--On Thursday, February 27, 2003 11:04 AM -0600 "David W. Tamkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Often the user is a minor on a subsidiary screen name of a parent's account, > and parent blocks all mail from outside AOL, usually, I've found, without > saying anything to the offspring, who is just left baffled when mailing > lists dry up and pen pals don't write, and who sends "What happened to my > subscription?" queries, which the list manager cannot answer because mail > from outside AOL is blocked.
Unless the list manager maintains an AOL account for emergencies (I think I still have mine somewhere :)) > I had one case where definitely it was: I was maintaining the list's > membership rolls manually, and when I got an unsub request I processed it > and sent an acknowledgment to the former list member. It was rejected as > above; the jerk was so sure I'd disregard his request and keep sending him > the list. yeah, I think I've seen at least one instance where the member's last posting was an angry one, so they probably slammed the door. Ain't list life great :)
