Re: Regular administrative posting

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On 20 Oct 96 at 18:24, Nick Coury wrote:

> WJ
> 
> I have tried every way I can think of to take myself off of the list.  

Nope, you didn't....;-))

> I
> have noticed at times that you get a little "put out" because people can't
> follow the "simple" directions from these postings.  Since many of us have
> problems, could it be that these are not quite as simple as you make them
> out to be?  I am not by any stretch a computer genius, but I would love the
> luxury of being able to get off and on this list according to my schedule,
> unfortunately I can't seem to make that happen.
> 
> So, I must take this route to ask you to please...UNSUBSCRIBE INFRARED
> PHOTOGRAPHY.

Oh no you don't. I still have a personal email address. 
 
> My message has bounced back every time I've sent it, with many variations of
> list sender...thanks for an enjoyable service, and if I can more easily get
> off and on, I will be back.  Please e-mail me if that happens.
> 
> Thanks you,
> 
> Nick

It's as simple as this:

>In order to keep the subscription work load as low as possible, I
>would like to ask you *NOT* to use UNSUBSCRIBE for holidays and such.
>Instead, send 
>SET INFRARED-PHOTOGRAPHY MAIL POSTPONE to listproc@xxxxx, 
>and reactivate mail distribution after return by sending
>SET INFRARED-PHOTOGRAPHY MAIL ACK to listproc@xxxxxx 
>
>Not only will this decrease work load for me, but it will also 
>reactivate distribution immediately, since these SET commands are 
>automatically handled by listproc [UNSUBSCRIBE is also handled 
>automatically btw]. 
>With UNSUBSCRIBE and subsequent SUBSCRIBE you run also the risk of
>me being away on holidays, and getting a worst-case delay of several
>weeks.
>

> >However, for those who definately want to unsubscribe *FOR EVER*, send:
> >UNSUBSCRIBE INFRARED-PHOTOGRAPHY to listproc@xxxxx


And I did notice this error message from the system (more than once):

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent:        Fri, 18 Oct 1996 15:23:05 +0100
Send reply to:    infrared-photography@xxxxx
From:             infrared-photography@xxxxx
To:               photoman@xxxxxxxxxx
Copies to:        w.j.markerink@xxxxx
Subject:          Error Condition Re: 


We are sorry, but this system sensed the following request which may have been
inadvertedly sent to this list:

UNSUBSCRIBE-INFRARED

If your posting was intentional, please accept our apologies and resend your
mail message, making sure you do not include anything that may look like a
request in the first line of the body of the actual message. If this was 
indeed a request please resend it to listproc@xxxxx
Your entire message
is copied below.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNSUBSCRIBE-INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY Nick Coury photoman@xxxxxxxxxx
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX


Now, even though I can unsubscribe you quite easily manually: I 
really can't make the instructions nor error messages more simple, and 
I still am not sure if you want the temporarily POSTPONE or the 
definate UNSUBSCRIBE.
I always hope that people sort out this kind of mistakes 
themselfes....;-))

Overly redundant hint: look at the address you sent your commands 
to....8-))

 
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<w.j.markerink@xxxxx>
[note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!]

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