On 12/20/05, Almut Behrens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sometimes I'm wondering whether it's that very "REQUEST" being > capitalized that's confusing people -- and whether simply using > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" would make it appear more like a regular > email address after all.
IMO, it would be a good demonstration of our problem solving skills if we could manage to program the list processor to honor (or at least not pass on to the general membership) messages with the subject "unsubscribe". It's clear to us what this person wanted, and it ought to be a simple matter for a perl script or whatever to handle it. It seems to me that the only reasons this isn't done already are: a) The list population enjoys reading and replying to frequent messages from newbies who simply want to be done with the mailing list. b) The filter could catch something it shouldn't, such as someone asking for aptitude help but using the subject "unsubscribe" to do it. IIRC, the unsubscribe address autoresponds asking for confirmation, so adding a note there instructing the user how to avoid getting caught by the filter may be sufficient to handle the second case.
