# Re: Unsubscribe

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-unsubscribe/114105>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 7, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-unsubscribe/114105 "2007-09-07T23:23:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mwalsh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@mwalsh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mwalsh)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-unsubscribe/114105/1 "2007-09-07T23:23:51Z")

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To removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid, I tried each of the following in the  
body (one at a time):  
unsubscribe

# unsubscribe

off

# off

Alas, the e-mails do not cease.

----- Original Message ----  
From: darren kirby [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
To: ruby-talk ML [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
Sent: Friday, September 7, 2007 3:11:49 PM  
Subject: Re: Unsubscribe

quoth the Matt W.:

> As much as I love you all, I’d prefer to not receive e-mails from the  
> mailing list and just read messages on Google. However, # off to  
> ruby-talk-ctl and # unsubscribe have not done the trick. I’ve also e-mailed  
> ruby-talk-admin and no response. What’s the secret? Thanks.

Sorry. Ruby-talk is like the Hotel California…

But seriously, the headers of every message here say:

List-Unsubscribe: [mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid?body=unsubscribe](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid?body=unsubscribe)

So did you send an email to ‘removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid’ with  
only ‘unsubscribe’ in the body?

If so then I guess there is a configuration snafu or bug in the mailing  
list  
software.

## -d

darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: [http://badcomputer.org](http://badcomputer.org)  
“…the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more  
expected…”

- Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972

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**Author:** ![mwalsh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@mwalsh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mwalsh)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-unsubscribe/114105/2 "2007-09-07T23:44:53Z")

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On 9/7/07, Matt W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> To removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid, I tried each of the following in the body (one at a time):  
> unsubscribe
> 
> # unsubscribe
> 
> off
> 
> # off
> 
> Alas, the e-mails do not cease.

You should be getting responses from ruby-talk-ctl. If you’re not,  
then something indeed is up; if you are, you might have problems  
because Yahoo is always sending in a multipart/alternative format.

Use the unsubscribe form:  
[http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/community/mailing-lists/](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/community/mailing-lists/)

-austin