unsubscribing... etc

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

On April 12, 2006 03:48, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> Zbigniew Koziol wrote:
> >>How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml
> >
> >The requested URL /subscribe.shtml was not found on this server.
> >
> >Oh, yes, I did write to what I thought was email address of admin
> > of this list but that did not result in any outcome. Again, I may
> > understand... but... I want to unsubscribe ;)
> >
> >This all actually comes back to the problem I once mentioned: smtp
> > is a mess, a hugest mess on the internet bettween all other
> > communication protocols.
>
> I don't understand the jump from "it's difficult to unsubscribe
> from the TLUG mailing list" to "SMTP sucks".
>
> Admin of a mailing list has little to do with the underlying
> protocols. Most lists to which I subscribe use mailman or some
> other such administrative tool that facilitates not only
> subscription options, but also related things such as digest and
> archive generation.

As a Mailman list admin, I have to wonder why so many people subscribe 
to digests. How can anyone follow a thread that spans days if they're 
receiving a daily digest? Perhaps a digest subscriber can explain the 
benefits of subscribing that way.
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Regards,

Clifford Ilkay
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