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Re: HOW DO WE GET OFF THIS STUPID MAILING LIST!!!


Hi Adrian,

I would like to find a person who would like to be my friend.

Please help me we need to get of this mailing list
?????
off


I hope can do it sending you this.

I'm looking forward to hear you.
Sincerely, Tonio


From LISTSERV@UWF.CC.UWF.EDU Tue May 7 14:16:09 1996
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 01:40:09 -0500
From: BITNET list server at UWF <LISTSERV@UWF.CC.UWF.EDU>
Reply to: PHYS-L-Request@UWF.CC.UWF.EDU
To: "Ferener Tonio,teacher at Mihai Viteazul Highschool, Ploiesti"
<lord@LVPH10.LVPH.SFOS.RO>

Subject: Your request to sign off the PHYS-L list
*************************************************


Thu, 28 Mar 1996 01:40:06

No entry for your lord@LVPH10.LVPH.SFOS.RO address could be found in the PHYS-L
list at UWF.CC.UWF.EDU. Here are a number of possible reasons why you might
still be getting mail from the list:

1. You could be subscribed under a different, but equivalent address. For
instance, if your e-mail address as it appears in the 'From:' line of messages
coming from you has the misfortune of depending on the distance between your
workstation and the terminal room door, you were probably subscribed from a
different address and, while your mail system knows that the two addresses are
equivalent, LISTSERV has no way to know that. In this case the only thing you
can do, beyond contacting the list owner, is to send a "REVIEW PHYS-L" command
to find out under what address you are subscribed, and try to duplicate it with
the help of your user support people.

2. If you are a BITNET user, you might be subscribed under your Internet
address and sending this command via BITNET, or vice versa. Most BITNET sites
have registered their Internet addresses in the BITNET nodes database, BITEARN
NODES (the "tag" containing this information is called ':internet' - if you do
not understand any of this, just bring a copy of this message to your user
support people). Unfortunately, some sites have still not done that, and in
such cases LISTSERV has no way to determine that, for instance, BITNET node
XYZCOL1 is the same as Internet host VM3.XYZ.EDU. If you suspect this might be
your problem, try resending your request via both interactive message (SEND
under VMS, TELL under VM) and e-mail.

3. You might be subscribed under an equivalent yet different address - for
instance, one with explicit gatewaying, or an X.400 address with different
ordering of the various components, etc. You could send a "REVIEW PHYS-L"
command and inspect the list membership to find out whether this is the case,
and ask the list owners to remove that address from the list.

4. You could be subscribed to the list under another account, from which mail
is being automatically forwarded to your lord@LVPH10.LVPH.SFOS.RO account. In
that case you should be able to leave the list by resending the signoff request
from the account in question.

5. You could be subscribed to the list indirectly, via a "redistribution" list.
That is, one of the subscribers to the LISTSERV list is in fact a mailing list,
to which you are yourself subscribed (note that this "sub-list" is not
necessarily managed by LISTSERV and, in fact, such lists are often manually
maintained, in which case the only way to leave the list is to contact the
person who maintains it). Since you are not directly subscribed to PHYS-L, the
only way for you to stop getting the postings is to contact the administrator
of this sub-list and ask him to sign you off.

You should be able to contact the list owners by simply replying to this
message (if you do not know how to reply to a message in your mailbox, you can
send a new message to 'PHYS-L-request@UWF.CC.UWF.EDU' instead).



Some times I think to get off this stupid mailing list.
From LISTSERV@UWF.CC.UWF.EDU Tue May 7 14:07:49 1996
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 07:04:00 -0500
From: BITNET list server at UWF <LISTSERV@UWF.CC.UWF.EDU>
Reply to: PHYS-L-Request@UWF.CC.UWF.EDU
To: "Ferener Tonio,teacher at Mihai Viteazul Highschool, Ploiesti"
<lord@LVPH10.LVPH.SFOS.RO>
Subject: You are now subscribed to the PHYS-L list

Mon, 11 Mar 1996 07:04:00

Your subscription to the PHYS-L list (Forum for Physics Teachers) has been
accepted.

Please save this message for future reference, especially if you are not
familiar with LISTSERV. This might look like a waste of disk space now, but in
6 months you will be glad you saved this information when you realize that you
cannot remember what are the lists you are subscribed to, or what is the
command to leave the list to avoid filling up your mailbox while you are on
vacations. In fact, you should create a new mail folder for subscription
confirmation messages like this one, and for the "welcome messages" from the
list owners that you are will occasionally receive after subscribing to a new
list.

To send a message to all the people currently subscribed to the list, just send
mail to PHYS-L@UWF.CC.UWF.EDU. This is called "sending mail to the list",
because you send mail to a single address and LISTSERV makes copies for all the
people who have subscribed. This address (PHYS-L@UWF.CC.UWF.EDU) is also called
the "list address". You must never try to send any command to that address, as
it would be distributed to all the people who have subscribed. All commands
must be sent to the "LISTSERV address", LISTSERV@UWF.BITNET (or
LISTSERV@UWF.CC.UWF.EDU). It is very important to understand the difference
between the two, but fortunately it is not complicated. The LISTSERV address is
like a FAX number, and the list address is like a normal phone line. If you
make your FAX call someone's regular phone number by mistake, it will be an
unpleasant experience for him but you will probably be excused the first time.
If you do it regularly, however, he will probably get upset and send you a
nasty complaint. It is the same with mailing lists, with the difference that
you are calling hundreds or thousands of people at the same time, so a lot more
people get annoyed if you use the wrong number.

You may leave the list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF PHYS-L" command to
LISTSERV@UWF.BITNET (or LISTSERV@UWF.CC.UWF.EDU). You can also tell LISTSERV
how you want it to confirm the receipt of messages you send to the list. If you
do not trust the system, send a "SET PHYS-L REPRO" command and LISTSERV will
send you a copy of your own messages, so that you can see that the message was
distributed and did not get damaged on the way. After a while you may find that
this is getting annoying, especially if your mail program does not tell you
that the message is from you when it informs you that new mail has arrived from
PHYS-L. If you send a "SET PHYS-L ACK NOREPRO" command, LISTSERV will mail you
a short acknowledgement instead, which will look different in your mailbox
directory. With most mail programs you will know immediately that this is an
acknowledgement you can read later. Finally, you can turn off acknowledgements
completely with "SET PHYS-L NOACK NOREPRO".

Following instructions from the list owner, your subscription options have been
set to "REPRO" rather than the usual LISTSERV defaults. For more information
about subscription options, send a "QUERY PHYS-L" command to
LISTSERV@UWF.BITNET (or LISTSERV@UWF.CC.UWF.EDU).

Contributions sent to this list are automatically archived. You can get a list
of the available archive files by sending an "INDEX PHYS-L" command to
LISTSERV@UWF.BITNET (or LISTSERV@UWF.CC.UWF.EDU). You can then order these
files with a "GET PHYS-L LOGxxxx" command, or using LISTSERV's database search
facilities. Send an "INFO DATABASE" command for more information on the latter.

Please note that it is presently possible for anybody to determine that you are
signed up to the list through the use of the "REVIEW" command, which returns
the e-mail address and name of all the subscribers. If you do not want your
name to be visible, just issue a "SET PHYS-L CONCEAL" command.

More information on LISTSERV commands can be found in the LISTSERV reference
card, which you can retrieve by sending an "INFO REFCARD" command to
LISTSERV@UWF.BITNET (or LISTSERV@UWF.CC.UWF.EDU).

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