tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 23 09:57:39 1997
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Re: Error Condition Re: Re: 'ul
>Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 11:19:13 -0700 (PDT)
>From: "Neal Schermerhorn" <[email protected]>
>
>ghItlh Martin Wilhelm Leidig:
>
>>Read your mail more carefully - there's a header line like this one:
>>X-Comment: TO UNSUBSCRIBE: email "unsub tlhingan-hol" to [email protected]
>
>Well, in *reserved* defense, my mail has no such information as far as I can
>find. I receive this list in digest mode, perhaps that is the difference. But
>this still does not excuse ignorance of the welcome letter or numerous
>references to the FAQ.
>
>Can anyone definitively say whether such info is in the mail, and explain how
>to find it? If I can't find it knowing it should be there, others will
>certainly not come across it casually. This may be a bug in the system, but I
>will reserve that until after I know exactly *where* to look.
I can answer definitely and definitively. The information *IS* in the
mail, in the header of every piece sent out. I know; I can see it, and
what's more it was I that put it there. However, many mail browsers only
show certain header fields and hide the rest (and other mail readers only
hide specific ones and show the rest), so it may not appear by default in
your screen. We thought this was less intrusive for the majority of people
than adding an extra line to the body of each message (which I'm not even
sure our software can do), while still remaining visible at least much of
the time.
Besides, when you subscribe to the list you get a letter telling you how to
unsubscribe which implores you not to delete it, using screaming capitals.
It couldn't be more clear on that point.
~mark