On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 02:51:45PM -0500, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: > I just did a mass Subscribe (288 address) for a list where I had > intended to do a mass Invite.
[...] > I'm hopeful that I will be able to explain and apologize to anyone who > complains to me, but I fear that I won't have that opportunity and > will get blocked by the likes of AoL right off the bat. > > Any advice is welcome. Be pre-emptive/pro-active and mail the people you sub'd explaining that you meant to invite them to join the list, but human error caused them to be subscribed; that the list is low-traffic/announcements from the school only (or whatever). Provide a link to *their* options page, along with something like: "I understand if you want to unsubscribe -- you can so do via <http://foo.example.org/mailman/options/emailaddy>" (It's the sort of thing I'd grep the subscribe log for, and then let some perl/bash mail each person, giving them their customized URIs.) If you didn't send a welcome message, a slightly cheeky option is to unsub (without notification), and invite the folks. (Still, it's a lot better than sending a reply about privacy policy to a complete list of a few k subscribers, rather than the individual you thought you were sending it to: there's a reason my external lists are set to require all posts to be approved, even those from staff.) -- ``A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history -- with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.'' (Mitch Ratcliffe, in `Technology Review', 1992) ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9