[IMC-News] DIRECTIONS to UNSUBSCRIBE from the indymedia list

[MammonDoll@aol.com]

ok. i'm sending this again... because the first time i sent it, the email did 
not reach the list (as far as i know, did it reach it and it just not show up 
in my mailbox?)... sorry if this does show up more then once..
--->
Hello everyone...
ok, *disclaimer* please do NOT respond to this a bunch of times... this is 
for everyone who wants off the list ... all you need to do is follow these 
instructions ... if you have further questions, you can fill up the admin's 
mailbox 
(mailman-owner@lists.indymedia.org) with your compaints/comments/questions. 
(I'm not an admin of this indymedia list... so please don't start emailing me 
with complaints, etc!)

you should have received an email from indymedia recently (in the last day) - 
it should contain your password.
if you have the mail or not ... follow this URL to unsubscribe:
http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/options/imc-news/[YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS]

*EXAMPLE*: 
http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/options/imc-news/mammondoll@yahoo.com

once at the webpage you will see your options ... if you have your password 
that was in the email, in the "unsubscribe from imc-news" area of the page, 
type in your password and then click unsubscribe.... this should do the 
trick.  you may get an email from indymedia asking you to confirm ... if so, 
read that mail and make sure there are not any more steps you need to take to 
unsubscribe.

If you don't have your password from the email you received, then click on 
the "email my password to me" button on the site, and it should be emailed to 
you, and then you can unsubscribe from the list (directions above).

ok. hopefully this helps. if this doesn't work, email indymedia... not this 
mailing list with unsubscribe in the subject line - it only fills up peoples 
mailboxes and it doesn't accomplish anything.

also, i'm wondering, does anyone have any idea what this mailing list is 
about? was it planned to be a discussion list of imc news events? if you have 
the answer to this, i'd be interested in knowing... (maybe you should email 
me privately about it as well...)

Thanks
-Jen
MammonDoll@aol.com

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From: "Indymedia Tech Team" <mailman-owner@indymedia.org>
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Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 01:23:42 -0400
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Dear imc-news subscribers,

This message is an explanation of what happened on this list a few 
days ago (the flooding of the the list with "unsubscribe" 
requests) and why it happened.

Last week, Indymedia moved all it's mailing lists to a new server and 
converted the lists to run on a new mailing list management program. 
During the conversion of the mailing lists, some of them, including 
imc-news, were misconfigured.

Imc-news was originally set up to be an anouncements-only mailing 
list. Meaning that only messages and submissions approved by the
imc-news editorial group would be sent out to the mailing list and 
subscribers to the list were prevented from posting. Unfortunately, 
when the imc-news list was moved to the new server, it was 
inadvertantly set up to allow all subscribers to post to the list.

A few days ago one of the subscribers sent a message to the imc-news 
list requesting to be unsubscribed. This caused other subscribers to 
reply to that intital message and thus initiate a self-perpetuating 
flurry of messages to the list (a total of 93, to be exact). As each 
person lashed out in their frustration, they actaully made the 
problem worse.

Once the imc-tech team saw the problem we attempted to fix it. This 
was difficult to do initially, because all the traffic that the imc-
list subscribers were creating was putting a significant load on the 
server. The problem has now been completely fixed and we can assure 
you that this problem will NOT happen again.

About unsubscribing from imc-news:

During the past few days, we have recieved literally hundreds of 
requests to be unsubscribed from imc-news. I would like to take the 
opportunity to explain to imc-news subscribers that each and every 
one of you recieved a message (actually, you recieved this message 
the day before the mess in question occured) which describes the 
following things:

1) How to subscribe/unsubscribe from any indymedia list.
2) Which indymedia lists you are subscribed to.
3) Your list passwords which are required to unsubscribe from 
indymedia lists.

If you deleted or lost this message, you can wait until next
month when this reminder message is sent out again.

If you know your password and you wish to unsubscribe now, you can 
unsubscribe automatically via email.  Simply send email to
"imc-news-request@lists.indymedia.org" with the subject "unsubscribe 
password", where password is the your mailing list password.

If you don't know your mailing list password send email to
"imc-news-request@lists.indymedia.org" with the subject "password".

We'd love to comply with the wishes of those who have asked to be 
unsubscribed but, because there are so many of you and we are 
all unpaid volunteers, we do not have the person power to maunallly 
fulfill your requests.

In closing, I hope that you all consider staying on the imc-news list 
now that you know the whole story.

Thank you,
Shawn Ewald -- IMC Tech team


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From: "Indymedia Tech Team" <mailman-owner@indymedia.org>
To: imc-news@indymedia.org
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 01:23:42 -0400
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Dear imc-news subscribers,

This message is an explanation of what happened on this list a few 
days ago (the flooding of the the list with "unsubscribe" 
requests) and why it happened.

Last week, Indymedia moved all it's mailing lists to a new server and 
converted the lists to run on a new mailing list management program. 
During the conversion of the mailing lists, some of them, including 
imc-news, were misconfigured.

Imc-news was originally set up to be an anouncements-only mailing 
list. Meaning that only messages and submissions approved by the
imc-news editorial group would be sent out to the mailing list and 
subscribers to the list were prevented from posting. Unfortunately, 
when the imc-news list was moved to the new server, it was 
inadvertantly set up to allow all subscribers to post to the list.

A few days ago one of the subscribers sent a message to the imc-news 
list requesting to be unsubscribed. This caused other subscribers to 
reply to that intital message and thus initiate a self-perpetuating 
flurry of messages to the list (a total of 93, to be exact). As each 
person lashed out in their frustration, they actaully made the 
problem worse.

Once the imc-tech team saw the problem we attempted to fix it. This 
was difficult to do initially, because all the traffic that the imc-
list subscribers were creating was putting a significant load on the 
server. The problem has now been completely fixed and we can assure 
you that this problem will NOT happen again.

About unsubscribing from imc-news:

During the past few days, we have recieved literally hundreds of 
requests to be unsubscribed from imc-news. I would like to take the 
opportunity to explain to imc-news subscribers that each and every 
one of you recieved a message (actually, you recieved this message 
the day before the mess in question occured) which describes the 
following things:

1) How to subscribe/unsubscribe from any indymedia list.
2) Which indymedia lists you are subscribed to.
3) Your list passwords which are required to unsubscribe from 
indymedia lists.

If you deleted or lost this message, you can wait until next
month when this reminder message is sent out again.

If you know your password and you wish to unsubscribe now, you can 
unsubscribe automatically via email.  Simply send email to
"imc-news-request@lists.indymedia.org" with the subject "unsubscribe 
password", where password is the your mailing list password.

If you don't know your mailing list password send email to
"imc-news-request@lists.indymedia.org" with the subject "password".

We'd love to comply with the wishes of those who have asked to be 
unsubscribed but, because there are so many of you and we are 
all unpaid volunteers, we do not have the person power to maunallly 
fulfill your requests.

In closing, I hope that you all consider staying on the imc-news list 
now that you know the whole story.

Thank you,
Shawn Ewald -- IMC Tech team