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Re: Damn remove messages

In one list I'm on, I volunteered to post a monthly "mini-FAQ" to the
list, telling people of the various ways to unsubscribe and of how
effective they are;  I could post such a message here, as well, or
someone else could (best: crontab that puppy <G> as I'll probably
eventually do!)

  I don't mind a message appended to the end of each message (so long as
we posters trim the excessive repeats off the end when replying to &
quoting a long thread  (a GOOD habit!) - repeated signatures from the
same person get repetitive, but we REALLY don't need this:

> > > Signature # 3
> > > To unsubscribe, send a message to ,
> > > with a subject of "Unsubscribe"
> > >
> > Signature # 2
> > To unsubscribe, send a message to ,
> > with a subject of "Unsubscribe"
> >
> Signature # 1
> To unsubscribe, send a message to ,
> with a subject of "Unsubscribe"
>

  UGH!  Once is enough!  {I could have the how-to-unsubscribe info wrong
here.}

  Mark Willis
  

Phil Nadeau wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Haukur Hreinsson wrote:
> 
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: INewsensel <>
> > To:  <>
> > Date: 9. apríl 1998 20:48
> > Subject: remove
> >
> >
> > >remove
> >
> > Any chance we could have the list software either:
> > 1) Block any message with either a subject or body containing no words other
> > than "remove" (not counting signatures) and reply privately with a clue.
> > 2) Append instructions on how to unsubscribe to every message passed to the
> > list.
> > ?
> >
>         Could be worse. On the java-linux mailing list, some guy started
> trolling for flames by subscribing, and then spamming us with messages
> where the only part of the body was 'unscribe'. It caught on in the same
> way - a lot of defective end users starting doing it, too. I'd second
> Haukur's motion before it goes that far - can the listadmins filter this
> stuff out?

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