I know it isn't Friday quite yet, but this IS about Vanagon@Gerry.....so
there's sideways content about the list, at least: I've been told that
milleneals don't Facebook, they do something else, because Facebook is "so
yesterday"..  They probably consider Zuckerburg Old and stodgy...

On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 6:23 PM, thewestyman <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote:

> I assume to write it in the body and not the subject line.
> ?Leave the subject line empty?
> Zoltan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart MacMillan
> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 5:40 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Renewal of your subscription to the vanagon list
>
> That was a joke.
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harry Hoffman [mailto:hhoffman@ip-solutions.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 5:26 PM
> To: Stuart MacMillan
> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Renewal of your subscription to the vanagon list
>
> Just as a heads up to the "old heads"  who think they have their finger on
> the pulse of online trends...
>
> Mailing lists for as far back as 1997 have sent out notices to list members
> reminding them of their subscription status and how to change it.
>
> The default has been to not alter but inform and allow for new information
> to alter the listserv view.
>
> Please let's not lead by anecdote where yours is bigger (or in this case
> older) than mine.
>
> All the best.
>
> Cheers,
> Harry
> (Who still has a PDP-11 in his basement)
>
> On Apr 8, 2015 8:02 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>>
>> You can guess the generation distribution of members here with this unique
>> opportunity!  Boomer (know) or Gen X (probably don't). There are likely
>> few Millenials (who wouldn't know), they are all on Facebook. ;-)
>>
>> You may be a dog on the Internet, but now we'll know if you are an old
>> dog.
>>
>> Stuart, old dog.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
>> Of
>> Jim Gmail Arnott
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 2:40 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: Renewal of your subscription to the vanagon list
>>
>> 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
>> > >>
>> > >>
>>
>