Re: off list

Tim O'Connor (oconnort@nyu.edu)
Sat, 15 May 1999 10:31:06 -0400 

On Sat, May 15, 1999 at 07:17:13AM -0700, Sinta Jimenez wrote:
 
> how do i get off this list? can someone tell me how because i have to close 
> my account. just email me directly. thanks.

I've posted this quite a bit lately, and am pasting (one of) the 
previous messages in here, with a copy to the list for anyone else
who might have missed the last dozen messages on this subject.

Apologies to everyone who has to see these instructions over and over;
the new list software we will be moving to later this year will allow 
us to put an unobtrusive little blip at the bottom of the screen, 
telling people how they are subscribed and how to get out.

The usual message follows....

--tim



I've posted this information to the list many times recently, 
but perhaps I've been overly optimistic in expecting people 
to read the messages....

I'll send it out to everyone once more, in the hope that someone 
who wants out will read it and follow the instructions.

If any of it is unclear, please mail me privately 
(tim@roughdraft.org) and I'll remove you by hand.  Also, as 
I've said before, if you try to get out and there's an error 
that results, please mail me the error message exactly
as you received it, and I'll try to find out what's gone wrong.

--tim o'connor

INSTRUCTIONS FOLLOW.

  This is in the "welcome" message you get when you join.

  Send mail to:

        listproc@lists.nyu.edu

  You can leave the subject line blank.  In the body of the message,
  say only:

        unsubscribe bananafish


I don't mean this to sound cranky, but so far I think the explanations
have been in reasonably plain English and are untechnical.  Please feel
free to print these instructions and save them for the future.

If it's written unclearly, please point out the unclarities and I will
try to revise them accordingly.

If your mailer refuses to allow you send out mail with no subject, just
say "unsubscribe bananafish" to make your mailer happy, but still
include the "usubscribe" command as the only message in the body of the
mail.  (We *IGNORE* the subject line for unsubs, so that's why you have 
to put the command in the body of the message.)