The problem might be people don't know with which email they are subscribed. Would be great to have that info there as well and even better to have a "one click and unsubscribe" link like mailchimp and co
In general I wouldn't blame the customer, I prefer to blame the system. -- Christian Grobmeier http://www.grobmeier.de http://www.timeandbill.de On Wed, Apr 8, 2015, at 19:41, John Lockard wrote: > How hard is it for people to follow links like these which are a the > bottom > of EVERY EMAIL RECEIVED VIA THIS LIST? > > Send a message: [email protected] > Change preferences: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/osdc-list > Unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/options/osdc-list > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 1:17 PM, brian mullan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Sorry I did not intend to "take it out on the sender" but used that email > > as an example of one of many recently. I can see where it may have come > > across that way & I appologize to the sendrer. > > > > I worked for one of the largest tech firms and every so often there would > > be a literal storm of "unsubscribe me" emails that would start up on a > > particular mail list. > > It would be compounded because they would also copy the entire list each > > time and generate thousands of unnecessary emails to everyone. > > > > At one time, I am sure I probably did the same mistake and was told in > > blunt terms that I should learn how its done properly. > > > > Its just that in the last 2 weeks there must have been a dozen emails just > > like this and like most people I already have enough email. > > > > Thanks for pointing it out tho'. > > > > Brian > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Dave Neary <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> On 04/01/2015 11:33 AM, brian mullan wrote: > >> > Geez folks if you are going to use the Internet and mailing lists like > >> > this one... understand that it's up to you to join the list AND it's > >> > your job to goto the lists link AND Unsubscribe yourself.. no one is > >> > going to Unsubscribe you because you sent an email.. > >> > >> It's entirely possible that people get auto-added to this list when they > >> become OSDC authors - or that they were added by the list maintainer, > >> rather than through the mailman page. > >> > >> I agree that it's annoying to get multiple "please usubscribe me" > >> messages sent to everyone on the list, but taking it out on the sender > >> is only going to result in increased frustration, and not changed > >> behaviour. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Dave. > >> > >> -- > >> Dave Neary - NFV/SDN Community Strategy > >> Open Source and Standards, Red Hat - http://community.redhat.com > >> Ph: +1-978-399-2182 / Cell: +1-978-799-3338 > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Osdc-list mailing list | This is a place for our readers, writers, > > moderators and artists to discuss matters concerning Opensource.com and > > otherwise do the work that makes this a community practicing the open > > source way. > > > > Sign-up for our weekly newsletter: http://opensource.com/email-newsletter > > > > Send a message: [email protected] > > Change preferences: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/osdc-list > > Unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/options/osdc-list > > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > John M. Lockard | U of Michigan - School of Information > Unix Sys Admin | Suite 205 | 309 Maynard Street > [email protected] | Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2211 > www.umich.edu/~jlockard <http://www.umich.edu/%7Ejlockard> | > 734-936-7255 | 734-763-9677 FAX > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > - The University of Michigan will never ask you for your password - > _______________________________________________ > Osdc-list mailing list | This is a place for our readers, writers, > moderators and artists to discuss matters concerning Opensource.com and > otherwise do the work that makes this a community practicing the open > source way. > > Sign-up for our weekly newsletter: http://opensource.com/email-newsletter > > Send a message: [email protected] > Change preferences: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/osdc-list > Unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/options/osdc-list _______________________________________________ Osdc-list mailing list | This is a place for our readers, writers, moderators and artists to discuss matters concerning Opensource.com and otherwise do the work that makes this a community practicing the open source way. Sign-up for our weekly newsletter: http://opensource.com/email-newsletter Send a message: [email protected] Change preferences: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/osdc-list Unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/options/osdc-list
