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Date:         Mon, 18 Sep 2017 17:13:32 -0700
Reply-To:     Jim Arnott <jr.arnott@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Arnott <jr.arnott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: unsubscribe from the vanagon llist
In-Reply-To:  <FCE9CC8D-11D2-4674-82F9-3276EA869556@gmail.com>
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I could write a three paragraph procedure detailing how to unsubscribe and send it to the requester OR I can click a bookmark, a link, a button, paste an address then click one more button and be done with it.

One must pick one's battles.

Jim

> On Sep 18, 2017, at 9:20 AM, Richard Smith (Smirby) <smirby@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > I think the “send a command to the list” approach - which was the ONLY way of interacting with a mailing list in the old days - is a vanishing breed, and therefore we’ll need to keep posting this kind of tip (perhaps every few months?). > > I recently wanted to change the email address I associated with the list and even though I started on the internet in the 80s, and have used listservs (and even managed and installed a few on my own machines) for a long time, I had to search for the instructions. I, at least, knew that there was a trick to it and went looking. But many people from the current era just look for the ‘unsubscribe’ button. > > I’m not suggesting we change the list management system, just pointing out why we get these questions from time to time. > > ..r > > Richard Smith (Smirby) > smirby@gmail.com > > > >> On Sep 18, 2017, at 9:15 AM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >> >> That address is LISTSERV@gerry.vanagon.com >> >> The command is " unsubscribe " without the quotation marks. Use no >> subject heading. >> >> mcneely


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