[Vsnet-chat 7080] Re: [Vsnet-campaign 1570] Re: Stop UnwantedAutomatic Subscriptions

[Berto Monard]

Hi to all 'forced' subscribers,

Although they have claimed server problems at the time, I sincerely believe that the extended closure of VSNET was triggered by the outrage of automatic subscriptions at the time.
I am sure that the VSNET stakeholders have seriously looked into all this. It would therefore be of a great surprise if VSNET would resume all those unwanted activities.

Are the present auto subscriptions actually intended as such or possibly mistaken actions?

Perhaps we ought to await developments in the next week before taking any actions from our sides. It would be a shame if a list like vsnet-alert were to be terminated or the database of reported observations in vsnet-obs.

I have great respect for Eastern philosophy and cannot believe that the VSNET administrators will make the mistake all over.  


Berto Monard
Bronberg Observatory
CBA Pretoria


>>> "P. Clay Sherrod" <drclay at arksky.org> 06/08/05 9:52 PM >>>
Yes...this is really getting to be a shame.  We need a network like Vsnet, but this is
virtually out of control.  Just today I found out that I had been "automatically
subscribed" to yet two more links via Vsnet.

I do not know who is in charge of this anymore.  My attempts in the past to send
LEGITIMATE mail and observations of interest always bounced and my concerns about these
automated subscribing has gone unnoticed...something really needs to be done.  I think we
are dealing with a totally automated system except for a very few users who are able to
post what they desire on it.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alexander Avtanski" <avtanski at ispwest.com>
Cc: <vsnet-chat at ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>;
<vsnet-campaign at ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 2:38 PM
Subject: [Vsnet-chat 7068] Re: [Vsnet-campaign 1570] Re: Stop UnwantedAutomatic
Subscriptions


> I'm also trying to unsubscribe from quite a long time.  Nothing helps.
> The automatic unsubscription simply doesn't work.  Messages to the list
> managers remain unanswered.  :-(
>
> Now I just want to to ubsubscribe from everything vsnet-related!  So
> far - no luck.  It keeps coming...  :-(
>
> - Alex
>
>
> Paul Charleton wrote:
> > QUITE.   I too thought this automatic subscribing had been kicked into
> > touch.  It is a thoroghgoing pain in the arse to keep having to send
> > emails and visit websites to stop this nonsense.
> >
> > ----Original Message Follows----
> > From: Chuck Pullen <cpullen at pacsafe.com>
> > To:
> > vsnet-chat at ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp,vsnet-campaign at ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp 
> >
> > Subject: [Vsnet-chat 7067] Stop Unwanted Automatic Subscriptions
> > Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 11:53:17 -0700
> >
> > I tried to respond privately to your subscription message, but the
> > reply-to: bounced.  So, I'll do it public, perhaps less politely.
> >
> > Gentlemen:
> >
> > Please stop automatically subscribing me to additional VSNET lists.
> > This is exactly the same behavior that caused VSNET to be taken off line
> > in the past.
> >
> > [ ... ]
>
>
>