You are quite right in saying that members of the Indology list can easily withdraw from the list, by visiting the Indology information page at listinfo.indology.info, where they may also change their subscription options.

It often happens, however, that members ask Indology's governing committee to carry out these tasks for them. Sometimes this happens because they have not noticed that they are able to do this for themselves. Things would be a bit easier if more members of the list were as well-informed as you.

But it may also happen, especially with actions such as unsubscribing that might be interpreted as implying dissatisfaction, that members may wish to record the reasons for their decision. This they may do either by posting a message to the entire Indology list at indology@list.indology.info, or by sending an email to the governing committee at indology-owner@list.indology.info. The list is fortunate in having members who, more often than not, receive complaints sent to the list with considerate attention, despite the demands that these make on their time. Complaints sent to the governing committee are treated as confidential, and the committee gives careful thought (despite similar demands) to what action, if any, is called for in response, and whether any resulting communications should be public (through the list at large) or private (which is often sufficient because of the prevailingly collegial attitude of our members).

Yours,

Gary Tubb,
Member of the Governing Committee.

Gary Tubb
Professor, Dept. of South Asian Languages and Civilizations
Faculty Director, The University of Chicago Center in Delhi

On 4/17/15 6:34 PM, rajam wrote:

Not that I’m thinking of moving away from this extremely scholarly list, but was just wondering about the process of withdrawing.

Couldn’t anyone just withdraw without making any noise about it?

Thanks and regards,

V.S.Rajam