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  From: Toby Corkindale <tjcorkin@sa.pracom.com.au>
  To  : <davidn@rebel.net.au>
  Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 18:19:52 +0930 (CST)

Re: Unsubscribe directly to list (Was: Format of ListServ messages)

On Wed, 29 May 2002 davidn@rebel.net.au wrote:

> Kym Della-Torre <kym@connectsa.net> wrote:
> > Surely it must be a doddle for a brave volunteer from the list to
> > compensate for the supidity of some by modifying the mailing list
> > server to unsubscribe people who send a blank message with the subject
> > unsubscribe to the linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au?
>
> It's a good point.  You'd think that would be easy, wouldn't you?
> I suspect there's a philosophical reason why that's a bad idea, but I
> have no idea what that reason is.
>
> Does anybody know why that shouldn't be done?

Well, it'd encourage people to do it on other lists as well, which didn't
have that feature.

But then once everyone had it, it'd be ok.


actually, hang on, why DO people send messages to the list with subscribe in
the subject? Are there already lists around where that is the method to
sub/unsub?

And if so, who are they and how do we hurt them!! j/k =)

tjc

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