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Date:      Tue, 22 Aug 2017 21:27:33 +0200
From:      Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com>
To:        Hugh Wooller <hugh.wooller@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Stop
Message-ID:  <20170822212733.15458fc3@archlinux.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <20170822212349.7e1fc256@archlinux.localdomain>
References:  <CANp_cjCR6t5BuONFUrwuMzTwO8U9Vkh5YYpRrAss=dk0gDQ_rg@mail.gmail.com> <20170822212349.7e1fc256@archlinux.localdomain>

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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  
>
>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.
>
>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 .

PS:

If you should know your password, and you only want to "stop" delivery.
but stay subscribed, you could send a mail with the body

set authenticate your_password
set delivery off

to ...request@lists... of any mailman mailing list.



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