das9674@rouge.usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A) (05/14/91)
Sorry to bother you all, but what is the address I send to to unsubscribe the group?!??
dan@nic.gac.edu (Dan Boehlke) (05/15/91)
Please send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to "MAILSERV@GAC.EDU" or from BITNET "MAILSERV@GACVAX1". The subject line is ignored. Put the command you want MAILSERV to execute in the body of the message. In the case of subscribe or unsubscribe use the following syntax: "subscribe handhelds real name" or "unsubscribe handhelds". A response is issued by mail to your return address. If you have problems or are on a system that does not generate replyable addresses, please send mail to "POSTMASTER@GAC.EDU" or from BITNET "POSTMASTER@GACVAX1" requesting the action you wish me to take. If you are subscribing or unsubscribing your mail from the handhelds list will not start or stop immediately. I have started checking the addresses of new subscriptions because so many people with broken mailers have tried to subscribe using the automatic method. As a side effect the signoff process is delayed, as well, until the batch job runs that does the extra checking. Right now this should be no more than a 12 hour delay, but it has hung a few times on really bad addresses and has needed to be kicked to get it going again. Once your name is off the list then once all the messages with your email address on them are cleared from the queue, the flood will stop :-). -- Dan Boehlke Internet: dan@gac.edu Campus Network Manager BITNET: dan@gacvax1.bitnet Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter, MN 56082 USA Phone: (507)933-7596