Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!tmsoft!list-injector
From: woods@robohack (Greg A. Woods)
Newsgroups: can.usrgroup
Subject: Re: Unsubscribing co-ops.
Message-ID: <8912210807.AA22837@robohack.UUCP>
Date: 21 Dec 89 13:07:39 GMT
Reply-To: woods@robohack (Greg A. Woods)
Distribution: ont
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In-Reply-To: Message dated Wed Dec 20  8:35 from chris@graham (Chris Graham) Re: "Unsubscribing co-ops."
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Yes, a co-operating (:-) system administrator would forward mail for
a co-op student, and this is the best way to do it.

However, what struck me as interesting was the fact that the
un-subscribe-me messages went out to the list in general, not to the
list-administrator (paul@moore, and/or hopefully
unix-unanimous-request@moore).

I would also like to point out that a system administrator can also
create local mailing list forwarder's.  I have unix-unanimous mail
sent to unix-unanimous-fwd@robohack.  That way I can add new users
immediately, and delete them when necessary.  I also send mail to the
list administrator in order for him to keep an up to date list of real
names receiving the list.

We do something similar with mailing lists at work.  Since more than
one person usually wants to read the list, we gateway through news,
and no-one's mailbox gets flooded.

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						Greg A. Woods

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