You are using Netscape 4.03 running under Windows 95.
The dial-up connection is to dialup27.phnx.uswest.net
Your IP address when the message was sent anyway is 206.80.202.27
And your service provider uses qmail (much better than sendmail)
Your Name is Steven Coles and your user name is "arids" and the
password is ******
I'm guessing phnx is probably Phoenix and you live in the
Phoenix area, since the dialin is phnxpop2.phnx.uswest.net
A search on Altavista, confirms the Phoenix Arizona location
and also shows that you are interested in Electric Vehicles.
Like Dorothy in the Wizard of OZ, who had the power to leave OZ at any
time, subscribers to the piclist have the power to unsubscribe at any time.
Unlike Dorothy, who needed to be told by the Good Witch how to return home,
subscribers to the piclist were given unsubscribe instructions at the very
beginning.
At least the last guy was polite!
-Bob
P.S. I like Peter Cousens' suggestion that there be an unsubscribe contest,
the winner to be given a LIFETIME SUBSCRIPTION !
Point 2 :
The list server doesn't give a shit if you write 'unsubscribe' ten gazillion tim
es in any
number of messages to the list (PICLISTKILLspamMITVA.MIT.EDU). This is for the Piclist
traffic (what you are reading now).
Point 3 :
If you have your email address changed, unsubscribe BEFORE changing you email
address - you can't do it afterwards..
Point 4 :
You may think your email looks snazzy with all the HTML turds in it, but to
the rest of the world, it is a pain in the ass. Not only is it only unsupported
by
half the damn email readers, it is TOTALLY INCOMPREHENSIBLE to the
list server. You can send unsubscribe command in any f@#$ing font and size
with nude pictures of Pamela Anderson, you ain't going nowhere, baby.
Point 5 :
Using automated "I am out of the office for the weekend" may dazzle your
colleges with your impressive command of Microsoft products, but it
irritates and infuriates the other 99.99% when all mail from the PIClist is
returned with this incredibly informative and exciting message.
Note that you must send this message using the same mail address
you used to subscribe! If you have a new mail address and cannot
use the old one any longer, you will have to fake your mail
address. Most mail programs allow you to set any sender address.
Ensure that you do NOT send your message as HTML.
And here is the help file you received when you joined PICLIST
and which you should have stored:
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Please save this message for future reference, especially if this is
the first time you subscribe to an electronic mailing list. If you
ever need to leave the list, you will find the necessary
instructions below. Perhaps more importantly, saving a copy of
this message (and of all future subscription notices from other
mailing lists) in a special mail folder will give you instant access
to the list of mailing lists that you are subscribed to. This may
prove very useful the next time you go on vacation and need to leave
the lists temporarily so as not to fill up your mailbox while you
are away! You should also save the "welcome messages" from the
list owners that you will occasionally receive after subscribing to a
new list.
To send a message to all the people currently subscribed to the
list, just send mail to EraseMEPICLISTspam_OUTTakeThisOuTMITVMA.MIT.EDU. This is called "sending
mail to the list", because you send mail to a single address and
LISTSERV makes copies for all the people who have
subscribed. This address (PICLISTspam_OUTMITVMA.MIT.EDU) is also called
the "list address". You must never try to send any command to that
address, as it would be distributed to all the people who have
subscribed. All commands must be sent to the "LISTSERV address", @spam@LISTSERVKILLspamMITVMA.MIT.EDU (or KILLspamLISTSERVKILLspamMITVMA.BITNET). It is very
important to understand the difference between the two, but
fortunately it is not complicated. The LISTSERV address is like a
FAX number that connects you to a machine, whereas the list address is
like a normal voice line connecting you to a person. If you make a
mistake and dial the FAX number when you wanted to talk to someone on
the phone, you will quickly realize that you used the wrong number
and call again. No harm will have been done. If on the other hand you
accidentally make your FAX call someone's voice line, the person
receiving the call will be inconvenienced, especially if your FAX
then re-dials every 5 minutes. The fact that most people will
eventually connect the FAX machine to the voice line to allow the
FAX to go through and make the calls stop does not mean that you
should continue to send FAXes to the voice number. People would just
get mad at you. It works pretty much the same way with mailing lists,
with the difference that you are calling hundreds or thousands of
people at the same time, and consequently you can expect a lot of
people to get upset if you consistently send commands to the list
address.
You may leave the list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF PICLIST"
command to RemoveMELISTSERVTakeThisOuTMITVMA.MIT.EDU (or spamBeGoneLISTSERVspamBeGoneMITVMA.BITNET). You can
also tell LISTSERV how you want it to confirm the receipt of messages
you send to the list. If you do not trust the system, send a "SET
PICLIST REPRO" command and LISTSERV will send you a copy of your own
messages, so that you can see that the message was distributed and did
not get damaged on the way. After a while you may find that this
is getting annoying, especially if your mail program does not tell
you that the message is from you when it informs you that new mail
has arrived from PICLIST. If you send a "SET PICLIST ACK NOREPRO"
command, LISTSERV will mail you a short acknowledgement instead, which
will look different in your mailbox directory. With most mail programs
you will know immediately that this is an acknowledgement you can
read later. Finally, you can turn off acknowledgements completely
with "SET PICLIST NOACK NOREPRO".
Contributions sent to this list are automatically archived. You can get
a list of the available archive files by sending an "INDEX PICLIST"
command to LISTSERVEraseME.....MITVMA.MIT.EDU (or EraseMELISTSERVMITVMA.BITNET). You
can then order these files with a "GET PICLIST LOGxxxx"
command, or using LISTSERV's database search facilities. Send an
"INFO DATABASE" command for more information on the latter.
This list is available in digest form. If you wish to receive
the digested version of the postings, just issue a SET PICLIST
DIGEST command.
Please note that it is presently possible for other people to
determine that you are signed up to the list through the use of
the "REVIEW" command, which returns the e-mail address and
name of all the subscribers. If you do not want your name to be
visible, just issue a "SET PICLIST CONCEAL" command.
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