From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Jun 29 13:31:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA02679 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jun 1998 13:31:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA02603 for ; Mon, 29 Jun 1998 13:30:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA05407; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 06:30:13 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980630063009.34210@welearn.com.au> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 06:30:09 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: fewtch@serv.net Cc: Daniel Guetzkow , "freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: No more on the topic of personal Emails, I promise... References: <01BDA2CB.98401800.guetzkow@access.digex.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: ; from Tim Gerchmez on Mon, Jun 29, 1998 at 07:23:16AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message