My question is why a list admin, who provides a free service, and
subscribed the clueless willingly, has an obligation to put in more time
to unsubscribe that person?
One could make an argument saying that if the list admin doesn't have time
to handle these requests, they shouldn't run a list. My response would be
to say that the clueless should think twice before subscribing.
Rather than saying it's an obligation of a list admin to take people off,
I'd say it's a nice thing to do.
Note, this is only when the list is free for subscription and the person
has willingly subscribed.
I think my argument is only stronger when the list admin is overworked.
On my site we've actually hired somebody to handle these requests (and
we're a non-profit org) -- but I would certainly say that we're not
required to do that.
BR
On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, murr rhame wrote:
> I manually un$ubscribe anyone who asks to leave, no matter how poorly
> the attempt is made. Unwanted email is unwanted email. Even the
> clueless have a right not to get unsolicited junk in their mail box.
> You may run the best durn mailing list on the net. If the person
> receiving your fine mailing list doesn't want it, it's still junk-mail.
> I don't care if they willingly asked for the $ubscription. I don't
> care if they refuse to read the instructions. When they want out, I
> punt them immediately. No questions asked. No silly games. In my
> humble opinion, a list admin who doesn't un$ubscribe someone on
> request, is no better than a common spammer.
>
>
> - murr -
>
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