How to unsubscribe (was: "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be)

[Bob Proulx]

Jai Dayal wrote:
> How do I unsubscribe to this trivial list

You would unsubscribe by the same method you used to subscribe.  If
you had emailed help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org with a "subscribe"
commend then email it again with "unsubscribe" command.  If you used
the web interface before then use the web interface again.

  https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs

I tend not to like the web interface because it is so far removed
from email that people forget how they did it.  At least with email
the control addresses can be derived from knowing the main mailing
list address.

In addition every mailing list message includes this information in
the headers.  The List-* headers are standard and every mailing list
includes them.

  List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs.gnu.org>
  List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/options/help-gnu-emacs>,
          <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
  List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs>
  List-Post: <mailto:help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
  List-Help: <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
  List-Subscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs>,
          <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>

If all else fails then write to the mailing list admins and ask for
assistance.  The humans who run mailing lists can be found by
appending -OWNER to the end of the mailing list address.

  help-gnu-emacs-OWNER@gnu.org

Bob