Help (again).
January 2nd, 2009 From
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>Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 17:21:17 -0700
>To: Stephen F Dent
>From: Dave Riddle
>Subject: Re: Help (again).
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>At 10:50 PM 9/17/97 +0000, Stephen F Dent wrote:
> >Thank you to (most of) those of you who have been kind enough to reply to my
> >plaintive request. Unfortunately nobody has yet told me if there is any way
> >I can temporarily stop receiving postings to Mahan, only how to unsubscribe
> >entirely. I¹d like to be able to partake in discussions sometimes, and so I
> >don¹t particularly want to have to leave completely, howeverŠ
>
>Mahan, like all other list servers delivers to you either all of the mail
>from the list or none of the mail from the list. the list does not have the
>ability to filter or determine if it is a discussion you would like to
>partake in. Therefore Mahan, like other lists require you to unsubscribe to
>stop the flow of mail, unsubscribing is the way to both stop mail on a
>temporary basis as well as permanently.
>
>I am on a very active list for Triumph Sports Car owners (70+ email a day)
>and during the school year in England we have a very active participant on
>the list who every summer sends a note to let us know that he is not going
>to be around for the summer and is temporary leaving the list by
>”unsubscribing”.
>
> >Šone of the messages I did receive was from somewhere that I¹d never heard
> >of, saying that I was not authorised to send mail andyway! Which is not
> >quite the most welcoming thing to get the first time you join a discussion
> >group, and is certainly helping to make me feel that maybe the best thing
> >would be if I left Mahan entirely.
>
>Since Mahan is a subscription only list mail to the list must originate
>from the subscribing account or it will be bounced back (this keeps
>”spammers” from ruining a list with junk email. Did you attempt to send
>mail to the list from a different email account?
>
> >It would seem to be a good idea if new subscribers got sent some details of
> >how Mahan works, which would not only make them feel welcome but would also
> >prevent problems like this occurring.
>
>Generally a site that provides a list server will have a web page that
>discusses the lists that are provided and how to get on and off the list.
>Therefore if you were to go to MicroWorks home page you would find a link
>to our page that discusses this very subject.
>
> >Anyway, to reiterate my original request, is there any way of temporarily
> >stopping Mahan mail, or will I just have to say ŒGoodbye¹ to you all and
> >un-subscribe, before I¹ve done much more than poke my nose round the front
> >door?
> >
>The way to “temporary” stop receiving mail from Mahan and almost all other
>lists is to unsubscribe. This does not mean that you will not be allowed to
>participate at a later date when you have the time or would like to get a
>pertinent question answered from the very knowledgeable people that
>populate the list servers.
>
>Dave Riddle
>
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