Administrative request etiquette (was Re: Taken Off List)

[Stephen Early]

On Thursday, 12 Jul 2001, ravi.singh wrote:

> could you please unsubscribe me from the forum.

I'd like to take this opportunity to remind everyone who is subscribed
to this mailing list that administrative requests should not be sent
to the list submission address. Mailing lists almost always provide a
different address for administrative requests, usually the list
submission address with -admin or -request appended to the local part.

When you subscribe to a mailing list you're usually sent a message
with general information about the list, including how to manage your
subscription. You should save this message, and refer to it when you
want to leave the list. (Additionally, some mailing lists [including
this one] send you monthly messages as a reminder that you're
subscribed, which include details of how to unsubscribe.)

I know this is second nature to most people subscribed to UKcrypto,
however the message I'm responding to shows it's worth repeating.

[The software used to run UKcrypto tries to spot administrative
requests sent to list submission addresses, and usually
succeeds. Unfortunately this one managed to slip through.]

Stephen Early
UKcrypto mailing list administrator