On Thu, 1 May 2008, Giancarmelo wrote:

> Please, could anyone  tell me what I have to do for leaving this mailing
> list?
> I tried to send this command: SIGNOFF SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS" command to
> [log in to unmask] , but I received an error message, who reads
> that there is missing parameter, it is the name of the list I want to leave.
> 
> What is this name?
> Thank you so much for help you  give me.

[ Assuming that this isn't a troll... ]

Every message from the list contains headers describing what to do, e.g.:

  List-Owner: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
  List-Subscribe:
   <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
  List-Unsubscribe:
   <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
...

so just sending a message to the address:

   [log in to unmask]

will probably unsubscribe you.  See also the link to 'join or leave' near 
the top of:

   http://listserv.fnal.gov/archives/scientific-linux-users.html

which takes you to:

   http://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=scientific-linux-users&A=1

which has a bunch of options.

Many years ago there used to be a mailing list of people who couldn't get 
themselves off mailing lists which cruel people stuck newbies on and 
watched them thrash about trying to work out what to do...

-- 
Jon Peatfield,  Computer Officer,  DAMTP,  University of Cambridge
Mail:  [log in to unmask]     Web:  http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/