Re: (OPE-L) subscription problems

[Costas Lapavitsas <cl5@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Jerry,

I have also been receiving messages very erratically.

Costas

At 07:57 06/11/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> I discovered yesterday that
> listserv had involuntarily unsubscribed
> NINE members!  I don't know when this happened since the
> protocol
> of listserv no longer notifies 'owners' when there are
> unsubscriptions.
>
> Those who were unsubscribed by listserv without requesting it have
> now
> been re-subscribed.  In the future please follow the following
> guidelines:
>
> a) if you don't receive list mailings,  go to our archives at
> http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/ope/archive
>  to see if there
> have been any mailings that you didn't receive.  If the answer
> is
> "yes", contact me off-list.
>
> b) [as an alternative to a)] if you are not sure of your
> subscription
> status, send a message to listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx which reads
> (only) REVIEW OPE-L.    If listserv sends you the
> "REVIEW
> OPE-L" sheet, then you know you are subscribed.  If
> listserv
> responds by sending you a message that you are not a subscriber
> to OPE-L, send me a message off-list and I will take care of
> it.
>
> If listserv indicates in the "REVIEW OPE-L" that you _are_ a
> subscriber
> but you  _still_ aren't receiving postings, send a message to
> listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  which reads (only) SET OPE-L
> MAIL
>
> c) if you want to unsubscribe, please contact me off-list so that I
> know
> that's what you want.
>
> d) if you want temporarily not to receive postings, do _not_ send
> an
> unsubscription command to listserv.  Instead, send a message
> to
> listserv@sus,csuchico which reads (only) SET OPE-L NoMail
> (When you then wish to resume receiving postings, send a
> SET OPE-L MAIL message to listserv.)
>
> btw, we have never involuntarily removed any subscriber in list
> history -- over 8 years(very few Internet lists can make this
> claim.
> If you have any questions about the above, please contact me
> off-list
> at Gerald_A_Levy@xxxxxxx and/or glevy@xxxxxxxxx
>
> Please save this message for future reference.
>
> In solidarity, Jerry
>
>
>
> I discovered yesterday that listserv had involuntarily unsubscribed
> NINE members!  I don't know when this happened since the
> protocol
> of listserv no longer notifies 'owners' when there are
> unsubscriptions.
>  
> Those who were unsubscribed by listserv without requesting it have
> now
> been re-subscribed.  In the future please follow the following
> guidelines:
>  
> a) if you don't receive list mailings,  go to our archives at
> http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/ope/archive 
> to see if there
> have been any mailings that you didn't receive.  If the answer
> is
> "yes", contact me off-list.
>  
> b) [as an alternative to a)] if you are not sure of your
> subscription
> status, send a message to
> listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> which reads
> (only) REVIEW OPE-L.    If listserv sends you the "REVIEW
> OPE-L" sheet, then you know you are subscribed.  If listserv
> responds by sending you a message that you are not a subscriber
> to OPE-L, send me a message off-list and I will take care of it.
>  
> If listserv indicates in the "REVIEW OPE-L" that you _are_ a subscriber
> but you  _still_ aren't receiving postings, send a message to 
> listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  which reads (only) SET OPE-L MAIL
>  
> c) if you want to unsubscribe, please contact me off-list so that I know
> that's what you want.  
>  
> d) if you want temporarily not to receive postings, do _not_ send an
> unsubscription command to listserv.  Instead, send a message to 
> listserv@sus,csuchico which reads (only) SET OPE-L NoMail
> (When you then wish to resume receiving postings, send a 
> SET OPE-L MAIL message to listserv.)
>  
> btw, we have never involuntarily removed any subscriber in list history
> -- over 8 years.   If you have any questions about the above, please 
> contact me off-list ant Gerald_A_Levy@xxxxxxx and/or glevy@xxxxxxxxx
>  
> Please save this message for future reference.
>  
> In solidarity, Jerry