In light of the most recent iteration of the 'users can't unsubscribe' discussion I thought I would do a bit of research.
When I started using debian the footer was - Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null There was a huge debate about whether or not to change this to a more user friendly format or not. Some argued the footer should remain due to tradition. Some argued for a kinder and gentler footer. Others felt a more user friendly footer would be codling users too much. After much debate we ended up with - TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For whatever reason, and I bet we can guess why, Bruce turned over the responsibility to Templin - TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] After Templin stepped down I guess no one stepped forward, or it was decided it was too much for one person and Listmaster took over - To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now I see people are calling for yet another "improvement" a link to - http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/subscribe This debate and problem has been going on forever:) I find this humorous on one level. On another I find it disturbing that as a species we can send someone to the moon but we are too stupid to unsubscribe from an email list, *after* we have subscribed. Or is the problem the instructions aren't clear enough or the listmaster isn't responsive enough? <evil grin> kent -- To know the truth is to distort the Universe. Alfred N. Whitehead (adaptation) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
