remove please!!!

Mathieu Chouinard mchoui at e-c.qc.ca
Wed Nov 29 00:28:44 UTC 2006


On Tuesday 28 November 2006 19:09, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> Gary Stage wrote:
> > I would like to be removed from this mailing list please
>
> How to unsubscribe from a mailing list, for dummies.
>
> 1. Do not e-mail the list asking to be unsubscribed. Unless the list
> owner is feeling nice, this usually does not work. Plus it is bad
> netiquette, annoys people, and shows your ignorance for all the world to
> see (and in a place that is usually archived).
>
> 2. Visit the list maintenance URL for instructions (some also provide
> the interface to unsubscribe you).
>
> 2a. If you don't know said URL, go to http://<domain>, where <domain> is
> the domain of the list address (e.g. kde.org), or some logical
> permutation thereof and look for 'lists' or 'mailing lists'.
>
> 3. Use those instructions to unsubscribe yourself.
>
> 4. If that fails, contact the list owner directly stating that you are
> having problems with the automated list maintenance functions. Telling
> him/her *exactly* what you did, and how it doesn't seem to be working is
> a Really Good Idea. Otherwise he/she will tell you to go do steps 2-3.
>
> 5. If 2-4 fail, then AND ONLY THEN should you post to the list directly.
> As in step 4, explaining exactly what you've tried is a Really Good
> Idea. Otherwise you look like an idiot and get responses like this one. :-)
And we always enjoy answer like this one because we all need to laugh 
Mathieu
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Richard Stallman:  Any software that isn't free sucks.
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Richard Stallman:  That's okay, as long as I don't have to drink it.  I
                   don't like beer.
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