On 4/5/2017 11:53 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
* when you subscribe you get a welcome message * that message explains it and says "keep me stored" * HOW did you subscribe? the same way you unsubscribe
And if I subscribed 2 years ago, do you honestly think I remember how I subscribed?
* every mailing list on this planet works the same way
Actually, they don't. Most mailing lists I subscribe to contain an unsubscribe link at the bottom of the message.
common sense: how and why do you imagine that 1000, 2000 or how much subscribers a list has handle your request?
I don't. I'm just playing the other side here. Techies like us tend to be unfriendly about the way we communicate. We also expect people to just know stuff. But for people who are doing multiple jobs, and who isn't these days, the people who "just know" stuff are fewer.
I would never send an unsubscribe to a list because I know it's bad etiquette, just like I know that typing in all caps is "shouting". But people do it all the time without meaning to offend anyone.
The technology world has changed. Many people are used to graphical interfaces and haven't the slightest idea how to run anything from the command line. Many of them have never seen a message header, let alone could read it. I know there should be a higher expectation on this list. But would it be so bad to add a footer that says how to unsubscribe?
It would be more friendly. And it would help people not offend others. Just saying...
