-- Welcome to the clueless mailing list! If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list, you can send mail to "Majordomo@c2.org" with the following command in the body of your email message: unsubscribe clueless cypherpunks@toad.com Here's the general information for the list you've subscribed to, in case you don't already have it: Welcome to clueless! You have subscribed to the forefront of online unsubscribe education. The clueless list is dedicated to fostering new and creative unsubscribe methods and promoting passionate and caustic discussion of same. We welcome all manner of discussion on the best ways to unsubscribe from mailing lists and particularly mailing lists to which you have not intentionally subscribed or have grown bored of. We recognize that unsubscribing is a complicated and involved process, and that often it is much more difficult than subscribing. You are not alone. HERE'S THE BOTTOM LINE: Mailing lists were founded by interest groups who need a CAPTIVE audience. Making it easy to unsubscribe is not in their interest. They want EVERY SINGLE person they can find to be CORRUPTED by their brainwashing ideas. You're dealing with the SCUM OF THE PLANET. The speed and power of the internet threaten to DESTROY your mind and CRIPPLE your fingers. You need WORLD CLASS unsubscribe powers to protect yourself. The founder of the list, fed up with the complexity and spelling challenges of unsubscribing, started a small distribution list of like minded individuals in 1981. Meeting in secret and developing their methods covertly, the clueless members grew in size until, in 1994, their ranks were too large to support with a mere pine mailing program. The clueless list was born. With the advent of the clueless list, attempts to obscure the unsubscribe process are now futile. The elders of the clueless list have perfected the most AMAZING AND EFFECTIVE unsubscribe methods known anywhere in the world. They are 100% ASSURED to unsubscribe you 100% of the time WITH AMAZING accuracy and speed. The BEST unsubscribing system in the WORLD for FAST learning and ULTRA-CONFIDENCE in the world of mailing lists. Have faith! You will learn how to unsubscribe quickly. You will learn how any person of any size can unsubscribe from any list with a single e-mail message. We promise. You will not forget how either. Trust us. FAQ: What kind of questions should I ask? Anything that has to do with mailing lists, or any question you may have about e-mail at all. Mostly anything goes. There are several people willing to engage you in discussions on the subject here. The first rule is that there are no stupid questions. What should I post? There is only one effective post limitation. Unsubscribe solutions or suggestions that are less than 2 lines long are unwelcome. Who is the list owner? The list owner prefers to remain anonymous. Should he or she be identified publically, the torrents of requests for the release his or her amazing secret and TOTALLY FOOLPROOF unsubscribe methods would be oppressive. Good luck, and welcome to the list. If you are clueless, or you know someone who is, you can get assistance by sending mail to clueless-request@c2.org saying "help". The "clueless" mailing list is for people who need to learn to read instructions on mailing list managers, and haven't figured out that they can unsubscribe from lists using the same automated list-manager software that they used to subscribe. It's also helpful for people who don't know standard Internet mailing list conventions that "foolist-request" provides information or services for "foolist", or who complain to a mailing list because the listserv/majordomo server wasn't a human and didn't respond to English-language requests. And it's a nice place to meet other clueless people! For further reference, you can find more information about "RTFM" on the Web from www.altavista.digital.com , www.yahoo.com , and many other fine search engines near you.