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["Shafat Qazi" <seaoc-ad(--nospam--at)seaoc.org>]

Since my name has come up in the discussion, I thought I must add my
input.

First of all, if a user sends the message with the word "subscribe" in the
subject field, our list serve software does filter that message
automatically. The problem with the last message was that the user
misspelled the word. He wrote "suscribe" instead of "subscribe".

Another common error is when they write "subscribe" in the body of the
message instead of the Subject line.

Lastly, they are over thousand subscribers to this list. Some of the
canned software like "listserve" or "majordomo" simply could not handle
the traffic. As a result, our service provider custom wrote the software.
It is not perfect yet. Give it a few more months, it will take care of all
these unwanted messages.

Hope that helps.

Shafat


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> From: dennismc(--nospam--at)mail.mcn.org
> To: seaoc(--nospam--at)power.net
> Subject: [SEAOC] Re: [SEAOC] Re: suscribe-- another point of view....
> Date: Friday, July 12, 1996 9:32 AM
> 
> As you may recall, before the system crashed in May, we did not receive
the
> "subscribe" "unsubscribe" messages.  After the server got rolling again,
we
> started getting those messages again.  I brought this up with Shafat in
our
> quarterly meeting in May and was told it was the service provider and he
> would look into it.  Shafat needs to work it out with them so that those
> correspondences are filtered out from general mailing.
> 
> I do occasionally see a familiar name on the sub or unsubscribe
mailings,
> but generally will also find them when they respond to various items.
> 
> If you see anything that doesn't work or needs improvement on our web
site,
> feel free to contact me directly and I will look into it.
> 
> For those of you who are on committies or have information you would
like
> posted, please send the information to me in asci .txt format so I won't
> have to spend hours trying to read and convert your files.
> 
> Dennis McCroskey,
> The guy who does the web site
> 
> 
> At 10:29 AM 7/12/96 -0700, you wrote:
> >NGaNear(--nospam--at)aol.com wrote:
> >> 
> >> I have subscribed to this list for over a year and it still amazes me
that
> >> such intelligent people can not read instructions.  I am tired of
receiving
> >> these subscribe requests to the list.
> >
> >Something that needs to be pointed out here... It 
> >may not be the subscriber's fault...
> >I too have questioned the same thing but when I 
> >changed my address, I subcribed under the new 
> >address via the web site.  It was linked hypertext 
> >and lo and behold... it ended up on the list.  
> >
> >So the problem is not with the "many" but it may be 
> >a link on the web site.. 
> >
> >Maybe Dennis or could have the builder of the web 
> >page look into it so we don't all have to receive 
> >the subscribe commands.  On the other hand, there 
> >is the delete button and you can do so without 
> >reading the message.  Seeing the subscribe message 
> >may put you in touch with a collegue you didn't 
> >know was on the internet also... 
> >
> >Whatever happens, I think the people who put this 
> >together and those that contribute with the sharing 
> >of ideas should be complemented for their efforts.  
> >I for one have found many benifits from the list.
> >
> >Thank you
> >
> >...
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