Re: unsubscribe

From: "Uwe C(dot) Schroeder" <uwe(at)oss4u(dot)com>
To: Ian FREISLICH <if(at)hetzner(dot)co(dot)za>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: unsubscribe
Date: 2004-09-15 18:04:20
Message-ID: 200409151104.20491.uwe@oss4u.com
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On Wednesday 15 September 2004 02:25 am, Ian FREISLICH wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > various people wrote:
> > > unsubscribe
> >
> > I guess it's time once again to remind folks that sending "unsubscribe"
> > commands to the list is an utter waste of your time (the list 'bot does
> > not read list postings) and it also wastes the time of every other
> > subscriber to the list.
>
> Any reason that administrivia is off on this list?

Well, that's just the way majordomo works (and always has).
If the admin bot would sit on the real list it would have to parse each and
every message going thru. What a waste of ressources for the occasional
"unsubscribe". You also couldn't un/subscribe to muitiiple lists with one
request.

UC

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