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> With the amazing popularity of lists, it's also amazing how
> few are the people who know how they work. Well, maybe it's
> not so surprising. People don't often know how to fix their
> own cars.

Yes, it is amazing since, as the gentleman mentioned, the host or machine
that he originally subscribed from is no longer available to him, so HE CAN'T
UNSUBSCRIBE HIMSELF. You must be at EXACTLY the same node, domain,
machine, etc., in order for the UNSUBSCRIBE or SIGNOFF command to work
with the BITnet LISTERV program. Some other programs, like MAJORDOMO,
MAILSERV, LISTSERVER, COMSERV, etc., may allow you to do otherwise, but
not LISTSERV.

In other words, if I subscribe and the system records this as my address:

MCGEE@EPSILON.EECS.NWU.EDU

but then EPSILON goes down and I have to login from DELTA, my address
becomes this:

MCGEE@DELTA.EECS.NWU.EDU

Everything works the same email wise because mail is routed and visible by
all of the linked machines under EECS.NWU.EDU.

However, when you try to send a command to LISTSERV it looks for the DELTA
address that you are now at, instead of the EPSILON address that you
signed on from. Consequently, it fails to drop you from the list, and you
must look to the listowner or postmaster for help.

When your machine moves, you should unsubscribe beforehand.

Hope this was informative. :->

Art