On Tue 20 Sep 2016 at 21:22:02 +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Brian wrote: > > But he can reply to either of our mails. > > Yeah. But i expect that the automat at debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org
debian-user-request has nothing to do with it. He can reply to -user in the same way he sent his first mail, -user is a subscription-free list. > will insist in getting the unsubscription from the subscribed mail and > not from some potential imposter. > A HTTP link with lenghty id string would nicely break up this circle. > Who gets the confirmation request is entitled to confirm. Very consistent. > > Well, let's see what Benjamin's attempts to unsubscribe yield as reply. > (Crossing fingers.) Let's see whether he has the courtesy to reply here. After all, it isn't as though he is unaware his mail got here and there are responses to it. Maybe he wants instant gratification without involvement. > > I needn't have sent a Cc:. > > Maybe it helps with thread display on his mail client. > Possibly he mass deletes all debian-user mails. But you said he would read list mail as follows: By mails forwarded from the subscribed address to the unsubscribed one. Now he is mass deleting it! Talk about having it both ways! First he can read the mails, then he possibly cannot. What price a Cc:? -- Brian.
