At 08:28 AM 9/30/2009, you wrote:
If you want to tell somebody how to unsubscribe, please do it off
list. Why doesn't the list block messages which contain a single
"unsubscribe" in the body or an empty body with "unsubscribe" in the
Subject line? I got bored of seeing these on the various lists I'm
on so I blackhole them at the MTA level. All I see now is the people
replying to them to say "Here's how you do it". By all means, reply,
but there's no need to reply to the list.
Because about 90% of the time, someone else will want to unsubscribe too.
And if they see the 'unsubscribe' message, they somehow think that's
how to unsubscribe.
So, if they see the first request, and then see the message with the
correct instructions, they may follow it.
But I agree, a better solution is to have the list server 'reject'
unsubscribe messages. :)
