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shawn klein <[log in to unmask]>
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Blind-Hams For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 17 Apr 2004 11:48:51 -0700
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Yeah I have 1, and it's the third 1, the last 1 was
blindjob, and the first 1 generated a lot of messages
on the list from people who got them too. I got the
blind-x 1 this time like you did. Remember somebody
last time around saying just ignore them.

--- Anthony Vece <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Everyone;
>
> Has anyone received messages like this and, is their
> anything I should do
> about it?
>
> Thank you.
>
> 73 De Anthony W2AJV
> [log in to unmask]
> ECHOLINK NODE NUMBER: 74389
>
> Fri, 16 Apr 2004 23:12:05
>
> Your message to
> [log in to unmask]
> has been forwarded
> to the  "list owners" (the  people who manage  the
> BLIND-X 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  BLIND-X 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  BLIND-X-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 BLIND-X
>
> ********************
> * TO JOIN THE LIST *
> ********************
>
> Write to
> [log in to unmask]
> and, in  the text of your message
> (not the subject line), write: SUBSCRIBE BLIND-X
>
> ************************
> * 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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