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Sorry if there has been a recent increase in stray subscribe/unsubscribe
messages, it may in part be because I haven't (for complex reasons) been
trying to field these as they come in, which Norm usually does. (I have
just unsubscribed yesterdays problems though).

Jeremy Young
(helping out while Norm is away).


Andrew MacRae suggested
>Maybe it would be a good idea to have a brief   
>note giving instructions on how to unsubscribe appended to the bottom  
>of each message sent to paleonet.  I have seen this implemented in  
>other lists, and it greatly cuts down the number of "unsubscribe"  
>notes sent to the list instead of the unsubscribe address.  The note  
>could also include the address to contact the list maintainers.

I will suggest this to Norm when he gets back - though I have to admit that
the listserver program we use (majordomo) is not the most flexible. If you
are thinking of the geoscience-jobs list (which does do this) I would note
that the plague of subscribe and unsubscribe messages only stopped when the
list was moderated - i.e. the list owner started checking every message
sent out (not an option we relish).

But to remind folks here is the relevant bit of The Friendly Manual

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HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE ETC.
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send any of the following commands in the body of an email message (NOT in
the subject line) TO 

listserver@nhm.ac.uk

    subscribe paleonet
        Subscribe yourself (or <address> if specified) to the named <list>.

    unsubscribe paleonet
        Unsubscribe yourself (or <address> if specified) from the named <list>.

    who paleonet
       get a listing of all the subscribers to paleonet

    info paleonet
        Retrieve the general introductory information for paleonet

    help
        get a list of commands the listerserver understands

Commands should be sent in the body of an email message to
"Listserver".

(Substitute databasenet, commnet, collectionsnet for paleonet if you applicable)

If the unsubscribe fails (e.g. if you have changed email address) then
sends a message to Norm or I asking for help - we can unsubscribe you from
here.




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