Talk about talking to oneself? One would have less of a conversation
than if one called CQ on 160 during the day!
Mike Freeman < K 7 U I J >
On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Steve wrote:
> Yeah, it looked from the message that the Blind-hams list attempted to
> subscribe to another list at the St.Johns listserv.
>
> That's one of the most uncanny messages I've run across in awhilee.
>
> Laughing while looking at suspicious e-mail headers,
>
> Steve
> K8sp
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Freeman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 12:22 PM
> Subject: Re: Your message to [log in to unmask]
>
>
> Looks like someone with a virus was able to send to the Blind-hams list!
>
> Mike Freeman < K 7 U I J >
>
> On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, L-Soft list server at St. John's University (1.8d)
> wrote:
>
> > Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:14:23
> >
> > Your message to [log in to unmask] has been forwarded to
> > the "list owners" (the people who manage the OZMAD list). If you wanted
> > to reach a human being, you used the correct procedure and you can ignore
> > the remainder of this message. If you were trying to send a command for
> > the computer to execute, please read on.
> >
> > The OZMAD list is managed by a LISTSERV server. LISTSERV commands should
> > always be sent to the "LISTSERV" address, ie
> > [log in to unmask] LISTSERV never tries to process messages
> > sent to the OZMAD-request address; it simply forwards them to a human
> > being, and acknowledges receipt with the present message.
> >
> > The "listname-request" convention originated on the Internet a long time
> > ago. At the time, lists were always managed manually, and this address
> > was defined as an alias for the person(s) in charge of the mailing list.
> > You would write to the "listname-request" address to ask for information
> > about the list, ask to be added to the list, make suggestions about the
> > contents and policy, etc. Because this address was always a human being,
> > people knew and expected to be talking to a human being, not to a
> > computer. Unfortunately, some recent list management packages screen
> > incoming messages to the "listname-request" address and attempt to
> > determine whether they are requests to join or leave the list. They look
> > for words such as "subscribe," "add," "leave," "off," and so on. If they
> > decide your message is a request to join or leave the list, they update
> > the list automatically; otherwise, they forward the message to the list
> > owners. Naturally, this means that if you write to the list owners about
> > someone else's unsuccessful attempts to leave the list, you stand good
> > chances of being automatically removed from the list, whereas the list
> > owners will never receive your message. No one really benefits from this.
> > There is no reliable mechanism to contact a human being for assistance,
> > and you can never be sure whether your request will be interpreted as a
> > command or as a message to the list owners. This is why LISTSERV uses two
> > separate addresses, one for the people in charge of the list and one for
> > the computer that runs it. This way you always know what will happen,
> > especially if you are writing in a language other than English.
> >
> > In any case, if your message was a LISTSERV command, you should now
> > resend it to [log in to unmask] The list owners know that
> > you have received this message and may assume that you will resend the
> > command on your own. You will find instructions for the most common
> > administrative requests below.
> >
> > *********************
> > * TO LEAVE THE LIST *
> > *********************
> >
> > Write to [log in to unmask] and, in the text of your message
> > (not the subject line), write: SIGNOFF OZMAD
> >
> > ********************
> > * TO JOIN THE LIST *
> > ********************
> >
> > Write to [log in to unmask] and, in the text of your message
> > (not the subject line), write: SUBSCRIBE OZMAD
> >
> > ************************
> > * FOR MORE INFORMATION *
> > ************************
> >
> > Write to [log in to unmask] and, in the text of your message
> > (not the subject line), write: "HELP" or "INFO" (without the quotes).
> > HELP will give you a short help message and INFO a list of the documents
> > you can order.
> >
>
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