According to Torsten Neuer:
> On Thu, 01 Apr 1999, Gilles Detillieux wrote:
> >We've been seeing a LOT of these incorrectly formed unsubscribe requests
> >lately. I'd like to hear some suggestions as to how the unsubscribe
> >instructions could be stated more clearly! E.g.: Red Hat's mailing
> >lists show an actual command line to use to send the request, but that
> >only works if your e-mail system is Unix/Linux based and you have command
> >line access. They end with:
> >
> > --
> > To unsubscribe:
> > mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
> >
> >For non-techie types, I don't think that's necessarily clearer. Ideas?
>
> Maybe a special name for the virtual user who does the unsubscription?
> That way any mail directed to that user causes the sender of the mail
> to be unsubscribed from the list and the list will stay clean, i.e.:
> <example>
> --
> To unsubscribe from the htdig3-dev mailing list, send a message to
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> </example>
>
> However, since lot of people are used to putting the word "unsubscribe"
> either in the subject, the support for the old method should be kept
> up and running.
Oh, absolutely. You definitely don't want to remove the old method.
A separate e-mail address is OK, but I've seen it happen very often on
other lists that are managed this way, that people frequently send to
the wrong address. Why? The tendency is to hit reply without reading
and noticing the address is different. So, instead of seeing a whole
bunch of unsubscribe message on the list, we'll see a whole bunch of
blank messages. I'd rather have the program recognise the unsubscribe
command in either the subject or the body of the message.
I already have two big beefs with the BeroList program on htdig.org
(doesn't set the "Return-Path:" header correctly, butchers multi-line
"Content-Type:" headers such as multipart message from Outlook), so
if I ever do get around to hacking the source, as I've been meaning to
for a few weeks, I'll look into this fix too!
Geoff or Andrew, as I'm not a Debian user, could you tell me how I'd find,
install and build the BeroList source on htdig.org? Thanks.
--
Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/~grdetil
Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Phone: (204)789-3766
Winnipeg, MB R3E 3J7 (Canada) Fax: (204)789-3930
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