Well, we can start with the footer and then see how many "unsubscribe" messages continue to come R-help's way. Then, if it is not making an appreciable difference, we can look into putting it in the top.
Btw, I have seen mailing list e-mails elsewhere with an unsubscribe line at the top. I don't see it as a big deal. Best wishes, Ranjan On Mon, 1 Dec 2014 06:31:14 -0800 Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote: > I disagree that this message belongs at the top... That is rare in bulk mail > I receive, and seems unnecessarily intrusive. Addition of the word > "Unsubscribe" to clarify the function of the link seems in line with current > use. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go Live... > DCN:<jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... > Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing > Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with > /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...1k > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. > > On December 1, 2014 6:15:47 AM PST, Martin Maechler > <maech...@stat.math.ethz.ch> wrote: > >Thank you for all the thoughts about alleviating these problems, > >both to us and the "newbies" (or otherwise e-mail clueless > >subscribers). > > > >>>>>> Ranjan Maitra <maitra.mbox.igno...@inbox.com> > >>>>>> on Sun, 30 Nov 2014 20:37:22 -0600 writes: > > > >> Following on Rich and Peter, is it practical for the list to put it > >at the top then, before the R-message? > > > Something like: > > > >> TO UNSUBSCRIBE from the list: see > >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > > >Indeed, that is possible for mailman lists as I see. > >It looks ugly to me but I have been brought up in the age where > >civilized letters started (in English) with 'Dear ..' and > >e-mails were electronic letters.. and that age has gone... > > > >Shall we do that in spite of esthetic reasons? > >and keep the current footer? > > > >Martin > > > >> And then continue on for each R message. Because top-posting has > >pretty much taken over, the best efforts of puritans notwithstanding, > >putting stuff at the bottom is unlikely to evoke much attention, and > >especially so in our 140-character-3-second attention-span world. > > > >> As an aside, if I were the OP, and wanted to unsubscribe, the volume > >of the e-mail messages on this topic alone would have been punishment > >enough for the original post:-) > > > > > Best wishes, > > > Ranjan > > > >______________________________________________ > >R-help@r-project.org mailing list > >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >PLEASE do read the posting guide > >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be deleted on receipt. Please respond to the mailing list if appropriate. For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use appropriate addresses. ____________________________________________________________ Receive Notifications of Incoming Messages Easily monitor multiple email accounts & access them with a click. Visit http://www.inbox.com/notifier and check it out! ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
