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Thu, 2 May 1996 14:55:12 Your subscription to the PICLIST list (pic microcontroller discussion list) has been accepted. Please save this message for future reference, especially if you are not familiar with LISTSERV. This might look like a waste of disk space now, but in 6 months you will be glad you saved this information when you realize that you cannot remember what are the lists you are subscribed to, or what is the command to leave the list to avoid filling up your mailbox while you are on vacations. In fact, you should create a new mail folder for subscription confirmation messages like this one, and for 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 spam_OUTPICLISTTakeThisOuTMITVMA.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 (.....PICLISTKILLspam@spam@MITVMA.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", LISTSERVKILLspamMITVMA.MIT.EDU (or .....LISTSERVKILLspam.....MITVMA.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, and the list address is like a normal phone line. If you accidentally make your FAX call someone's voice line, the person receiving the call will be annoyed. If you do this regularly, however, your victim will probably get seriously upset and send you a nasty complaint. It is the same with mailing lists, with the difference that you are calling hundreds or thousands of people at the same time, so a lot more people get annoyed if you use the wrong number. At 11:25 AM 5/4/96 +0000, you wrote: >How can i get this mailing list to stop ? > >Thanks in advance, > >Daniel Bernardo > > Bryan

Bryan Hord (EraseMEbryanspam_OUTTakeThisOuTwllink.com) quoted a page of text from the "Welcome to the PICLIST" message, but left out the only sentence that Daniel Bernando was interested in. Here it is: You may leave the list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF PICLIST" command to LISTSERVspam_OUTMITVMA.BITNET (or @spam@LISTSERVKILLspamMITVMA.MIT.EDU). -Andy Andrew Warren - KILLspamfastfwdKILLspamix.netcom.com Fast Forward Engineering, Vista, California http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2499

Sorry, Must have been very sloppy fingers on the cut and paste button! Just when you think you're being helpful..... At 03:45 PM 5/6/96 -0800, you wrote: {Quote hidden}>Bryan Hord (RemoveMEbryanTakeThisOuTwllink.com) quoted a page of text from the >"Welcome to the PICLIST" message, but left out the only sentence >that Daniel Bernando was interested in. Here it is: > > You may leave the list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF > PICLIST" command to spamBeGoneLISTSERVspamBeGoneMITVMA.BITNET (or > TakeThisOuTLISTSERVEraseMEspam_OUTMITVMA.MIT.EDU). > >-Andy > >Andrew Warren - RemoveMEfastfwdTakeThisOuTix.netcom.com >Fast Forward Engineering, Vista, California >http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2499 > > Bryan