[opendtv] Re: Remove my e-mail from
- From: "Itamar Feigenbaum" <itamar@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 21:34:13 +0200
Please remove my e-mail address, as well.
Thanks
itamar@xxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Bernard Caron
Sent: Thursday, 01 April, 2004 8:36 PM
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Remove my e-mail from
Please revmove my e-mail adress.
Thanks.
At 10:51 AM 4/1/2004, you wrote:
>I got up at 4:30 this morning to clean up the second wave of folks
>who=20 were offended by the barrage of e-mail that resulted from moving
>the=20 OpenDTV list to FreeLists.org.
>
>Here is a synopsis of some of the problems I have uncovered.
>
>The original source of many of these problems was with Topica. Some
>of=20 this may have been the result of the fact that some people
>were=20 "subscribed" in a mode where they did not receive messages, yet
>their=20 address was included in the list of addresses I imported to
>create the=20 list at FreeLists.org.
>
>And some of this was due to the "Black Hole" problem at Topica. As we
>saw=
=20
>in some of the posts yesterday, a significant number of subscribers to
>the=
=20
>list at Topica.com simply stopped receiving messages. Some of these
>people=
=20
>re-subscribed using a different e-mail address. Some people have
>changed=20 e-mail addresses without deleting the old address. Or worse,
>they did not=
=20
>change the address used to subscribe to the list when their address=20
>changed; their local mail server kept forwarding messages to the new=20
>address, but the new address could not be used to delete the old
>address.
>
>After scrolling through the subscriber list for hours, I have seen=20
>multiple addresses for some of you. If you are now receiving
>multiple=20 copies of the same message it is probably because you have
>multiple=20 addresses on the Freelists.org list. Some people use more
>than one=20 address so that they can receive a separate digest - this
>is no longer=20 necessary, since you can configure an address using the
>"Digest2" flag,=20 which send both individual messages and a digest.
>
>If you are among those with multiple address problems, please send me
>an=20 e-mail (OFF LIST PLEASE) with the address you want to keep using,
>and any=
=20
>additional addresses you want me to delete. I will configure you
>account=20 including the proper flag to receive individual messages, a
>digest, or=
both.
>
>To make matters worse, a number of irate people followed my
>instructions=20 on unsubscribing, yet were not unsubscribed. This one
>took a little=20 digging to unearth the problem.
>
>The list WAS configured in a manner that required confirmation of
>the=20 unsubscribe request. They received the confirmation message, but
>it did=20 not tell them the important next step - to reply to the
>message to=20 complete the unsubscribe request. I have debated this
>morning whether to=20 maintain the confirmation for unsubscribe
>requests. After observing how=20 the FreeLists servers slow down during
>the day I have elected to make it=20 easy to get off the list - no
>confirmation will be required. However, a=20 two step subscribe
>process, using e-mail confirmation, will be used to=20 slow down the
>spammers.
>
>Finally, I have determined an easy way to unsubscribe from the list. I
>am=
=20
>adding this to each message for now to assist those who are still
>trying=20 to escape. You will see this in the footer to this and all
>future=20 messages. If there is any additional information that you
>would like added=
=20
>to the footers, send your suggestions to the list so we can discuss
>them.
>
>That's all for now.
>
>Regards
>Craig
>AKA "Sleepless in Gainesville"
>You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways:
>
>- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings
>at=20 FreeLists.org
>- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the
>word=20 unsubscribe in the subject line.
>
Bernard Caron,
Acting Vice President, Broadcast Technology, Vice-pr=E9sident
int=E9rimaire,= =20 technologies de radiodiffusion Manager, Television
Systems and Transmission - Gestionnaire, Transmission=20 et syst=E8me de
t=E9l=E9vision Communications Research Centre Canada | Centre de
recherches sur les=20 communications Canada 3701 Carling, Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada. K2H 8S2 1-613-998-2869 | Bernard.Caron@xxxxxx | fax /
t=E9l=E9c. (1-613-990-6488 www.crc.ca Government of Canada |
Gouvernement du Canada
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You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways:
- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at
FreeLists.org
- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word
unsubscribe in the subject line.
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You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways:
- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at
FreeLists.org
- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word
unsubscribe in the subject line.
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