Re: Unsubscribing Was: Unwanted e-mails

lester@lsces.co.uk (Lester Caine) wrote in news:20040420064113.81002.qmail@pb1.pair.com: > Chris Shiflett wrote: > >>>If you look at the first post above, it appears he is hitting >>>"Reply" to list messages, trying to unsubscribe by sending a post >>>to the list. If you look at the text of the return that he passed on >>>to the list, it also indicates he was sending his unsubscribe posts to >>>the list address. >> >> If he hit "Reply," his message would be sent to the author of a previous >> email, not the list. >> >> From what I can tell, he has tried to follow the proper procedure for >> unsubscribing, yet some overzealous list members find it necessary to >> ridicule him without actually reading his emails. No response is better >> for everyone than ridiculing people, even if their behavior is clearly >> wrong. >> >> If anyone has trouble unsubscribing from this list, please refer them to >> the following page: >> >> http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> It will help one unsubscribe, even if it requires manual intervention. >> >> Hope that helps. > > Thank you Chris for some sanity - BUT > to once again repeat the problem ... > > I am having to use the newsgroup interface to get ANYTHING into the > php.net domain .... > > The LONG bounce message I posted is one of many I have had since the new > year in response to ANY messages I post via email. It takes up to 72 > hours for that bounce to appear, and NOTHING gets through to the lists > via that method. ( If someone wants copies of all of them to look at I > can send them - including the unsubscribe bounces ! ) > > While I will put up with the newsgroup interface it is not my preferred > method of working, but currently I receive email copies of the lists as > well as having to access the newsgroup. > > UNSUBSCRIBE from the eMail copy requires that I reply to the eMail the > lists send me - AND THAT REPLY IS BOUNCED EVERY TIME. > > This problem only happens with eMails to addresses ending .php.net and I > have no problem with any other eMail list. > > PLEASE do not keep telling me it is my own fault - PLEASE can someone at > least address the problem rather that complaining that I am ignorant! > If all else fails, does an email to listname-owner work for you? Also, the info at http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/links/lists/ezmlm.html might be helpful.