Re: REMOVES

[Jeff Lord <ccjlord @ gatekeeper . ddp . state . me . us>]

On Tue, 21 Oct 1997, Ambrose Li wrote:

> In article <Pine .
 LNX .
 3 .
 95 .
 971016220207 .
 11465A-100000 @
 shell .
 mpsi .
 net>,
> Andy Lewis  <alewis @
 mpsi .
 net> wrote:
> >I get I don't know how many e-mails a day from people
> >removing themselves from this list. Isn't there any way to
> >not bounce removes to those of us that are on the list?
> >
> >This certainly could save a heck of alot of BW....
> 
> We need some user education: when have anyone seen a real
> mailing list that understand the "remove" command?
> 
> 
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> 
How about just having the listserver insert a footer stating how to
"unsubscribe" to the group? I sent an email to owner-firewalls suggesting
this. Then people will see exactly how to "remove" themselves in the
correct manner. I do this with listserves that I set up in my majordomo.

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			         Jeff Lord
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