--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/12/06 16:34:55	1.311
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/12/09 19:04:44	1.312
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.311 2002/12/06 16:34:55 matthew Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.312 2002/12/09 19:04:44 www Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -729,6 +729,7 @@ sub currentversion {
 
 sub subscribe {
     my $fname=shift;
+    if ($fname=~/\/(aboutme|syllabus|bulletinboard|smppg)$/) { return ''; }
     my $author=$fname;
     $author=~s/\/home\/httpd\/html\/res\/([^\/]*)\/([^\/]*).*/$1\/$2/;
     my ($udom,$uname)=split(/\//,$author);