I tried twice to send the original message, which was copied and pasted from
the welcome email. Both bounced back with the error message:

Your  message is  being returned  to you  unprocessed because  it looks
like a LISTSERV command, rather than material intended for distribution to
the members of the vanagon list. Please note that  LISTSERV commands must
ALWAYS be sent to the LISTSERV address; if it was indeed  a command you were
attempting to issue, please send  it again  to LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
for  execution. Otherwise, please accept  our apologies  and try  to rewrite
the  message with  a slightly different wording - for instance, change the
first word of the message, enclose it  in quotation  marks, insert  a  line
of  dashes  at the  beginning of  your message, etc.

The message went through when I put this in the first row of the email:

WHY CAN'T I SEND THIS MESSAGE TO THE LIST?

Wich apparently fools the mailserver into thinking it's a real message
instead of a foolish accident.

Thanks, GERRY.

-- Gnarlie
Save the Santa Fe Flea market!
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?urlcode&1

Entity P.Dooley spoke thus:

> Funny, people don't have any problem READING the instructions at
> vanagon.com to join up, but somehow can't figure out signing-off
> instructions are available at the same place.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Gnarlodious
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 9:36 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: unsubscribe
>
> WHY CAN'T I SEND THIS MESSAGE TO THE LIST?
>
> To unsubscribe from the list send email to listserv@gerry.vanagon.com
> with
> the following body:
>
> UNSUBSCRIBE VANAGON
>
> Do not send these messages to vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com! (The 'vanagon'
> email address should only be used for sending messages to the list.)
>
>