When I recently tried, I gave up. The confirmation requiring a reply with
authorization number came some considerable time later, and the text was all
in French, from what I recall.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Walt Wayman [mailto:hiwayman@xxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 7:09 AM
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Trying to unsubscribe
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>I want to unsubscribe. I have tried repeatedly to unsubscribe. I
>have been unable to unsubscribe. I want to pull the plug, turn it
>off, go away, but I'm still connected.
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>I have, to the best of my limited ability, followed the
>directions. It used to be that if you even used the
>word "unsubscribe" in any form in a List message, you got
>UNSUBSCRIBED unceremoniously. Now, try as I might, I can't
>UNSUBSCRIBE. I have failed at UNSUBSCRIBING. I want to be an
>UNSUBSCRIBER. I am attempting to practice UNSUBSCRIBATION in
>hopes of achieving a state of UNSUBSCRIPTION.
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>Since the server is in France, should I SURRENDER instead?
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>(Just kidding. Don't get le bloomers in le knot.)
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>I sent an e-mail to olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxx with the
>subject "unsubscribe," and nothing happened. I sent one to
>olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxx?, including the question mark, which I
>couldn't understand why it was there anyway, and nothing
>happened. I give up.
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>This e-mail address (hiwayman@xxxxxxxxx) is going bye-bye Monday
>anyway, so I suppose it really doesn't matter. I just thought
>unsubscribing before then would be the proper thing to do.
>
>Sorry to disappoint some of you, but this doesn't mean I'm going
>away. I am now, and have been for some weeks, in anticipation of
>the demise of the aforementioned e-mail account, subscribed at
>another address. Henceforth, at least until I find an e-mail
>provider I like better, the off-list death threats, comments on my
>ancestry, assumed sexual proclivities, perceived political
>ideology, religious persuasion, or lack thereof, etc., should be
>sent to this address: hiwayman@xxxxxxx.
>
>Thank you for your support. See y'all over there.
>
>Walt
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