Folks,
Some are not particularly sophisticated. They need help.
Yelling, telling them to read the instructions does NOT help. Recently I
sent the following to a person asking how to unsubscribe. I recommend
this approach rather than yelling or other unhelpful stuff.
I sent the following in a private message.
David Teague
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<name of addressee>
I am a member of the list form which you are attempting to unsubscribe.
That is how I got your email address and know you need assistance in
unsubscribing.
No one on this list can unsubscribe you. You have to do this. I will
describe how:
At the bottom of almost all messages, and at the bottom of the message
distributed by the list in response to your request there are these
lines that tell you how to unsubscribe:
On 3/16/2012 2:54 PM, <name> wrote:
<I SNIPPED the message body>
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To unsubscribe, e-mail:[email protected]
For additional commands, e-mail:[email protected]
This says you send an email message */from the address at which you
receive list messages,/*
to
[email protected]
The subject and body such a message are ignored, but you will be
unsubscribed *IF you respond to the confirmation message that will be
sent in response to your unsubscription message.
*With most email programs all you have to do is just reply to the
unsubscrption confirmation message.
I hope this helps
<signature>
On 3/16/2012 4:07 PM, Mike Scott wrote:
On 16/03/12 19:08, Stuart wrote:
So... follow the instructions at the bottom of the email!
For goodness' sakes, people! Read the darn messages!
Why? Much more fun to shout at people and demand they do something :-(
Seriously though, this whole business of 'why am I getting these
emails' or 'please unsubscribe me' is a singularly long-standing
annoyance to those who're here for the more technical meat. The OO
users list historically has been inundated with meta-junk like this
followup (sorry!!), rather than the intended proper discussion
material. I've even known the list to be mail-bombed in protest by
someone who couldn't be bothered to unsubscribe himself.
This list is about the only one I subscribe to; is the irrational
behaviour peculiar to OO list[s], or are other mail lists similarly
affected?
And given that some people seem pathologically incapable of reading,
much less following, simple instructions, has anyone a cure?
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