Re: (OPE-L) subscription problems

From: Costas Lapavitsas (cl5@SOAS.AC.UK)
Date: Thu Nov 06 2003 - 08:18:32 EST


Dear Jerry,

I have also been receiving messages very erratically.

Costas

At 07:57 06/11/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>I discovered yesterday that listserv had involuntarily unsubscribed
>NINE members!  I don't know when this happened since the protocol
>of listserv no longer notifies 'owners' when there are unsubscriptions.
>
>Those who were unsubscribed by listserv without requesting it have now
>been re-subscribed.  In the future please follow the following
>guidelines:
>
>a) if you don't receive list mailings,  go to our archives at
>http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/ope/archive  to see if there
>have been any mailings that you didn't receive.  If the answer is
>"yes", contact me off-list.
>
>b) [as an alternative to a)] if you are not sure of your subscription
>status, send a message to listserv@sus.csuchico.edu which reads
>(only) REVIEW OPE-L.    If listserv sends you the "REVIEW
>OPE-L" sheet, then you know you are subscribed.  If listserv
>responds by sending you a message that you are not a subscriber
>to OPE-L, send me a message off-list and I will take care of it.
>
>If listserv indicates in the "REVIEW OPE-L" that you _are_ a subscriber
>but you  _still_ aren't receiving postings, send a message to
>listserv@sus.csuchico.edu  which reads (only) SET OPE-L MAIL
>
>c) if you want to unsubscribe, please contact me off-list so that I know
>that's what you want.
>
>d) if you want temporarily not to receive postings, do _not_ send an
>unsubscription command to listserv.  Instead, send a message to
>listserv@sus,csuchico which reads (only) SET OPE-L NoMail
>(When you then wish to resume receiving postings, send a
>SET OPE-L MAIL message to listserv.)
>
>btw, we have never involuntarily removed any subscriber in list
>history -- over 8 years(very few Internet lists can make this claim.
>If you have any questions about the above, please contact me off-list
>at Gerald_A_Levy@msn.com and/or glevy@pratt.edu
>
>Please save this message for future reference.
>
>In solidarity, Jerry
>
>
>
>I discovered yesterday that listserv had involuntarily unsubscribed
>NINE members!  I don't know when this happened since the protocol
>of listserv no longer notifies 'owners' when there are unsubscriptions.
>
>Those who were unsubscribed by listserv without requesting it have now
>been re-subscribed.  In the future please follow the following guidelines:
>
>a) if you don't receive list mailings,  go to our archives at
><http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/ope/archive>http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/ope/archive
>to see if there
>have been any mailings that you didn't receive.  If the answer is
>"yes", contact me off-list.
>
>b) [as an alternative to a)] if you are not sure of your subscription
>status, send a message to
><mailto:listserv@sus.csuchico.edu>listserv@sus.csuchico.edu which reads
>(only) REVIEW OPE-L.    If listserv sends you the "REVIEW
>OPE-L" sheet, then you know you are subscribed.  If listserv
>responds by sending you a message that you are not a subscriber
>to OPE-L, send me a message off-list and I will take care of it.
>
>If listserv indicates in the "REVIEW OPE-L" that you _are_ a subscriber
>but you  _still_ aren't receiving postings, send a message to
><mailto:listserv@sus.csuchico.edu>listserv@sus.csuchico.edu  which reads
>(only) SET OPE-L MAIL
>
>c) if you want to unsubscribe, please contact me off-list so that I know
>that's what you want.
>
>d) if you want temporarily not to receive postings, do _not_ send an
>unsubscription command to listserv.  Instead, send a message to
><mailto:listserv@sus,csuchico>listserv@sus,csuchico which reads (only) SET
>OPE-L NoMail
>(When you then wish to resume receiving postings, send a
>SET OPE-L MAIL message to listserv.)
>
>btw, we have never involuntarily removed any subscriber in list history
>-- over 8 years.   If you have any questions about the above, please
>contact me off-list ant
><mailto:Gerald_A_Levy@msn.com>Gerald_A_Levy@msn.com and/or
><mailto:glevy@pratt.edu>glevy@pratt.edu
>
>Please save this message for future reference.
>
>In solidarity, Jerry


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