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On Sunday 23 May 2010, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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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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> > 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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I wouldn't call people who don't know how to unsubscribe stupid, as they most |
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certainly aren't. |
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But for sure, they should know how to find that information if needed, and all |
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the "HELP UNSUBSCRIBE" kind of messages clearly show that they don't. |
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And even your posting of the instructions now, cannot help future subscribers |
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who won't read your email. That's why it would probably be better (in my |
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opinion) to append the instructions to every message. But this is a very old |
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debate and was discussed to death many times in the past, so I'm certainly not |
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going to further it (and I hope it won't start another endless thread). |
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(this is not directed to you Volker) |
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If somebody wants to flame or continue to criticize, feel free to do that, I |
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won't reply anyway as I have nothing more to add to what I've said already. |
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