Steve Pearson wrote: "I have tried a few times to unsubscribe, due to the fact that I travel. ... However, for some reason, I can't unsubscribe? Does anyone know who to contact about this problem? It seems like I have seen other posts about this same problem.
Steve (and Teresa), Don't feel stupid; the instructions leave out some vital information. First of all, be sure you are sending your request to the proper address, shown at http://www.pdml.net/dbrewer/p2.html: To unsubscribe from the mailinglist, simply send a message with the word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject: field to the -request address of that list To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: unsubscribe To unsubscribe from the digest, write a email like this: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: unsubscribe But here' what the instructions fail to mention: Your email client must be set to plain text--not Rich Text, not HTML. It's unbelievable that this requirement--which applies to unsubscribing and subscribing alike--is still not stated on the PDML page, after all the problems that you, I, and others have experienced. Even more unbelievable: Nowhere in the welcome email are we reminded where to send messages--namely, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes, the welcome message begins, "You have added to the subscriber list of: [EMAIL PROTECTED] But that's not where I send my messages, even though I receive the digest. In fact, until last year, the web page, too, failed to state the address for posting a message to PDML. The address doesn't appear in the archived messages. The first time I joined, I had to write to a PDMLer to ask, "Where do I post a message?" After I joined, two new subscribers wrote to me with the same question. Leaving out vital information is an all-too-common human failing. Years ago, the Society for Technical Communication mailed out a brochure inviting members and technical communication students to attend a seminar. I called the person whose phone number appeared as the contact and said, "I'd like to attend the seminar, but I have just two questions: WHERE is it and WHEN is it?" "Sir," she replied curtly, "if you'll read the brochure, you should find all the information you need." "That's what I assumed," I explained, "but I've read it through twice now, and I can't find the place or time anywhere." "Hold on." Then, after a pause of several seconds, I heard, "Oh my god...Oh my god..." [EMAIL PROTECTED]
