-- Mike Sphar - Sr Systems Administrator - Engineering Support Services - Remedy Corporation BOFH, GWP, MCP, MCP+I, MCSE, BFD -----Original Message----- From: Dave Carmean [mailto:dlc@halibut.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 12:04 PM To: Mike Sphar Cc: 'toasters@mathworks.com' Subject: Re: Administrivia I have taken to doing this to my majordomo configs: message_footer << END -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archives: http://xxx.xxxxxx.xxx/MailArchives/?list=$LIST Charter: http://xxx.xxxxxx.xxx/engineering/labadmin/info/lab-lists.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- message_fronter << END *** sent via $LIST. See end of message for list information. *** One could place the instructions in the footer, if it turns out that lusers are unwilling/unable to follow the links for instructions. On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 10:58:38AM -0700, Mike Sphar wrote: > Should we consider having a small blurb added to the end of posted messages > with instructions on subscription maintenance? Or perhaps an automated > message sent out on some regular schedule (monthly?) describing the purpose > of the list and how to subscribe/unsubscribe, access the archives, etc. > > A couple of other lists I'm on do this, and we rarely see unsubscribe > requests sent to the list itself. > > > -- > Mike Sphar - Sr Systems Administrator - Engineering Support Services - > Remedy Corporation > BOFH, GWP, MCP, MCP+I, MCSE, BFD > > -----Original Message----- > From: fubar@pir.net [mailto:fubar@pir.net] > Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 8:48 AM > To: toasters@mathworks.com > Subject: Administrivia > > > With the flurry of unsubscribe requests going to the list lately, I > thought I'd take this opportunity to remind everyone how to get off > this list correctly. > > *** > If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list, > you can send mail to majordomo@mathworks.com with the following > command in the body of your email message: > > unsubscribe toasters <your email address> > *** > > There is a list archive (searchable, even) available on the web at > http://teaparty.mathworks.com:1999/toasters/ > > K.