unresponsive list owners

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2 total messages Started by Jim Marco Sat, 13 Nov 1993 04:23

#1381

Author: Jim Marco
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1993 04:23

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I would like to know what to do about a list whose owners are unresponsive
to requests regarding the list.  It has gotten to the point where ~50% of
the messages posted to the list say:
"Please unsubscribe me from this list!  I have tried using the listserver
and I have written to the owners and gotten no reply!!"

...which just wastes bandwidth and annoys the other subscribers.  If these
owners can't or won't assist subscrubers, then maybe they ought not be
list owners.

-- 
Jim Marco -- doc@uiuc.edu

A truly wise man never plays leapfrog with a unicorn.

Re: unresponsive list owners

#1382

Author: Peter M. Weiss
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1993 20:37

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In article MSGID, doc@uiuc.edu (Jim Marco) says:

>I would like to know what to do about a list whose owners are unresponsive
>to requests regarding the list.  It has gotten to the point where ~50% of
>the messages posted to the list say:
>"Please unsubscribe me from this list!  I have tried using the listserver
>and I have written to the owners and gotten no reply!!"

Followup-to: lstsrv-l

First, find out if the list is setup VALIDATE=ALL (if not, the users
should be able to signoff by themselves).  If so ...

Do a RELEASE command to the LISTSERV and find out who the LISTSERV
manager is, and complained to him/her.

If no response, contact the site's Bitnet Techrep or Inforep by e-mail
the following to any Revised listserv (in order to get a nice list):

/* --------------------- clip and save ---------------- */
//ListSrch JOB Echo=no
Database Search DD=Rules
//Rules DD *
S * IN BITEARN WHERE NODE bit_node
p contact
/*
//  EOJ
/* --------------------- clip and save ---------------- */

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