This list is over 20 years old. The listserv software is at least 15 years
old. It does things in its own (old) fashion. Periodically confirming
subscriptions seems to be one of those idiosyncrasies.  When you receive a
CONFIRM request, simply reply (or forward) to listserv@gerry.vanagon.com
after removing everything from the original message except the bottom 3
lines.

I forward because my mail client doesn't add quote characters when I
forward. listserv understands all characters in an email to be commands.
Listserv doesn't understand the command "> COMMAND," the ">" character
confuses it.  Sometimes it gets so confused that it stops reading the
command string.

Just send:

// JOB
CONFIRM vanagon
// EOJ

to

listserv@gerry.vanagon.com

and you'll be golden.  You should receive a reply in a few minutes that
confirms the command's successful execution.

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Harry Hoffman
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 12:06 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Renewal of your subscription to the vanagon list

I deleted mine as I assumed this list was configured like every other
listserv out there :-(

<snip>
> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> // JOB
> >> CONFIRM vanagon
> >> // EOJ
> >>
> >>