> That (subscription confirmation ) is a feature that is badly needed. It
is
> annoying to get those "how did I get here?" notes, but how can you be
> indignant when there is no safeguard against a bogus subscription?
On my lists, it seems that more often it's someone who shares an email
account, and subscribes without telling the other friend, co-worker or
relative.
Of course the friend, co-worker or relative never figures that out, and
complains to the group.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Vaughn Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 28, 1999 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Amen on the confirm subscriptions!
> That (subscription confirmation ) is a feature that is badly needed. It
is
> annoying to get those "how did I get here?" notes, but how can you be
> indignant when there is no safeguard against a bogus subscription? I Love
> IMAIL, but I would definitely love it more with subscription confirmation
as
> a feature (added as optional would help IMAIL continue to rise above the
> lessers). I have one customer with an online magazine who does not use my
> list server (included with her package) but rather contracts that out due
to
> that feature (or lack). She got tired of the "how did I get heres?" and
was
> a majordomo user before she came to my web hosting service so she expected
> more... Nobody else has complained but I would love to see IMAIL fix that
> one before anyone else does...
> -V
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rubens Altimari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, May 28, 1999 11:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum]
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >You MUST have asked, we DO NOT put anybody on these lists, you do it
> > yourself!
> >
> >
> > Just a small note: I don't like these "take-me-off-the-list"
messages
> > as
> > much as the next guy, but since the list server doesn't have a
> confirmation
> > mechanism (like majordomo, for instance), it's quite possible that some
of
> > this people didn't really subscribed to the list, right? Maybe someone
> else
> > did it just to annoy them.
> >
> > So, what about creating a means of confirming the subscription ;-] ?
> >
> > Rubens
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
