Author: Kimmo Jaskari <kimmo(_at_)alcom(_dot_)aland(_dot_)fi>
Original-Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 01:04:30 +0300 (EET DST)
Message-ID:
<Pine(_dot_)LNX(_dot_)3(_dot_)95(_dot_)971014005849(_dot_)4340E-100000(_at_)aragon>
Could somebody PLEASE find the maintainer, or person in charge, or
whatever, and tell the individual in person to get his butt in gear and
get some info about unsubscribing out here? It's getting annoying to
see all the "I want out!" messages in the list. I mean, surely somebody
must have found a way to unsubscribe beyond /dev/null:ing everything
from this mailing list?
This is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.
There is NO WAY to keep morons from posting (un)?subscribe messages to the list.
It even happens on the list for majordomo users -- you know, the people who
are really supposed to know how to manage a list.
Instructions for un)?subscribing are included in the subscription
confirmation notices, as well as being in 'man procmail' and 'procmail -v'
Exactly how blatant would you like it to be? Maybe something like:
############################################################
<procmail-request(_at_)informatik(_dot_)rwth-aachen(_dot_)de>
for subscription requests.
############################################################
at the bottom, top, and middle of each email, so we can make sure they see
it? Well, it doesn't work, as I know from other groups which do this (well,
except the middle part).
You cannot account for all the moronic things people will do.
What would be nice would be if someone shared their procmail recipes for
catching these darned things, so I wouldn't have to write my own.
TjL
ps -- I'll gladly take full responsibility for moderating the procmail list,
assuming that you will pay my fee, or the fee of someone else to do it.
Otherwise, remember it is a voluntary operation that has probably helped you
a great deal.... think about that before you start issuing commands.