Re: Next st.. (another unsubscribe problem)
Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 15:29:11 -0700 John Hart wrote: There's something strange about this email, it doesn't have the unsubscribe message I suspect this happens when the mailing list management software gets confused by the message format (e.g., it converts from some obscurely formatted HTML to plain text, but then it doesn't append the footer correctly). But this is just a theory, I haven't verified it. I have seen it suggested that some of the 'irregular' OpenOffice download sites automatically log the downloaders to the User list to 'honour' their assertion of 'support' and justify the fee they charge for the download. I don't know if this is so, and cannot remember where I saw the suggestion (possibly on an Apache ML?) The theory (but we have no evidence) was: - user usern...@gmail.com gives his e-mail address to an unofficial download site; say this is example.com - the site creates a user123...@example.com e-mail address and subscribes it to the list (sending a subscription request, then approving) - the site turns the user123...@example.com address into an alias for usern...@gmail.com ; so usern...@gmail.com is subscribed to the list through this alias. Honestly, I don't believe this happens. If it did, we wouldn't be able to manually unsubscribe users when they complain (we would see the alias but not the real address); and we would see a lot of users subscribing from a strange domain (and we have no reports about that). Of course, if we had any evidence of the former mechanism to be exploited, we would promptly take action. But so far this seems to be only a theory: it is simpler to assume that people subscribe by mistake; we can look into making the welcome messages simpler and clearer, so that nobody can misunderstand what he is doing when he confirms subscription to this list. Regards, Andrea. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Next st.. (another unsubscribe problem)
On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 15:29:11 -0700 John Hart jh...@testra.com wrote: On 1/10/2014 8:07 AM, Andrew Kinsella wrote: Hagar-- how can I unsubscibe from this fucking list? 3 attempts so far--- all wasted. Every single damn message that I get from your list is marked as spam-- but I am suffering spam button finger fatigue syndrome. Go figure. Dr Andrew Kinsella General Practitioner *Victorian Counselling Psychological Services* 62 Wellington Pde, East Melbourne 3002 Phone: 03 9419 7172 Fax: 03 8678 3880 Mobile: 0414954103 www.vcps.com.au There's something strange about this email, it doesn't have the unsubscribe message and it's the first post by the sender and every time I've checked out a How do I get off this *** list request, it's been the same. How can an email be distributed to the list without an unsubscribe? And how do those people get on the list without answering a request to be on it? sent to users@openoffice.apache.org I have seen it suggested that some of the 'irregular' OpenOffice download sites automatically log the downloaders to the User list to 'honour' their assertion of 'support' and justify the fee they charge for the download. I don't know if this is so, and cannot remember where I saw the suggestion (possibly on an Apache ML?) -- Rory O'Farrell ofarr...@iol.ie - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
RE: Next st.. (another unsubscribe problem)
I took it upon myself (ahem...) to pound on this potty-mouth twit by reporting him to his org, since he supplied the link and isn't too well suited to his profession. Haven't heard back -- Gee, wonder why? Maurice -Original Message- From: John Hart [mailto:jh...@testra.com] Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 5:29 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: Next st.. (another unsubscribe problem) On 1/10/2014 8:07 AM, Andrew Kinsella wrote: Hagar-- how can I unsubscibe from this fucking list? 3 attempts so far--- all wasted. Every single damn message that I get from your list is marked as spam-- but I am suffering spam button finger fatigue syndrome. Go figure. Dr Andrew Kinsella General Practitioner *Victorian Counselling Psychological Services* 62 Wellington Pde, East Melbourne 3002 Phone: 03 9419 7172 Fax: 03 8678 3880 Mobile: 0414954103 www.vcps.com.au There's something strange about this email, it doesn't have the unsubscribe message and it's the first post by the sender and every time I've checked out a How do I get off this *** list request, it's been the same. How can an email be distributed to the list without an unsubscribe? And how do those people get on the list without answering a request to be on it? sent to users@openoffice.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
