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  From: Greg  <grog@lemis.com>
  To  : <dmdeflui@subcorp.com.au>
  Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 08:53:09 +0930

Re: Format of ListServ messages, (Was: unsubscribe)

On Monday, 27 May 2002 at 13:33:31 +0930, dmdeflui@subcorp.com.au wrote:
> [Standard Disclaimer - Sorry about the embedded html]

Why disclaim?  Why not fix it?

> I am not talking about pages of crap.
>
> I am talking about one line with a link to unsubscribe at the top of the
> mail message.

Understood.  Others are giving reasons against it.  I agree.

> I would welcome to see unsubscribe info in one line at the top of a
> mail message, so I don't have to wade through all the crap at the
> end to get at the unsubscribe instructions - which often aren't at
> the exact end of the message but somewhere among the crap at the end
> of the message, in the hope you wont find it and wont unsubscribe
> from this site - which of course does not support spam.

Well, considering that it's relatively common to find this kind of
info at the bottom, you don't need to wade, just go there directly.
What's the problem with that?

Greg
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