Re: [OT]RE: Unsubscribe
Hi Roger! On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:34:19 -0400, Roger Dingledine a...@mit.edu wrote: I just hacked^Wconfigured majordomo to put a footer on every mail to the list. We'll see if it works. While you are at it maybe you can also fix something to eliminate duplicate mails in the list? Sometimes there are series of mails addressed like this: To: or-talk@freehaven.net Cc: or-t...@seul.org which go through the list twice. When subscribing everything talks about seul.org, e.g. majordomo is at seul.org and confirmation mail reads: Someone (possibly you) has requested that your email address be added to or deleted from the mailing list or-t...@seul.org. But then mails from the list contain: Reply-To: or-talk@freehaven.net Maybe just replace or-talk@freehaven.net by or-t...@seul.org here? Alexander Cherepanov *** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with unsubscribe or-talkin the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/
Re: [OT]RE: Unsubscribe
grarpamp wrote: [...] they knew they had to find and use some special interface to subscribe. So why in the world would they think unsubscribing is any different having already learned the former. The thing is, sending a message like the one we saw does, practically always, achieve the desired result. Sometimes it leaves remaining subscribers discussing mailing list software and the like, but the main thing (from the unsubscriber's point of view) is that it does work. If it doesn't work you just send another one. Pretty soon you find yourself unsubscribed ;) *** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with unsubscribe or-talkin the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/
[OT]RE: Unsubscribe
You have to send to a different address. Instructions are in the headers. Subject: Unsubscribe From: tim...@gmail.com To: or-talk@freehaven.net Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:07:45 +0200 Unsubscribe -- The three fastest modes of communication ... telephone, telegraph and tell-a-woman. _ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/
Re: [OT]RE: Unsubscribe
downie - wrote: You have to send to a different address. Instructions [to unsubscribe] are in the headers. Having seen this situation on this list multiple times, it occurs to me that beyond To, From, and Date, many people have probably never seen the headers. Most non-techies probably don't even know it exists. I believe most GUI mail clients, by default, only show the abbreviated version I just mentioned. I know mine does. I don't know what the solution is, but I thought I would throw this out there for people's consideration. Jim
[OT]RE: unsubscribe or-talk
'It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.' - Anon Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:17:01 -0400 Subject: Re: unsubscribe or-talk From: en.wp.s...@gmail.com To: or-talk@freehaven.net As was noted the last ten times (by my count) someone did this, and as you were told when you registered, and as you are told in every email sent by this list, and just like any other mailing list using this software, of which there are a great many, your message says this: Subject: unsubscribe or-talk and a few lines later, X-To-Get-Off-This-List: mail majord...@seul.org, body unsubscribe or-talk Apparently, the illiterate still manage to learn how to subscribe to mailing lists (perhaps their kids show them how?), though to what purpose is anyone's guess. DCollins/ST47 _ Get free photo software from Windows Live http://www.windowslive.com/online/photos?ocid=PID23393::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:SI_PH_software:082009
