Jeff wrote:

>Indeed... hpux-admin is one of the worst :-)  And they have clear and
>concise instructions in a trailer in each message.  One particular #%@#
>a month or two ago started echoing back messages prefixed with a demand
>to be unsubscribed or face legal action, and on every post to the list!
>I will confess to replying to him, with the trailer of the message
>quoted in the post.

I'm indifferent with the trailer idea.  However, I will point out that
simply following the trailer instructions don't *always* work.  In my case,
I apparently have several aliases, of which at least one is subscribed to a
list that I don't particular care to be subscribed to anymore.  Following
the directions on the trailer does nothing.

>Some people just "don't get it" no matter what you put in the mail, and
>many of us (myself included) will send to the wrong address, etc.  I
>remove and add people manually to the list regularly when such requests
>are posted to the list.  It's not that much trouble, and much easier
>than explaining how to do it themself.  Besides, e-mail addresses change
>often, and in those cases people indeed "can't" unsubscribe unless they
>are capable of forging their subscription address.

This seems to be the only why to handle this correctly - real work from the
list moderator.  Another behind-the-scenes action by Jeff, who continually
amazes me by all these little (and big) things he does for the list.

LB