On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 07:58:19PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 22:49:19 -0700 > Richard DeVillier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > unsubscribe > > > > PLEASE! > > Maybe a pretty please will help :))) > > Don't send this to the list, send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sometimes I'm wondering whether it's that very "REQUEST" being capitalized that's confusing people -- and whether simply using "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" would make it appear more like a regular email address after all. Of course, capitalization was meant to make it stand out clearly, so it won't, under no circumstance, be overlooked. But does it really achieve that? Due to its difference in perceptual quality, that "REQUEST" might also be taken as some strange constituent that can't seriously be part of an actual address they're supposed to use. Kind of like some junk left over by mechanical processing, or some placeholder <REQUEST>, $REQUEST they have no idea what to fill in for. Or I dunno what... So, they figure to just strip it out and send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead, which they know does exist. But maybe I'm just thinking too complicated, and it's in fact nothing more than people not reading (or actually not seeing) the appended message at all. OTOH, I'm then wondering where they get the idea from to use the subject "unsubscribe"... Anyhow, I apologize for having added to this unsubscribe spam :) Almut -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
