Hi kids,
In this installment of "Adventures of the Clue Impaired," we watch the
Clueless People(tm) in one of their natural habitats: mailing lists.
This one sent to me by a subscriber to one of my lists ...
- Vince
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Vince:
Below is the info posting today from Eudora list. I send you it only so you
can properly appreciate the reply it got from the clueless (and soon to be
ex) list member of the day. I don't see what the instructions omitted and
since it was a reply, the jerk had to have received it. At least the dummy
kept it short. I'm surprised the reply didn't quote the whole message!
Perhaps the list owner needs to implement unsub fees. <G>
--Jim
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Subject: Welcome to eudora-mac: List Information
From: "Matt Garland" <mgarland@wso.williams.edu>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 11:58:25 +0000
Hey all,
It's the file you all have come to know and love ... Matt's
semi-whenever-he-feels-like-it-or-someone-sends-mail-to-the-list
saying-can-we-unsubscribe-him/her LIST INFORMATION BULLETIN!!!!
-matt
-list admin, and generally a nice guy.
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Some people choose not to save the welcome message they receive when
they subscribe to listservers. This is a *bad idea*. It only causes
problems for everyone involved.
Since this is the case, I'm going to periodically (maybe bi-monthly or
so) send this e-mail explaining how to unsubscribe, as well as other
stuff.
To SUBSCRIBE:
send any message to eudora-mac-on@wso.williams.edu
To UNSUBSCRIBE:
send any message to eudora-mac-off@wso.williams.edu
To SWITCH TO DIGEST:
send mail to majordomo@wso.williams.edu
in the subject, type subscribe digest eudora-mac
To SWITCH FROM DIGEST TO REGULAR MAIL:
send mail to majordomo@wso.williams.edu
in the subject, type subscribe eudora-mac
To GET HELP:
send mail to majordomo@wso.williams.edu
in the subject, type help
To REACH ME (only if all else fails):
send mail to Matthew.A.Garland@williams.edu
I may take some time to get back to you. But I would
prefer you NOT send subscription requests to the list.
Now, there have been HUGE problems with people switching e-mail
addresses and expecting the list to understand. If you subscribe as
"joe@prime.net" through the form on the web site, but then you try to
send mail from Eudora, which you've configured as "joe@mail.prime.net"
the listserver WON'T understand you.
**** Which is why you HAVE TO KEEP THE E-MAIL YOU RECEIVE WHEN
YOU SUBSCRIBE TO THE LIST. ****
Whatever address is in the To: field of that mail is the
address you are subscribed as, and the address you can unsubscribe
from or send mail from.
Here's a little secret ... IF you've changed addresses and you want to
send mail from your old address, open up Netscape, go into Mail and
News Preferences, put in the old address, and send mail from New ...
Mail Message. This is useful thing to remember.
Thank you for your time.
-matt
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Matt Garland ..... Williams College, Class of '98
http://wso.williams.edu/~mgarland/
"Now be a good male and squirt out lots of sperm."
- Kat. Developmental Bio. No excuses.
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Subject: Re: Welcome to eudora-mac: List Information
From: "RDAVIS@MIND.NET" <RDAVIS@MIND.NET>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 09:23:08 -0700
HOW DO I GET OFF THIS LIST???????
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Be sure to tune in to "Adventures of the Clue Impaired" next week, when we
observe Clueless People(tm) exchanging Good Times Virus(sm) warnings!
:-)
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