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Re: [OM] Subscription notice on EVERY article - not a waste!

Subject: Re: [OM] Subscription notice on EVERY article - not a waste!
From: George Anderson <gma@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 22:16:38 -0800
L.J.

I watched with some amusement as the great kennedy showed you, a mere mortal,
the error of your ways.

I've had the unfortunate opportunity of sparring with the great kennedy in the
past.

My advice would be to ignore him, for he is always right and attempts to
reason with him are futile.

george


L.J. Clark wrote:

> Kennedy wrote:
> >
> > In article , L.J. Clark <ljclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> > >Kennedy wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Is there really any reason why EVERY message on the digest has the
> > >> subscription and de-subscription notice tagged to it?
> > <snip>
> > >Yep.  Almost as anoying as those little pithy says in our signature
> > >files, or as anoying as folks who don't get rid of the two dashes
> > >that Netscape sticks in.
> > >
> > Those two dashes (and a space) are added so that up to date software
> > will automatically strip out the subsequent signature file from any
> > reply.  The folks who don't get rid of them only exacerbate the problem!
> > The single dash you have added in front of them on your signature, for
> > example, prevents this from working and requires to be manually cut.
> > :-(
>
> Yawn.   ZZzzzzzzz.
>
> > >
> > >But seriously.  I'm on some other lists where folks are constantly
> > >trying to unsubscribe via the list, and not the server.  Did you
> > >ever notice how seldom this happens here?
> > I have never seen it be a problem on other lists either.
>
> Lists obviously populated only by the perfect.  Sigh.
>
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> Larry
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