At 09:46 AM 1/4/99 -0500, murr rhame wrote:
>I manually un$ubscribe anyone who asks to leave, no matter how poorly
>the attempt is made. Unwanted email is unwanted email. Even the
>clueless have a right not to get unsolicited junk in their mail box.
>You may run the best durn mailing list on the net. If the person
>receiving your fine mailing list doesn't want it, it's still junk-mail.
>I don't care if they willingly asked for the $ubscription. I don't
>care if they refuse to read the instructions. When they want out, I
>punt them immediately. No questions asked. No silly games. In my
>humble opinion, a list admin who doesn't un$ubscribe someone on
>request, is no better than a common spammer.
I agre with Murr up to the last sentence. In my opinion, a list admin is
not *required* do this service, but it is nice when she/he does. And any
admin who gets a personal message that says "I tried to unsubscribe but
can't" really, really should unsubscribe the user. If a userhas lost access
to a previous mail account, telling them to forge that account's name on a
message to unsubscribe is possbily telling them to break the law.
--Paul Hoffman, Director
--Internet Mail Consortium
