--On 19 February 2009 08:47:51 -0800 GESBBB <ges...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> From: Stuart Rowan strr-cl...@decisionsoft.co.uk > > [snip] > >> > Can we not have the list unsubscribe link in the footer, too? It's a >> > legal requirement in the UK to have an easy to use mechanism to >> > unsubscribe to marketing emails. The definition of marketing would >> > definitely extend to promotion of free open source software. Whether >> > it also extends to a support list like this might be debatable, but >> > surely the developers of software developed mainly in response to the >> > spamming industry ought to be following best practice. >> > >> > As long as most MTAs don't expose the List-Unsubscribe: header (none >> > do by default, as far as I'm aware), it can't be described as "easy to >> > use". Some MTAs even make it really hard to find the full message >> > headers. > > I believe you are referring to MUAs; Yes. > however, in any case, what ones are > your describing? Off hand, I cannot think of an MUA that does not let the > user inspect the email headers, although I am sure there must be a few. note the phrase "by default", and the word "easy". 99% of email users don't know that there are more headers than From, To, Date, and Subject. For them, it's irrelevant that they can view the full headers if they want to. > In any case, there is an RFC, I don't remember the number, that specifies > what group information should be included in the email header. This group > meets that requirement. Right, because all email users are familiar with RFCs! > For the record, I have belonged to groups that prominently displayed an > "UNSUBSCRIBE" link at the bottom of each post; yet, some moron will still > post a 'REMOVE' notice directly to the group. You can't fix stupid. It's not stupidity, it's ignorance. But, the onus is on software developers to make the stuff easy to use. -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex x3148 _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
