Adam McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 27 October 2000 at 15:37:01 -0400
> On Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 01:28:38PM -0400, Robin S. Socha wrote:
> > * Landon Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001027 13:18]:
> > > unsubscribe qmail
> >
> > Now, Landon, take a look at this:
> > http://cr.yp.to/lists.html#qmail
> > "To subscribe, send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> >
> > Kinda makes one wonder what would happen if one sent an empty message
> > to [EMAIL PROTECTED], eh? And sometimes, one is also
> > tempted to wonder if the admission test for American universities
> > is to be able to write your own name.
>
> Actually, someone brought this up recently, and I didn't have an explanation
> for them -- why does ezmlm subscribe the envelope sender instead of the
> address in From: ?
My understanding is that the underlying belief is that the envelope
sender will be configured invalidly less often. I don't know if
anybody has profiled this assumption, or how you'd come up with a
sample considered representative to make such measurements on. My
personal belief is that this is a mistake. And of course it's the
primary cause of the very very frequent unsubscribe hassle.
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