Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 06:30:09 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: fewtch@serv.net Cc: Daniel Guetzkow <guetzkow@access.digex.net>, "freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: No more on the topic of personal Emails, I promise... Message-ID: <19980630063009.34210@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980629072316.fewtch@serv.net>; from Tim Gerchmez on Mon, Jun 29, 1998 at 07:23:16AM -0700 References: <01BDA2CB.98401800.guetzkow@access.digex.net> <XFMail.980629072316.fewtch@serv.net>
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On Mon, Jun 29, 1998 at 07:23:16AM -0700, Tim Gerchmez wrote:
>
> Strangely enough, although they use authorization codes and such when
> subscribing, it's just the opposite when unsubscribing.
It probably looks that way, but it is not possible for one subscriber to
unsubscribe another subscriber. The FreeBSD lists are set up so that only
the subscriber or the FreeBSD Postmaster can unsubscribe people.
> Anyone can unsubscribe anybody else. Take a look at this portion of the
> letter I received from majordomo@freebsd.org after resubscribing:
You must be referring to this:
> or from another account, besides fewtch@serv.net:
>
> unsubscribe freebsd-newbies fewtch@serv.net
That's part of the standard info from Majordomo. Majordomo itself
provides that facility, but in the case of these lists it is inactivated
for ordinary subscribers (but not for the Postmaster). Sometimes the
Postmaster needs to use such a command, for example, because a subscribed
account has gone haywire and is spitting rubbish to a list and the
subscriber or their administrator cannot be contacted. No-one else can
do it though.
I wonder how you ascertained that you were unsubscribed. It is fairly
common for people to be unsubscribed after a certain number of messages
to that subscriber have bounced. You may not receive an advice of this,
after all, Majordomo has ascertained that the mail couldn't go through.
This is an automatic process, part of Majordomo's self-preservation
instinct.
If there have been problems with mail at your end, or if you have any
doubts, the easiest way is to attempt to subscribe to the list again.
Majordomo will either resubscribe you, or write back saying you're
already subscribed.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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