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Answers to strange user additions

#177
From: Rasmus Lerdorf
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 00:33
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I have been as perplexed as the rest of you about how I ended up on
this list.  I was on the Insoft list, so I figure that's where someone
got my address, but other people have been added who were not on this
list.  So, I did a little bit of investigating.  Lantr-L is a list
run by a mailing list package called Majordomo.

It is possible to send mailing list requests to Majordom@trans2.b30.ingr.com

I sent a "which rasmus" (I am Rasmus) to the server and here is what it
told me:

   >>>> which rasmus
   The string 'rasmus' appears in the following
   entries in lists served by Majordom@trans2.b30.ingr.COM:

   List                    Address
   ====                    =======
   bplantr                 NUTEC!RASMUS@INFOSERV.COM NOACK Rasmus Lerdorf
   lantr-l                 nutec!rasmus@infoserv.com

So, apparently I am on 2 lists on this server, neither of which I have
ever subscribed to.  I suspect everyone else is on these two as well.

More importantly here is how to unsubscribe yourself from this list.
I suggest instead of complaining more about it, just unsubscribe and
forget about it.  I am sure there were no ill intentions in switching
people from one international software list to another.  And the people
who were not on the insoft list, you were probably on some other list
somewhere.

Anyway, here is the message I got back after sending a Help request to
majordom@trans2.b30.ingr.com:

===[cut]===
>>>> help
This is Brent Chapman's "Majordomo" mailing list manager, version 1.62.

It understands the following commands:

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

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

    get <list> <filename>
        Get a file related to <list>.

    index <list>
        Return an index of files you can "get" for <list>.

    which [<address>]
	Find out which lists you (or <address> if specified) are on.

    who <list>
	Find out who is on the named <list>.

    info <list>
	Retrieve the general introductory information for the named <list>.

    lists
	Show the lists served by this Majordomo server.

    help
	Retrieve this message.

    end
	Stop processing commands (useful if your mailer adds a signature).

Commands should be sent in the body of an email message to
"Majordom@trans2.b30.ingr.COM".

Commands in the "Subject:" line NOT processed.

If you have any questions or problems, please contact
"Majordom-Owner@trans2.b30.ingr.COM".
===[cut]===

I also sent a "who lantr-l" to the server.  There are 752 users on the
list.  They are from all over the world.  I was going to list the users,
but since there are 752, I won't waste bandwith on it.  If you want to
see the list send a message to majordomo@trans2.b30.ingr.com with the
string:

who

somewhere in the body of the message.

--
Rasmus Lerdorf              Multiuser             Nutec Corporation
Product Manager         Serial GUI Experts        2685 Marine Way Suite 1319
+1 415 988-9781          - Nutec Desktop          Mountain View, CA. 94043
FAX: +1 415 988-9782     - Nutec Toolkit          internet: rasmus@nutec.com
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From: rasmus@infoserv.com (Rasmus Lerdorf)
Newsgroups: bit.software.international
Subject: Answers to strange user additions
Date: 23 Feb 1994 01:33:39 +0100
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