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  From: Greg  <grog@lemis.com>
  To  : Toby Corkindale <tjcorkin@sa.pracom.com.au>
  Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 10:14:07 +0930

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

On Wednesday, 29 May 2002 at 18:19:52 +0930, Toby Corkindale wrote:
> 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?

Yes, I believe so.

> And if so, who are they 

Since I haven't seen many of them, I'd guess that they're in the
Microsoft space.

> and how do we hurt them!! j/k =)

That's enough pain already.

Greg
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