On 2 Sep 2008 at 23:10, Harold Fuchs wrote: .... > So it's not *only* a question of how the messages are *read*. I'm confused. > > A small sample shows that using the *news* reader none of the messages > has the instructions but using the *mail* reader some do and some don't. > I'm still confused. I can only speculate that the *sending* > process/mechanism has some influence but ... > > Which bit of software, running where, adds the instructions? The answer > to that may, I think, provide major clues as to what is happening here. > I have a half formed theory that stuff sent via a *news* program won't > acquire the instructions however that stuff is read whereas stuff sent > by a *mail* program will show the instructions when read as mail but not > when read as news ( leaving aside unsubscribed users who will never see > the instructions). But, as many of you know, I have been wrong before ...
I doubt it. I always post and read using the pegasus mail client. Yet even my own messages arrive from the list sometimes with, sometimes without, the unsub info. I could convince myself it happens in 'bursts' - mostly with, but groups without arriving together: but the reliability of that opinion is probably on a par with the effort put in to check (ie ~zero). Who is responsible for management/maintenance of the list system(s)?? -- Permission for this mail to be processed by any third party in connection with marketing or advertising purposes is hereby explicitly denied. http://www.scottsonline.org.uk lists incoming sites blocked because of spam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
