About half a dozen messages like this one are posted here every week:
PLEASE READ! (sorry to shout)
All subscription requests should be sent to cypherpunks-request@toad.com
Despite this, every day there are several "Unsubscribe me, NOW!" messages, with various degrees of politeness. Folks, I am not going to repeat the instructions again. This is becuase of the following conclusions I have reached: 1. The list is divided into two basic classes of readers: those who read some or all of the messages, and those who skip most articles and don't pay attention to what they read. 2. Those who read many of the messages then see these instructions over and over again. 3. Those who don't read the messages, don't see or understand or have a general clue about the instructions. 4. It is usually these folks who want off the list urgently. As others have noted so many times, they have no clue as the general netiquette for getting on and off lists (apparently even forgetting that they got ON the list by sending a request to "cypherpunks-request@toad.com"). MAJOR CONCLUSION: All of the "helpful" instructions, including this very message, are useless, as the folks who need to receive them are demonstrably not bothering to receive them. Draw your own conclusions. --Tim May -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power:2**859433 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available.