Cine-Asia, one more time

drainer@mpinet.net drainer
Mon Feb 27 22:54:31 EST 2006


Alternatively, you could always check groups.yahoo.com and unsubscribe it in 
english.

It is weird how everyone got subscribed though, given that you more or less 
need a yahoo account to access it. If you follow Prof. Murphy's instructions 
you should be allright though. No virus involved.

-d


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kerim Yasar" <kerimyasar at yahoo.com>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: Cine-Asia, one more time


> Sorry, please disregard the last, blank message.
>
> I tried cancelling this once a couple weeks ago and even got a 
> confirmation e-mail saying my subscription had been cancelled, but lo and 
> behold, the messages kept right on coming.
>
> I deal with it now by using the filter on Yahoo Mail to send all Cine Asia 
> messages straight to the trash.  Most web-based mail services and many 
> e-mail clients offer this function.
>
> As for the folks at Cine Asia, I have only one thing to say to them: Y tu 
> mama tambien!
>
> Kerim Yasar
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> Joseph Murphy <urj7 at ufl.edu> wrote: Dear Members of Kine-Japan,I wasn't 
> following the Cine-Asia thread, thinking it was someone else's problem, 
> and why should I concern myself with events that happen all the way around 
> the world on that other operating system.??? Then today I got hit, 40 
> messages, including one person screaming in all caps that they don't read 
> Spanish and REMOVE ME NOW!!!??? And now I understand that it really is a 
> global problem.??????
>
>
> If I am repeating information, sorry, but this is the procedure to 
> unsubscribe:
> 1.??? click the second to the last link at the bottom (the last one is a 
> yahoo groups link)
>
>   Para cancelar tu suscripci???n a este grupo, envi??? un mensaje a:
> CineAsia-unsubscribe at gruposyahoo.com.ar
> ???
> 2.??? type unsubscribe in both the subject and text area.
> 3.??? you will receive a message back as follows:
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
> ???Hola!
>
>
> Hemos recibido tu solicitud de cancelar tu suscripci???n al grupo???
> CineAsia. Por favor, confirm??? esta solicitud
> respondiendo este mensaje. Si no quer???s cancelar tu suscripci???n a???
> CineAsia, no hagas caso de este mensaje.
>
>
> Atentamente,
>
>
> El equipo de Servicio al Cliente de Yahoo! Grupos???
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> El uso de Yahoo! Grupos est??? sujeto a las 
> http://ar.docs.yahoo.com/info/utos.html???
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> 4.??? I asked one of our student assistants from Venezuela to take a look 
> to be sure.??? According to her, it is in a dialect that she can't place, 
> rather informal.??? What the message says is "please confirm that you want 
> to cancel by responding to this message".??? If you reply again 
> "unsubscribe" you will get a message informing you that your cancellation 
> is complete.
>
>
> ???Hola!
>
>
> Este mensaje es para informarte que tu solicitud de cancelar tu
> suscripci???n a CineAsia ha sido completada.
>
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> Whether I just initiated the countdown sequence on a virus, we'll see.??? 
> Please be aware that some advise never to click on unsolicited mail under 
> any circumstances,???but I did get an immediate reply confirming 
> cancellation.??? ???
>
>
> It seems clear this is operating on the KineJapan list, but because we 
> were not signed up in one shot, this seems to have characteristics of an 
> automated program grinding away on our mailing patterns rather than an 
> isolated "accident" or leak of the mailing list. ???
>
>
> I would guess Cine-Asia either doesn't know what's happening, or used a 
> tool that got out of hand.??????I know enough Spanish to see that there is 
> a lot of enthusiastic and informed discussion of Asian film, events, 
> festivals, etc.??? We have a lot of students here from Chile, Argentina, 
> Venezuela, etc., and there is a thriving J-film and anime scene in the 
> cities.??????So I second Emilio Orby's concern that we not dump on what 
> may be a valuable companion site because of this breach of etiquette, or 
> worse because they aren't writing in the universal language.??? If we ever 
> clear this up, we might even consider a link to their site under 
> "Spanish-language Resources."??????
>
>
> Apologies if I'm repeating something already posted.
> yours,
> Joe Murphy
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