On Wed, 22 Oct 1997 FutrAuthr at aol.com wrote:

> The same thing's happened to me, but I've been trying to unsubscribe. Some
> one told me to leave the subject blank to me also, but it wouldn't let me
> send it. It keeps telling me "invalid request" and things like that also. I
> think something's wrong with it. It's not people who subscribe and
> unsubscribe you, it's a computer, so it must be messing up.

As a test, I just unsubscribed from Tweeters. It worked fine. I then
tried to resubscribe, but this time I filled in the "subject" line to see
if that was in fact the problem. Again, my request worked fine, so it
seems the blank subject line is not necessary after all. So if the
problem is most likely with what you're sending, not with the listproc
computer. I'd suggest reading the "invalid request" message carefully to
see if that tells you what the problem is.

Alternatively, it may be time to call in the Marines. There IS a person
who oversees the list, not only a computer, and that person can probably
help you. While our usual guardian angel, Dan Victor
<dvictor at u.washington.edu> is in Costa Rica, Steve Hallstrom
<steveh at u.washington.edu> is managing the list. Send him an e-mail and
maybe he can straighten your problems out.

Chris Hill
Everett, WA
cehill at u.washington.edu