On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 04:04:38AM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Hi list, > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 01:51:36AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > Spam complaints are only valid when it's unsolicited commercial > ... > > Help us help you by following through with your calls for help. > > Bitching and complaining loudly without trying anything expecting us > > to change something we can't even after it's been explained to you as > > such constitutes harassment in most jurisdictions. Watch yourself. > > Paul, you are right :-) > > But this kind of incidents are repeated so many times and I am sick. > It is waiste of time for the real subscribers. > > Does anyone see problem forwarding [EMAIL PROTECTED] mails > with "unsubscribe" to be filtered from this list and to be forwarded to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? Although it may have little side > effects, it shall reduce noise significantly. Should we ask it to > listmaster? > > Oh, as for subscription address, maybe we need to tell outlook user how > to read their mail header. People forgets where they subscribed from > and outlook users tend to lack skill to find it or read web site. > > *sigh* > > Just a thoughts.
As an alternative, arrange for the list server to reply itself to any post where the subject line begins with 'unsubscribe' . This reply email could be a long, carefully crafted document that explains verbosely how to get off the list. It would not appear on the list, but would be sent only to the person using the subject line 'unsubscribe'. I'm uncertain whether or not the 'unsubscribe' post should be suppressed on the list. It would be nice to never have to see this junk, but it would suppress the warning flag that improvement in the list system is needed. On the other hand, a person who is having difficulty unsubscribing even after receiving the verbose instruction letter should be able to ask for help on the list. Don't respond to this comment with an assertion that people should just learn to read. Yes, they should. But they don't all read proficiently. -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
