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[Ian Smith]

In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 690, Issue 3, Message: 2
On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 21:23:49 +0200 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at rocketmail.com> wrote:

 > On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 19:37:14 +0100, Hugh Wooller wrote:
 > >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
 > >>         https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
 > >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
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Thanks heaps for chomping the whole earler digest, Rolf.

 > Apart from the wrong command "Stop", don't confuse
 > "freebsd-questions at freebsd.org" with
 > "freebsd-questions-request at freebsd.org" . I'm sure somebody subscribed
 > you against your will, confirmed the subscription using your email
 > account and chose digest to spam you. You are not alone, this happens
 > at least once a year for at least one mailing list.

I don't see how someone could confirm the subscription using the OP's 
email address, without having read/write access to that mail account?

 > FWIW regarding those basics all mailman mailing lists work in the
 > same way. To follow the link to unsubscribe, you even don't need to know
 > a password, you only need to reply to a confirmation mail to
 > unsubscribe. If you shouldn't receive such an email, check your spam
 > folders first, and if needed get in contact with
 > freebsd-questions-owner at freebsd.org .

All good advice.

cheers, Ian