I agree. I was pointed here by a post by Ellen, but had to guess that a 
SUBSCRIBE message would work. It did, but it was only by guessing.

-Nathan James

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>From: Jay Fenello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [IFWP] BOUNCE [EMAIL PROTECTED]:    Non-member submission from
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]   Admin request of type /\bchange\b.*\baddress\b/  at
line 6
>Date: Thu, Jul 8, 1999, 10:24 AM
>

>
>
> FWIW, I agree with Roberto.
>
> We need to make it easier for people
> to find and subscribe to the IFWP list.
>
> At the very least, it should be listed
> and easy to find on the IFWP web site.
>
> Jay.
>
>
> At 01:02 PM 7/8/99 , Richard J. Sexton wrote:
>>>Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>Subject: BOUNCE [EMAIL PROTECTED]:    Non-member submission from
> [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]   Admin request of type /\bchange\b.*\baddress\b/ at line
6
>>>Date: Thu,  8 Jul 1999 12:49:29 -0400 (EDT)
>>>
>>>>From [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Thu Jul  8 12:49:27 1999
>>>Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>Received: from fw2.iaea.org (fortress.iaea.org [195.212.98.66])
>>> by ns1.vrx.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF696F01F
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>>>Received: from sp1t2n03.iaea.or.at. (ns1.iaea.or.at [161.5.64.79])
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>>> for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 8 Jul 1999 18:43:17 +0200 (METDST)
>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>Received: from iaea-m1.iaea.org (iaea-m1.iaea.or.at [161.5.68.240]) by
> sp1t2n03.iaea.or.at. (AIX4.3/UCB 8.8.8/8.7) with ESMTP id SAA57912; Thu, 8
> Jul 1999 18:39:55 +0200
>>>Received: by iaea-m1.iaea.or.at with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0)
>>> id <N32S3ZG4>; Thu, 8 Jul 1999 18:42:56 +0200
>>>Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>Subject: IFWP list and Internet Governance
>>>Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 18:41:29 +0200
>>>MIME-Version: 1.0
>>>X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0)
>>>Content-Type: text/plain
>>>
>>>Hi, IFWPers.
>>>
>>>This mail will bounce, as I am unable to get the subscription to the IFWP
>>>list with my new address.
>>>
>>>I first asked Richard Sexton to change my address, and he referred me to
>>>instructions at the Web site http://www.open-rsc.org/ - please note that to
>>>address a mail to Richard is already a non-straightforward task for the 99%
>>>"minority" who refers to the root system as authoritative ;>)
>>>
>>>I followed instructions at the site (http://www.open-rsc.org/lists/others/),
>>>and asked people at my former site to unsubscribe my old address, while I
>>>subscribed my new one.
>>>
>>>In fact, after a couple of days ("Gee, isn't the list silent!"), I realized
>>>that the thing did not work. The postmaster at ETSI told me that my mailbox,
>>>that is still active for administrative reasons, is flooded with IFWP
>>>messages, while I did not get any.
>>>So, we did everything once again. But, surprise!, the system did not do it,
>>>because it claimed it was already done.
>>>
>>>So, last resort, the E-Mail address on the Web site for "problems &
>>>suggestions", [EMAIL PROTECTED] In fact, it is Andy Sernowitz' E-mail,
>>>and he kindly answered that he is not managing this since a year ago.
>>>
>>>I think that this, while it is just a minor incident (maybe in my getting
>>>settled in the new job, city and country I would not have had time anyhow to
>>>go through my mail), it is interesting in relationship with the proposal
>>>that comes in waves about the IFWP list as the voting body of the Internet,
>>>and/or the candidate "unique" list for all Internet issues, and so on. If we
>>>cannot change a subscriber's address, can we be trusted in checking voting
>
>>>rights of participants?
>>>
>>>The cc: to the dnso list has two purposes: first to ask some DNSOer to
>>>forward this message to the IFWP, and second to acknowledge that the same
>>>operation on the DNSO lists worked the first time through.
>>>
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>Roberto
>>>
>>>P.S.: Please note that my new address is [EMAIL PROTECTED], effective
>>>1999-07-01. This is only temporary, because I will move to a personal
>>>address soon.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>--
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]    [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>"They were of a mind to govern us and we were of a mind to govern ourselves."
>>
> 

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