Unsubscribing from this list not possible!

[Alan Cox]

On Sad, 2005-10-22 at 14:56 +0200, Henk Poley wrote:
> Op zaterdag 22 oktober 2005 00:40, schreef Carsten Otto:
> > I'd like to unsubscribe from this list, but I can't.
> >
> > I enter my adress (see signature) in field at the very bottom and go
> > to the next site by clicking the button. There it says
> >
> > "Error: Illegal Email Address: carsten.otto at gmail.com"
> >
> > This is not true, the address is valid in my eyes.
> > Pressing the unsubscribe button gives:
> 
> You may have subscribed without the dot in the name. With GMail you may add 
> (or leave out) as many dots in the part before the @-sign as you like.

The error message would still be wrong (X folks take note btw as X
itself is guilty of this in several places)

illegal specifically means "prohibited by law"
invalid is the correct term.

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