John Belmonte wrote: >> Sam wrote: >>> Since the purpose of the confirmation request is to make sure that >>> the human being that owns this address actually sent the >>> subscription request, it obviously won't be very useful to have a >>> confirmation process that can be easily fooled by an autoresponder. >> >> ?? It would take 5 minutes for someone to add the "yes" >> functionality to an autoresponder script. It probably wouldn't even >> need to parse the request message, assuming that changing the >> subject won't interfere with other mailing list managers. >>
The point is not that it cannot be automated, its for ignorant autoreponders that would reply back to any request, therefore adding users to a list without their knowledge and getting the list manager in hot water. Albeit the user and autoresponder should not be so stupid, but it happens. >> For those of us not wanting a user's first impression of our mailing >> list to be along the lines of "STOP and make sure you waste your time >> reading these overly complicated instructions!", and who believe this >> feature is much more of a bother to users than to troubemakers, an >> option is in order. overly complicated is reading 5 lines and typing 'yes' ? I have never had a user complain about the difficulty of getting on a list. >> >> Attached is a patch that adds a SIMPLECONFIRM option. Set it to "1" >> to avoid the need to change the subject for subscribe/unsubscribe >> confirmations. >> Its not up to me to accept the patch, but I can see why you want it. In my opinion its not necessary, but if you insist your users are this ignorant I cannot argue. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
