Martin Skjoldebrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
[> > I'm inferring that Martin Skjoldebrand originally wrote:] > >> We are going to implement a few lists through Mailman. Our info > >> dept wants a list of press release people who are not admitted to > >> leave the list by using the lists web site. (ONLY through noticying > >> the list admin). > >Personally, I would hope that this is never implemented. I would not > >want some spamming company to adopt this software because of a setup > >option that allowed "unleavable lists", in any way, shape or form. > >Yes, even if -you- required the user to sign up, read a AUP and agree > >to it; other follow-on companies/scams may not. > I agree. This is what the PR people want tho. It WILL be > possible to leave, I think they just want to be informed > when an unsubscribe is requested so that the can contact > them before they leave (I hope). It's a list of journalists > that cover our area. The thing to do then is to implement something that provides notification of unsubscriptions **but does not impede the unsubscriptions in any way**. (It's not possible to prevent abuse of the software to lock in subscriptions, but i can think of no reason for a successful mlm to package such functionality. I suspect that any whic does should be shunned! My reasoning here is obnoxiously arrogant, and may be unjustifiable. Nonetheless: People experienced enough to implement the abuse themselves should be experienced enough to figure out why they shouldn't do so, and come up with better alternatives, and people *lacking* the experience (and/or wit) to figure those things out shouldn't be helped to make the mistake...) Ken Manheimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
