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How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the BasicStamps List

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2001-05-29 21:32 in General Discussion
To UNSUBSCRIBE, just send mail
to basicstamps-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com from the address
where you receive the list. Subject and content don't matter.



Parallax really needs to put this information in their "Welcome" message
as well as into the footer that gets inserted into each message. The
people having problems either don't know how to read e-mail headers or
don't think to look there. And it's not that they're dumb; it's a lousy
place to hide this information when it's the only place.

Does anyone at Parallax read mail to basicstamps-owner? My last mail to it
had a delivery problem. Is the mailbox full?


Jim H

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-05-29 20:14
    I trust that none of the right people are paying attention to this, but I
    might as well mention it. I did the textbook unsubscribe procedure on two
    email accounts, then tried to subscribe using the email address that is my
    default "mail to" address. What I have now is a mess - I have to use one of
    the originals that for some reason won't unsubscribe, and every time I want
    to send a message to the list I have to manually change my 'mail to'
    address, hoping I can remember which one is registered with the list. All
    the Yahoo links take me to more links to nowhere.

    Now that this is off my chest.... I feel better....
    Chris
    >
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-05-29 20:28
    At 15:14 05/29/01, Chris Loiacono (E-mail) wrote:

    >I trust that none of the right people are paying attention to this, but I
    >might as well mention it. I did the textbook unsubscribe procedure on two
    >email accounts, then tried to subscribe using the email address that is my
    >default "mail to" address. What I have now is a mess - I have to use one
    >of the originals that for some reason won't unsubscribe, and every time I
    >want to send a message to the list I have to manually change my 'mail to'
    >address, hoping I can remember which one is registered with the list. All
    >the Yahoo links take me to more links to nowhere.
    >
    >Now that this is off my chest.... I feel better....

    I understand what you are saying, but I don't understand the real
    problem. If you have several subscriptions to the list, simply send e-mail to:

    basicstamps-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

    from each e-mail account which you want to unsubscribe from the list.

    If your RoadRunner account has multiple e-mail addresses and you can't tell
    which is getting the unwanted mail, then download the mail from each
    mailbox separately and if you see basicstamp mail to a mailbox you don't
    want it coming to, unsubscribe using the username on that mailbox.

    If you've had this problem quite a while that's one thing, but if your
    unsub requests are only a few hours old, just be patient. They might work yet.

    Word of advice? Keep a written list of things you sign up for and the
    information you give so you can unsubscribe later. In the case of
    YahooGroups, always subscribe via their site after logging in under a
    single ID you use for such subscriptions. Their web pages that offer to
    link accounts opened by various other means to a single YahooGroups ID are
    a total disaster!


    Jim H
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-05-29 21:32
    Good news! Parallax has responded to my e-mail to them by saying that
    unsubscribe info will be placed in future messages.


    Jim H
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