Thread: [rtessler@netspace.net.au: Re: BUG #3631: cant unsubscribe]

Anyone?

A
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Andrew

didnt work.
tried unsusbcribe rtessler@netspace.net.au in the body
tried unsusbcribe rtessler@netspace.net.au in the subject
tried unsubscribe in the body
tried unsubscribe in the subject.

What else can I try.

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Sullivan" <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>
To: "Robert Tessler" <rtessler@netspace.net.au>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 3:45 AM
Subject: Re: BUG #3631: cant unsubscribe


>Try putting
>
>unsubscribe <email address you receive mail at>
>
>in the body.
>
>A
>
>On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 11:51:45AM +1000, Robert Tessler wrote:
>>I click on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email
>>
>>pgsql-announce-unsubscribe@postgresql.org
>>
>>sometimes i type unsubscribe in the subject line. make no difference
>>
>>I always get "The unsubscribe command did not succeed"
>>
>>from majordomo-owner@postgress.org
>>
>>thanks
>>
>>rob
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Andrew Sullivan" <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>
>>To: "Robert Tessler" <rtessler@netspace.net.au>
>>Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 7:24 AM
>>Subject: Re: BUG #3631: cant unsubscribe
>>
>>
>>>Where are you sending your unsubscribe messages to?
>>>
>>>A
>>>
>>>On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 07:13:39PM +0000, Robert Tessler wrote:
>>>>
>>>>The following bug has been logged online:
>>>>
>>>>Bug reference:      3631
>>>>Logged by:          Robert Tessler
>>>>Email address:      rtessler@netspace.net.au
>>>>PostgreSQL version: 8.2
>>>>Operating system:   windows XP
>>>>Description:        cant unsubscribe
>>>>Details:
>>>>
>>>>cant unsubscribe from weekly mailing list or any other mailing list.
>>>>unsubscribe always fails
>>>
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>>>Andrew Sullivan  | ajs@crankycanuck.ca
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>>>marketplace.
>>>--Philip Greenspun
>>>
>
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>Andrew Sullivan  | ajs@crankycanuck.ca
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>

Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> Anyone?

Use

approve <password> unsubscribe rtessler@whatever
(commands always go on the body, don't waste time with the subject).
Also, I prefer to write to <listname>-request@postgresql.org instead of
the -unsubscribe address (this may not make any difference).

The password can be the users' password or the admin's.

Another thing to consider is whether the address is really subscribed.
Maybe the guy is subscribed with a different address or somebody else is
bouncing messages to that account.

-- 
Alvaro Herrera                          Developer, http://www.PostgreSQL.org/
"Las mujeres son como hondas:  mientras más resistencia tienen,más lejos puedes llegar con ellas"  (Jonas Nightingale,
Leapof Faith)
 

too bad he didn't send this into to list, as simon requested.

On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 03:58:43PM -0400, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> Subject: Re: BUG #3631: cant unsubscribe
> From: Robert Tessler <rtessler@netspace.net.au>
> To: Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>
> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 05:43:27 +1000
> didnt work.
> tried unsusbcribe rtessler@netspace.net.au in the body
> tried unsusbcribe rtessler@netspace.net.au in the subject
> tried unsubscribe in the body
> tried unsubscribe in the subject.

as headers say:
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:majordomo@postgresql.org?body=unsub%20pgsql-bugs>

i would guess the proper way is to send email to majordomo@postgresql.org, with body (not subject) set to:
unsub LISTNAME

important part might be that the mail should be sent from the same email
as the email that is subscribed.

for example:

if you did subscribe using email x@x.com, but then you changed your
email to y@y.net, and you did setup forwarding from x@x.com to y@y.net
- when you'll send unsub request with "from: y@y.net" it will fail.

depesz

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http://www.depesz.com/ - blog dla ciebie (i moje CV)

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hubert depesz lubaczewski wrote:
> too bad he didn't send this into to list, as simon requested.

> if you did subscribe using email x@x.com, but then you changed your
> email to y@y.net, and you did setup forwarding from x@x.com to y@y.net
> - when you'll send unsub request with "from: y@y.net" it will fail.
> 
> depesz
> 

Or just follow the website:

http://www.postgresql.org/community/lists/subscribe


Joshua D. Drake

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