I could write a three paragraph procedure detailing how to unsubscribe and
send it to the requester OR I can click a bookmark, a link, a button,
paste an address then click one more button and be done with it.

One must pick one's battles.

Jim

> On Sep 18, 2017, at 9:20 AM, Richard Smith (Smirby) <smirby@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> I think the “send a command to the list” approach - which was the ONLY way of interacting with a mailing list in the old days - is a vanishing breed, and therefore we’ll need to keep posting this kind of tip (perhaps every few months?).
> 
> I recently wanted to change the email address I associated with the list and even though I started on the internet in the 80s, and have used listservs (and even managed and installed a few on my own machines) for a long time, I had to search for the instructions. I, at least, knew that there was a trick to it and went looking. But many people from the current era just look for the ‘unsubscribe’ button.
> 
> I’m not suggesting we change the list management system, just pointing out why we get these questions from time to time.
> 
> ..r
> 
> Richard Smith (Smirby)
> smirby@gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sep 18, 2017, at 9:15 AM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> 
>> That address is LISTSERV@gerry.vanagon.com
>> 
>> The command is "  unsubscribe  " without the quotation marks.  Use no
>> subject heading.
>> 
>> mcneely