-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Once again the issue comes up. Here are the unsubscribe instructions from a couple Debian mailing lists:
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null Tell me, which of these sets of instructions is more clear? Which is more helpful to a newbie with limited Unix/Linux experience who's probably never used shell redirection in his/her life? Am I really off in my claim that the first of the two sets of instructions will be most helpful to such a person? Why is it that the devel, security, and probably many other Debian lists have nice, clear instructions about unsubscribing, while the user list has instructions that will only be helpful to somebody that understands that they're looking at a command line that can be copied into a shell window? noah On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Ronald Castillo wrote: > Just send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word > "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the SUBJECT. Leave the body blank. > That should do it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 11:16 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Please remove me from the subscription list...... > > > Pollywog writes: > > Ummmm.... Just follow the instructions below, which appear at the bottom > > of all posts. > > Just how do you propose that he do that, running Windows as he is? > -- > John Hasler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dancing Horse Hill > Elmwood, Wisconsin > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > _______________________________________________________ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBObFrBYdCcpBjGWoFAQE2xAP/dMss2St9tteL+gzvfWwoKLf2ZvZ79OfW 4Ei3JyREY1JQQ7PFtJh3DKLKi7ZE7o+3J/K5vFucxuoy3DNryPFf0qamslNLNvyD Eu/ch1f9Pt5CwmpZCkOkkREfEY0bF8jyL0E7MsTH5UAYKYaSvpSrUe6UWvCnvDpr g39C6sqkkW8= =kDvU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
