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Re: Unsubscribe


  • From: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
  • To: "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy(at)druid(dot)net>
  • Cc: Nolan(dot)Cafferky(at)rbsinteractive(dot)com, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
  • Subject: Re: Unsubscribe
  • Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 09:24:30 -0700
  • Message-id: <4523E03E(dot)5050802(at)commandprompt(dot)com>

D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 09:00:45 -0700
> "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
>> So if you want to shut me up, lets get the footer added.
> 
> Of course, that doesn't fix the problem 100%.  I am on lists that do
> show that info in the footer and people still send unsubscribe messages
> to the list.

Sure, but what is more helpful? A reply that snips everything but the
footer that has those instructions or a replay that shows email headers
that look basically like some weird code to users?

> 
> By the way, mailman has a nice feature that sends messages that look
> like admin requests (such as unsubscribe) to the admin.  That cuts down
> on the noise quite a bit.

Well you don't have to convince me to use mailman ;)... but the *ahem*
list administrators of this project would rather have their toenails
removed with a dull spoon.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake


> 


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