On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 14:41, Michael Schwendt wrote: > Where did you read that? All these unsubscribe/nomail requests didn't > interest me and went to trash folder here until this topic came up. > > On redhat-list (which is separate from fedora-list), Matthew Galgoci > posted: > > In an effort to clean up the list subscribership, I have turned > down the bounce hysteresis to a low triggering value and enabled > list delivery for everyone. > > I am removing addresses that bounce and the balance that I don't > see bouncing directly will be removed by the list software > automatically. > > For people that opted for the nomail option and are now suddenly > getting a deluge of mail, sincerly I appologize. Simply send me an > email asking to have the nomail option for your preferences > restored or if you want to be removed entirely, let me know and I > will remove you from the list. > > So, what happened is that the list admin reset the customized settings > for everyone back to defaults. The message does not say that people > were subscribed to the list accidentally. > > > They can't unsubscribe themselves. > > They can. Either via web or the separate -request bot. > > > Someone from Red > > Hat has to. If you were on the redhat list you would see that Marc > from > > Red Hat is monitoring the lists and removing these people manually. > > Which is an offer because he screwed up and reset the settings > beforehand. Okay, I stand corrected. I had sent a message to Mathew and he said that he was dealing with the redhat-list and redhat-install-list. He said that those were the only two. It just seemed coincidental that there were a number here at the same time as on the red hat list. I will step back down now and go skulk in a corner with my head hung low whimpering like an old sot. :-P
