Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 09:25:27 -0700 From: Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.COM> To: jmb@freefall.freebsd.org Cc: blh@nol.net, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ok, look folks Message-ID: <199610081625.JAA24825@saguaro.flyingfox.com>
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> you are subscribed as blh@dazed.nol.net > blh@nol.net != blh@dazed.nol.net > had you sent a request using the correcty address > you would not have had a problem. True enough, but sometimes people don't *know* what they subscribed as. Not everyone is all that knowledgable about mail systems, or in control of the mail system they're using. Higher quality sendmails put the RCPT value in a header line, like this: Received: (from smap@localhost) by saguaro.flyingfox.com (8.6.12/8.6.10) id GAA24614 for <jas@flyingfox.COM>; Tue, 8 Oct 1996 06:08:06 -0700 Note the "for <jas@flyingfox.COM>"; that's who is subscribed, and that is who would need to unsubscribe (in my case). So, 3 tips for those wishing to unsubscribe from a mailing list: (1) Look for a line like the one above, that lists the stated recipient of the mail. (2) Try to get help from you local postmaster or mail guru first; the mailing list maintainer is probably an overworked, underpaid volunteer. (3) Be polite. Jim Shankland Flying Fox Computer Systems, Inc.
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