Eileen Orbell wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I read a few weeks back the many attempts the Professor had made to be
> removed from this list and through his final frustrations he GOT a little
> mad.  Anyway, I am leaving the country for 3 weeks tomorrow and felt it was
> better to unsubscribe rather than come back to 3 thousand plus emails.  So
> following the instructions provided at the bottom of the debian email:
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> with a subject of "unsubscribe".
>
> I did just that.  But oh dear here is the reply:
>
> You have not been removed, I couldn't find your name on the list.
> What I did find were the following approximate matches:
> 1121 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 32752 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 1121 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 25797 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> But wait those are my email address's hmmmm Confused ?  Yes I am...
>

Not confusing at all. Look at this:

>From the subscription notice:


> To unsubscribe from this list, send "unsubscribe" in the message body
> (the subject should be blank) to:
>         [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> and you will be removed.
>

And from the footer:


> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>

So which is correct? It's no wonder ppl get confused about unsubscribing, and
maybe even a little mad about
such contradictory advice..

John P Foster

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