice. cheers, Ian
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