From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Aug 24 14:34:06 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FBE6DE0DF5 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 14:34:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Received: from sola.nimnet.asn.au (paqi.nimnet.asn.au [115.70.110.159]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 065C57F062 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 14:34:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sola.nimnet.asn.au (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id v7OEXTNk069141; Fri, 25 Aug 2017 00:33:29 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 00:33:29 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith To: Ralf Mardorf cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stop In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20170825001959.N76324@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 14:34:06 -0000 In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 690, Issue 3, Message: 2 On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 21:23:49 +0200 Ralf Mardorf 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