> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig R. McClanahan [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 6:20 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: <WOB><OT> "unsubscription" requests....
>
> Ted Husted wrote:
>
> > The repeated "unsuscribe" requests are strange.
>
> Not so strange if you consider human nature.
>
> What happens first is that someone who hasn't read (or didn't save) the
> original
> confirmation message wants to unsubscribe. They don't know how, so they
> somehow
> come to the conclusion that sending an "unsubscribe" message to the list
> itself
> is the right way -- or at least an effective way.
>
> Then, other people who have wanted to unsubscribe but didn't know how see
> this,
> and say "oh, so *that* is how you do it", and mimic the same behavior.
>
> I will work on adding the trailer to list messages, but my experience is
> that
> this scenario happens just as often on lists with trailers as lists
> without.
>
> Craig McClanahan
[Kitching Simon]
Rather than fight human nature, wouldn't it be easier to modify the
list-maintainer program to detect any message with the word
"unsubscribe"
in the subject, filter it out, and send back to the sender the
proper instructions?
Of course, that would then catch this message for example :-)
Still, there are obvious work-arounds for anyone who really wants to
discuss
the topic of un-sub-scribing on the list!
Cheers,
Simon
