From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 10 22: 9:35 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA38737B401 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 22:09:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from seti.kibserv.org (user-119al04.biz.mindspring.com [66.149.84.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59B1843FA3 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 22:09:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@kibserv.org) Received: (qmail 15736 invoked by uid 89); 11 Mar 2003 06:09:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO butters.kibserv.org) (66.149.84.6) by stan.kibserv.org with SMTP; 11 Mar 2003 06:09:24 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Jason Cribbins Organization: MGM Communications & kibserv To: fil_foster@pacbell.net Subject: Re: unable to subscribe Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 01:09:34 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200303102057.22271.freebsd@kibserv.org> <3E6D6B46.943F39FE@pacbell.net> In-Reply-To: <3E6D6B46.943F39FE@pacbell.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200303110109.34308.freebsd@kibserv.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Actually I am trying to subscribe not unsubscribe If I cant unsubscibe I might just give up and setup a email filter to kil= l the=20 messages...or if I was upset enough I might set them to auto-bounce unthi= l=20 they stopped but so far I have never once had trouble getting off a list = I=20 subscribed myself to. As a matter of fact I just recently unsubscribed my old email from the li= st=20 just before trying to subscibe again with my new mail accounts. On Monday 10 March 2003 11:51 pm, fil_foster wrote: > Jason Cribbins wrote: > > I am unable to subscribe to freebsd-security-notifications...but I wa= s > > able to subscribe to about 6 other lists just fine > > > > I send in the request to subscribe...I get back the confirmation emai= l > > with the auth line...which I paste very carefully in another email to= be > > sent back.... > > > > but then instead of being subscribed I get another majordomo results > > email stating my request was successful but I still need to confirm a= nd > > my email address is incorrect. > > ---------- > > > > Basically I send this: > > > > subscribe freebsd-security-notifications > > ---------- > > > > I get this > > > > commands (exactly as shown) back to "Majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG": > > > > auth 2cd8eff3 subscribe freebsd-security-notifications > > freebsd@kibserv.org > > > > If you do not want this action to be taken, simply ignore this messag= e > > and the request will be disregarded. > > ---------- > > > > Then I reply with this: > > auth 2cd8eff3 subscribe freebsd-security-notifications > > freebsd@kibserv.or=3D ---------- > > > > And I get this: > > >>>> auth 2cd8eff3 subscribe freebsd-security-notifications > > > > freebsd@kibserv.or=3D > > **** Your request to Majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG: > > **** > > **** subscribe freebsd-security-notifications freebsd@kibserv.or=3D > > **** > > **** must be authenticated. To accomplish this, another request must= be > > **** sent in with an authorization key, which has been sent to: > > **** freebsd@kibserv.or=3D > > ---------- > > > > And yes I am 100% certain I have not mistyped my own email address 7 > > times in a row. > > > > Jason Cribbins > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Check at the bottom of the email with the subject > "Majordomo results: unsubscribe freebsd-security-notifications" > that is returned when you send the authentication code. > You should find the following: > **** > **** Thanks! > **** > **** Majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG > > >>>> auth 2cd8eff3 subscribe freebsd-security-notifications > > Succeeded. > > I don't know why it sends the next "Confirmation for unsubscribe > freebsd-security-notifications" email, but if "Majordomo results:" > show succeeded you have already unsubscribed from the list and just > need to ignore the "Confirmation for unsubscribe" email that > follows. > > Phil Foster To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message