On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Jeff Sugar <jeffsu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It is possible to unsubscribe yourself, just not via the website, as that
> is still inaccessible. Sending an email to *
> hlds_linux-leave@list.valvesoftware.**com* should do the trick, according
> to http://www.list.org/mailman-member/node14.html (credit to John of
> NuclearFallout for mentioning that link a few days ago).

I posted a similar link a day before John, thank you very much :-)
Just to the Windows hlds list though, guess not everyone is subscribed to both.

> You cannot unsubscribe someone else for fairly obvious reasons (it could be
> abused)

You could still spoof someone's email address in the headers and send
an unsubscribe message on their behalf. You won't actually unsubscribe
them that way because they would have to confirm it by replying to an
email they'd recieve, but it would still result in the "unsubscribe
spam" Cameron is complaining about.

> As far as I know, they can block people from the list, still, but they
> haven't exercised that ability in quite a while.
>
> -Jeff
>
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 2:48 AM, Herover <leon.l.a.niel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure how it works, but perhaps you could submit a unsubscribe
>> request, and then the other guy would be able to unsub? Or he would
>> unsub you... I have no idea, but I'm getting the idea, that it's
>> impossible to unsubscribe (havn't tried, just read) and to block
>> someone from the list.
>>
>> 2013/1/28  <cmun...@cameronmunroe.com>:
>> >
>> >
>> > I am getting someone trying to, I guess close out my account on the
>> > email list. Not sure really why and was curious if it was happening to
>> > anyone else.
>> >
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