techstaff:mailinglist
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| techstaff:mailinglist [2015/05/11 11:37] – [The Tricky part] kauffman | techstaff:mailinglist [2020/02/19 11:51] – [The Tricky part] kauffman | ||
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| - | On the bottom of this page you will see a text box: | + | 1. On the bottom of this page you will see a text box: |
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| - | ==== The Tricky | + | |
| + | 2. Type your email in the text box shown above. Mostly likely this takes the format of: '' | ||
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| + | Please read [[ techstaff:: | ||
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| + | 3. Click the button ' | ||
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| + | 4. You will be taken to a page which provides a bunch of options. Look for the following ' | ||
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| + | 5. Select the check box: 'Yes, I really want to unsubscribe' | ||
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| + | 6. You will be redirected to a webpage that tells you if the unsubscribe was successful. | ||
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| + | You have been successfully unsubscribed from the mailing list cs@mailman.cs.uchicago.edu. If you were receiving digest deliveries you may get one more digest. If you have any questions about your unsubscription, | ||
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| + | ==== The Tricky | ||
| This is where it gets a bit tricky because depending on what time your account was created we will have used your [[cnetid@cs.uchicago.edu]] (auto forward to [[cnetid@uchicago.edu]]) or [[cnetid@uchicago.edu]] email address. If you are unsure which email to use you will need to try both. (Try cnetid@cs.uchicago.edu before trying cnetid@uchicago.edu). | This is where it gets a bit tricky because depending on what time your account was created we will have used your [[cnetid@cs.uchicago.edu]] (auto forward to [[cnetid@uchicago.edu]]) or [[cnetid@uchicago.edu]] email address. If you are unsure which email to use you will need to try both. (Try cnetid@cs.uchicago.edu before trying cnetid@uchicago.edu). | ||
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| Click this and you will be emailed a confirmation email. Click the link in said email and you are done. | Click this and you will be emailed a confirmation email. Click the link in said email and you are done. | ||
| If you did not receive a confirmation email, you did not enter the email address that was used to subscribe you to the list. | If you did not receive a confirmation email, you did not enter the email address that was used to subscribe you to the list. | ||
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| - | ===== Why is this so complicated? | ||
| - | There isn't any good reason... Just that the list host has existed for many years. | ||