Andy,
Your point is well taken.
I must have read the wrong thread.
I thought the problem was unsubscribing via subject line with passwords and/or posters
list enabled did not work at all.
I guess now it's just not working the way some of your users want it to.
Normally, mail sent to list-name is intended for list postings by subscribers with the
right credentials.
I would say that unsubscribing via subject line is a special case.
If you have your list set up with password and/or poster list then your users should
understand that they should unsubscribe via subject line as if they want to post a
message even though they may only want to type:unsubscribe.
On the other hand, if your list is set up with password and/or posters list with the
intent that some subscribers will be denied access to post becasue they don't have the
correct password or is not on the posters list then, they should just send unsubscribe
command to imailsrv.
This may not help your technical problem but maybe help your users understand.
QB
>Yes that would be the theory. If you try it, you'll find out that WITH
>poster.lst and password, the ONLY way to unsubscribe is:
>
>a) to specify the password in the unsubscribe subject line, AND
>
>b) to be ON the poster.lst
>
>That is a bug. Imail should:
>
>1. Check the subject line for "unsubscribe" - if found, it should proceed
>with the unsubscribe (it should treat the unsubscribe from subject the SAME
>way as it treats the unsubscribe command sent to the list server!)
>
>2. ONLY check the password and poster.lst before actually "posting" a
>message.
>
>Currently, the processing order is REVERSED.
>
>It makes absolutely no sense that people have to know/specify the password
>AND even be on the poster.lst to unsubscribe themselves. The don't need
>that information if they send the unsubscribe command to the list server
>itself.
>
>I hope this step-by-step listing makes it easier to understand the actual
>issue at hand.
>
>Best Regards
>Andy Schmidt
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