--On Thursday, February 27, 2003 11:04 AM -0600 "David W. Tamkin"
<dattier@panix.com> wrote:
> Often the user is a minor on a subsidiary screen name of a parent's account,
> and parent blocks all mail from outside AOL, usually, I've found, without
> saying anything to the offspring, who is just left baffled when mailing
> lists dry up and pen pals don't write, and who sends "What happened to my
> subscription?" queries, which the list manager cannot answer because mail
> from outside AOL is blocked.
Unless the list manager maintains an AOL account for emergencies (I think I
still have mine somewhere :))
> I had one case where definitely it was: I was maintaining the list's
> membership rolls manually, and when I got an unsub request I processed it
> and sent an acknowledgment to the former list member. It was rejected as
> above; the jerk was so sure I'd disregard his request and keep sending him
> the list.
yeah, I think I've seen at least one instance where the member's last posting
was an angry one, so they probably slammed the door. Ain't list life great :)
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