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Kim Flint wrote: > >Yes, please remove me also... - thanks > > > >Peter > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Paul or Shelley <spoticha@earthlink.net> > >To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com> > >Date: 16 May 1998 21:21 > >Subject: Remove from list! Please > > > > > >>Kim: > >> > >>I am overwhelmed with forwarded e-mail - please remove me from the list > >>serv > >>Thanks: Paul > >> > > Looks like its time for another episode of "irritated list owner's > unsubscribing diatribe." Enjoy. > > ************************************************* > > OK, I don't say this very often (or ever), but seems like this is a good > time, since I'm now completely sick of spending so much time helping >people > with this. > > Subscribing and Unsubscribing to this mailing list, as with every other > mailing list on the entire Internet, is *AUTOMATED ON A SERVER*. That >means > that there is a computer where you send the request, and it handles it > automatically. There are *NO HUMANS* involved in this process. If you >post > a message like this to the list, there is no human (or at least no >willing > human) who will then go and send the commands to the server for you. You > have to do it all by yourself! > > There is a page on the Looper's Delight website that explains how to do >this: > > http://www.annihilist.com/loop/list/LoopList.html > > Some other things to note: > > - When emailing commands to the server, don't strike up a conversation. >The > computer does not care what you have to say. Remember, there are NO >HUMANS > involved. The computer will not understand your witty banter, and will >send > you the automatically generated help file. > > - There is only one way to spell the word "subscribe" and only one way to > spell "unsubscribe." Never in my life could I have imagined how many >ways > people could come up with to misspell these words. If the email has only > one word in it, is it really so hard to check that you've spelled it >right? > The computer will not understand creative reinterpretations of the >spelling > of these words and will send you the help file. > > - Turn your sig file off. The computer will not be impressed by your >nifty > quotes and ascii art, and will send you the help file if you leave the >sig > file on. > > - If you are using hotmail or one of the other free email services that > automatically attach sig file advertisements, you're screwed. You'll have > to mail me and ask for help, and wait until I have time to get around to > it. You get what you pay for. > > - Some newer email programs default to send email as HTML code. TURN THIS > OPTION OFF. Not only does it screw up the server, most people who do not > use these mail programs will be profoundly irritated by you. Just because > morons at Netscape and Microsoft thought this was a good idea does not >mean > you should stoop to their level. > > - Don't send subscribe requests to the list address. There is a separate > address for this. Nobody actually cares if you are subscribing or > unsubscribing. > > - If you get an error from the server from your request mail, don't >resend > the exact same thing to the server 600 times. Expecting different results > from the exact same actions is one definition of insanity. It's probably > also an indicator of pure, unadulterated stupidity. Try to be above that. > > - this is really not complicated. Just follow the directions, and you >will > be fine! > > kim > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Kim Flint | Looper's Delight > kflint@annihilist.com | http://www.annihilist.com/loop/loop.html > http://www.annihilist.com/ | Loopers-Delight-request@annihilist.com Is this guy angry cause people are jumping ship or what?