-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 23:47:51 -0500, Jeff Kinz wrote:
> The post Tom pasted in below shows that this infobot, which replies > to anyone attmpting to unsubscribe by sending an "unsubscribe email" > to the list, was announced some time ago. Anyone sending an email to > the list with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line gets a response > from the infobot. This is clearly stated right at the beginning of the > infobot email and should be obvious. No, it isn't obvious. With it's faked headers, the message looks like it could by everything ranging from a virus-triggered message to a spam test. Please use a valid sender address and add an explanation at the beginning that is a service from Jeff Kinz and is specific to "redhat-list" and doesn't apply to other lists (you write "from one of the RedHat mailing lists" which is clearly wrong). > Anyone responding to someone's "unsubscribe" email would never do so > by replying to the list since this would be just as bad as the initial > attempt to unsubscribe, and just as wasteful for the list. Remember some > people are on metered internet access and are actually billed for every > single byte they get. Lets not push their costs any higher, Ok? I replied to a message Subject: Re: Please let me unsubscribe on 25th of January (!) and received your bot's message on 20th of February. Useless. > By the way - the headers are not forged and the return path shows clearly > where the email came from. Even more reason to enter a valid From-address as well. - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+VgvS0iMVcrivHFQRAtZGAJ4gRVUSsAyoAFhUYYx4nAYfIq0AegCZAchv Pn0n0DYBzHt7XlXecgPbOV0= =mDzM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
