> > If you get back a significant number of "not on the list" responses,
> > you know it's dodgy.
>
> Ya know, I wonder if it's that simple. ...
Well, gee, I said "a significant number".
> Shortly after I started sending jokes to her list, I got several tear
> jerking letters about how "I've been trying to unsubscribe for two
> years, and I can't do it! PLEASE HELP ME!!!" One person swore
> they had never subscribed.
Regardless of the way the list was allegedly collected, if I got a bunch of
those I'd want to reconfirm all the subscriptions to get rid of the people
who've been trying to get off. Sometimes it's people who just can't get a
clue about mailing lists, but sometimes it's mailing list software that
doesn't do what its managers think it does.
Regards,
John Levine, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://iecc.com/johnl, Sewer Commissioner
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