Matt Simerson writes: > If message headers and footers are so popular, how do you explain > the continued "please unsubscribe me posts" sent to practically > every mailing list?
Bell curve. Some people are 2-sigma self-centered, and others are 2-sigma clueless. What else is new?[1] Note that the kind of people who answer FAQs do like having the footer so they can say "just click on the link in the footer of any message, including this one." > Also while it's certainly true that subject prefixes are popular > with list operators, I didn't hear a single peep from my list users > when I removed them. Sure, there are groups like that, some quite large and varied, as yours seems to be. On the other hand, I've participated in a couple of lists where there was vociferous opposition to removing them from several users because they had MUA filters based on them. (Whether they constituted a significant fraction of the membership is unclear.) Removal of prohibited content is not so easily addressed, as left to their own devices users' .doc and .mp4 files can constitute a large fraction of outgoing bandwidth from list servers that otherwise don't need much (on a couple of my lists we still get the occasional oldtimer sending core files for debugging!) Footnotes: [1] There's also a long-standing bug in Mailman itself, which is that it requires some effort find the unsubscribe page even if you click on the link in the footer. _______________________________________________ dmarc mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dmarc
