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Number : 177 Date : 2001-06-13 Author : Kan Yabumoto Subject : Re: New file uploaded to xxcopy Size(KB) : 2
Harsha, What you said seemed reasonable from other mailing list services. But, I just tried to subscribe to the mailing list by following your suggestion. I sent an Email To: xxcopy-subscribe@y... Subject: subscribe Reply to: my_name@e... Unfortunately it did not work: Here's what Yahoo said: -------------------------------------------------------------- ... while talking to mx2.mail.yahoo.com.: >>> DATA <<< 554 delivery error: dd This user doesn't have a yahoo.com account (xxcopy-subscribe@y...) - mta462.mail.yahoo.com 554 ... Service unavailable -------------------------------------------------------------- After all, Yahoo never talks about the Email-only subscription. The fact you might have gotten away is probably the Email address you used to subscribe happen to have already been registered in Yahoo. Yes, I have seen the "how to unsubscribe" message but I could not locate how to subscribe by sending Email. Can you (or anybody else) verify my observation? I still don't see how you can subscribe to the XXCOPY group without becoming a Yahoo member. If this is possible, it is a very good thing for some people. But, knowing how Yahoo promotes their business, I can't see how they allow such hole in their business... Kan yabumoto ======================================================================= At 2001-06-12 21:31, Harsha Godavari wrote: >Kan: > There are two ways to subscribe/unsubscribe from any list hosted by >Yahoo and others of that kind. First is as you suggested, go to he website, >join Yahoo and then choose the list. However if you send an empty email >message to you bypass Yahoo registration and >join the list directly. Check the unsubscribe instructions at the end of >this message. > >As for "nobody forces you", true to a certain degree. [I joined this list >more to support the freeware idea. During the last year or so I have >actually used XXCOPY once or may be twice. I dont do that much of copying >of directories & drives. I transfer the odd file via sneakernet. These days >the bulk of th files are getting to be too big for floppy anyway]. Now if I >wanted to keep uptodate and download new version I have to join Yahoo.com or >ask someone on the list to send it to me. I don't feel justified asking >someone elase to get it for me when I have cable access and plenty of time. > >I do believe that the list owner can set it up so, that the files are >accessible to general public. >Regards >Harsha Godavari
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