[arin-discuss] FW: unsubscribe

[Chris Owen]

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On Apr 11, 2006, at 10:16 AM, Paul Vixie wrote:

>> I think thats why the person was dumbfounded that the folks on the
>> list are ISP's.  One would hope that some of these folks had a  
>> clue...
>> The internet is doomed if its controlled by the people on this list.
>
> i don't know if that's strictly true.  folks are saying "unsubscribe"
> because they see others doing so, in two ways.  first, they don't WANT
> to be on a mailing list where the main topic is "how to unsubscribe."
> second, they assume that if others are unsubscribing this way, that
> they also ought to be able to do so.  apparently LISTSERV would notice
> "unsubscribe" alone on a line in a body and do something with it, so
> there's some precedent.

Actually it was just as annoying with LISTSERV.  It did use that  
command but only if you emailed the list administration address, not  
the list itself.  Of course people back then also didn't follow the  
instructions.

>   i'll bet arin's "mailman" could be configured
> to act on these, since mailman has every other feature known to  
> mankind.

Mailman has a setting to ignore (actually I think it rejects them)  
such emails.  Apparently it isn't on.

Chris

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