Just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and a happy New Year.
Or a happy Channukkah, Winter solstice (Summer solstice, if you
live in the Southern Hemisphere) or whatever reason you have to feel
festive around this time of year.

After the moderators of the H&P-run amithlon mailing list recently removed me without comment or reason, things have gotten even more ridiculous today. This morning (well, noon :), I received the following instant message:

Message 3: Sat Dec  7 13:19:19 (read)
From: XXXXXXXXX [To: umisef]
now I have been unsubscribed from amithlon aswell..

I guess it was only a matter of time --- at around 10pm AEST on December 5th, 2002, I had a look at the web page for Yahoo's "amithlon" mailing list, and noticed that I no longer had access to any of the "Members Only" features. I also noticed that "amithlon" no longer appeared in the list of groups I am subscribed to.

I then ran a subscription check, which confirmed that I was no longer a member of the "amithlon" group. You can see the screenshot here.

I also attempted to send a test message to the group, only to receive a reply from Yahoo to the effect that I could not post to the group. It can be seen at the bottom of this page.

I guess it is safe to say that, for all intents and purposes, I have been removed from the "amithlon" list run by Haage&Partner. I did not receive any communication to that effect from anyone, much less an explanation for it.
Of course, I am still subscribed to the "amithlonopen" list...

Gone off to see Harry Potter