[vsnet-chat 5892] RE: The Negative Effects of the VSNET Email Policies/Reply

["Michael Soukup" <msoukup@astro.as.utexas.edu>]

My experience is very similar. I found myself unknowingly subscribed to
VSNET e-mails, and as a result, my e-mail inbox is flooded every day
with unwanted e-mails. I have tried every form of "unsubscribe" I can
think of, to include following the instructions on the VSNET webpage,
but to no avail. I also tried e-mailing the list managers, and this did
not work, either. Apparently, VSNET excels in sending messages around
and out, but no one really reads them back "at the head office". Several
list subscribers suggested ways to become "unsubscribed", but none of
these worked (but I thank those respondents for trying to be of help).

Anyone else out there have the information needed to unsubscribe from
the various VSNET messages? I know I'm spamming everyone else on this
list, so please accept my apologies -- but I could use some help!

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-vsnet-chat@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
[mailto:owner-vsnet-chat@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp] On Behalf Of
sanjay sharma
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 11:57 AM
To: Michael Koppelman; vsnet-chat@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Subject: [vsnet-chat 5890] Re: The Negative Effects of the VSNET Email
Policies/Reply

I had same experience. I had to block many of the list
incoming mails through Spam Filter and kept only those
in which I am interested - Sanjay Sharma

--- Michael Koppelman <lolife@bitstream.net> wrote:
> I'm another person frustrated by the VSNET email
> lists. After multiple 
> attempts to unsubscribe I'm resorting to bringing it
> up on this list.
> 
> First, and most importantly, please let people
> unsubscribe from VSNET 
> lists automatically. Whomever is the admin of these
> lists apparently 
> does not check their email! The whole purpose of
> list software such as 
> majordomo is to take the human-intervention out of
> routine requests 
> such as unsubscribe.
> 
> Second, I never signed up for VSNET lists in the
> first place. One day I 
> found myself subscribed to many, many VSNET lists.
> In one way, I am 
> honored. My name was probably noticed on the AAVSO
> list or something. 
> Still, it is very bad form to subscribe people to
> lists without their 
> permission.
> 
> VSNET is really, really cool and does great work. Do
> not jeopardize 
> this reputation by forcing multitudes of emails down
> our throats. Do 
> not subscribe people without their permission and
> allow people to 
> unsubscribe automatically.
> 
> Thanks for listening.
> 
> Michael Koppelman
> http://vsnet.lolife.com/astronomy/
> 


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