Re: How to unsubscribe (was: "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be)

[Jai Dayal <dayalsoap@gmail.com>]

There are no headers for me. Emacs users make erroneous assumptions again!!


On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote:

> Jai Dayal wrote:
> > How do I unsubscribe to this trivial list
>
> You would unsubscribe by the same method you used to subscribe.  If
> you had emailed help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org with a "subscribe"
> commend then email it again with "unsubscribe" command.  If you used
> the web interface before then use the web interface again.
>
>   https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs
>
> I tend not to like the web interface because it is so far removed
> from email that people forget how they did it.  At least with email
> the control addresses can be derived from knowing the main mailing
> list address.
>
> In addition every mailing list message includes this information in
> the headers.  The List-* headers are standard and every mailing list
> includes them.
>
>   List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <
> help-gnu-emacs.gnu.org>
>   List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/options/help-gnu-emacs
> >,
>           <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
>   List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs>
>   List-Post: <mailto:help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
>   List-Help: <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
>   List-Subscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs>,
>           <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
>
> If all else fails then write to the mailing list admins and ask for
> assistance.  The humans who run mailing lists can be found by
> appending -OWNER to the end of the mailing list address.
>
>   help-gnu-emacs-OWNER@gnu.org
>
> Bob
>
>