Someone please help me with the unsubscribe command. Thanks. Sorry to
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Barbara Dore (by way of josephine bass ) wrote:
> Copied the following from MSN this morning.
>
> >From MSN Update Bulletin:
> Upcoming Changes to Our E-mail System
>
> As part of a future update to MSN (MSN 2.5, which is currently in Beta
>
> testing), we're deploying a new Internet e-mail system. This system
> will
> allow
> you to use new Internet e-mail programs such as Microsoft Internet
> Mail or
> Microsoft Outlook Express. Right now we're making the
> behind-the-scenes
> adjustments necessary to accommodate this change. Because of this, you
> may
> notice that the e-mail you receive from people outside of MSN displays
> your
> e-mail address as:
>
> [email protected]
>
> As you can see, "classic" has been added after your ID. This does not
> affect
> normal usage of your address; this change is simply a mechanism used
> on our
> servers to ensure higher levels of e-mail performance.
>
> Do you need to give people a new address?
>
> No, your friends can continue sending mail to your [email protected]
> address, as
> they have in the past. Because of the switchover to the new mail
> system, our
> new mail servers are just addressing your current e-mail a little
> differently.
>
> So, if your MSN Member ID is Bob, then all messages you send will
> contain
> [email protected] as the Sender e-mail address. But all messages
> sent to
> either [email protected] or [email protected] will arrive at your current
> e-mail
> program exactly as before.
>
> Does this affect any of the mailing lists that you subscribe to?
>
> You'll still be able to receive messages from your mailing lists, but
> you
> might not be able to send messages back. This is because some mailing
> lists
> use your e-mail address as a password to authenticate all mail
> received from
> you, and this change to your internal address could affect that
> process.
>
> Again, if you only receive mail from your lists, this change doesn't
> affect
> you.
>
> However, if you need to respond to mailing lists that use your e-mail
> address
> as a password, we suggest that you re-subscribe to those mailing
> lists. To do
> that:
>
> 1.Send mail to the list manager asking to remove your
> [email protected] from
> the list. 2.Re-subscribe to the list, as you normally would.
>
> We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.
>
> Here�s some additional background information on this topic:
>
> When we make this change to our mail system, your outgoing mail
> address will
> be [email protected]. If you belong to a service such as
> listserv,
> listproc, or majordomo, which use your fully-qualified e-mail address
> as
> authentication to send mail to their lists, your address will no
> longer be
> recognized as valid. The net result is that you�ll still receive
> postings,
> but
> when you try to send mail back to the list you�ll be denied access
> (because
> [email protected] will be recognized as a valid user but
> [email protected] will not). By re-subscribing to your mailing
> lists,
> you can avoid this issue.
>
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> notices.