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On Sonntag 23 Mai 2010, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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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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> > |
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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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> |
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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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and for the uncurable stupid, unsubscribe instructions are in the header of |
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every mail send: |
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List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@l.g.o> |
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List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@l.g.o> |
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List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@l.g.o> |
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List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@l.g.o> |
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List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> |
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oh noes! help! |
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