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On Sunday 23 May 2010 12:21:39 Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: |
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> It would be great if mailing list software could be configured so |
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> that only users who demonstrate they know how to unsubscribe could |
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> subscribe in the first place. Example: |
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> - user subscribes |
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> - mailing list replies: "please unsubscribe and subscribe again" |
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> - if user fails to do so within a configurable amount of time, |
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> forcibly unsubscribe him |
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> - if user succeeds, leave him subscribed after the second |
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> subscription. |
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And how often would you impose refresher tests? Anyone's memory is |
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fallible, as no-one knows better than I do. |
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Better for this purpose would be to require all mailing lists to operate |
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in the same way, but that's equally unlikely, as well as undesirable. |
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> Just saying... |
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What does that mean? I had a mother-in-law once who often added it to a |
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critical remark, and I never understood what she meant by it either. |
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Rgds |
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Peter. |
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