James Miller wrote: > > Did anyone else onlist get this email asking if you tried to sub to the > linux-kernel list?
Yes. > I did, even though I did *not* try to sub to that > list. The headers seem to indicate that the message was sent to the > linux-newbie list from linux-newbie-owner, which makes me believe that > probably everyone onlist got it. If so, why? Is this a mistake on the > part of the list admin, an indicatation that the list has been hacked, a > sick mockery of our paltry tech prowess, a result of the northeast power > outage, or what? I plead ignorance and apathy. > > James > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 18:28:08 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Confirmation for subscribe linux-kernel > > -- > > Someone (possibly you) has requested that your email address be added > to or deleted from the mailing list "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". > > If you really want this action to be taken, please send the following > commands (exactly as shown) back to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]": > > auth XXXXX subscribe linux-kernel [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you do not want this action to be taken, simply ignore this message > and the request will be disregarded. > > If your mailer will not allow you to send the entire command as a single > line, you may split it using backslashes, like so: > > auth XXXXX subscribe linux-kernel \ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you have any questions about the policy of the list owner, please > contact "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". > > Thanks! > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
