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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 20:28:25 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
From: Michael A Chase <mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
Subject:  Re: Can u help me how to unsubscribe
To: Dennis McCunney <dmccunney AT nyc DOT rr DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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Reply-To: Michael A Chase <mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>

On Fri, 26 Jul 2002 20:01:57 -0400 Dennis McCunney <dmccunney AT nyc DOT rr DOT com> wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
> > [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
> > Of Michael A Chase
> > Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 1:08 PM
> > To: manav DOT ahuja AT wipro DOT com; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > Subject: Re: Can u help me how to unsubscribe
> >
> > On Fri, 26 Jul 2002 16:55:19 +0530 Manav Ahuja
> > <manav DOT ahuja AT wipro DOT com> wrote:
> >
> > > i want unsubsribe from the list ...
> > >
> > > plz can anybody help

> Outlook does _not_ like To: addresses of the form expected by the full
> Unsubscribe function.  Things like
> "foobaz-unsubscribe-eagerstudent=uni DOT edu AT sources DOT redhat DOT com" get chopped at
> the = sign, leaving "foobaz-unsubscribe-eagerstudent=" as the address.  I
> forget exactly what the problem was with the simple unsubscribe function,
> but I had issues with it, too.  (And to add to the confusion, both email
> addresses are still valid: one is for my DSL line, and the other is for my
> cable modem account.  So I had fun insuring that the messages and
> confirmations were sent from the correct account, as both are known to
> Outlook and checked during a mail run.)

Even MS Outlook should be able to handle cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
which is what is suggested in "4. Unsubscribing, I'm desperate". 

Complaining to the list, especially without trimming is not.

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