plaugue of unsubscribes
I've started sending mail to postmasters when I get one of those "take me off your list!" messages. I explain that the user is on a high volume list, that he wants off, but that he seems unwilling or unable to do it himself. He's harassing the members of the list, who don't have the ability to remove him, and he doesn't seem to be reading our replies to his "take me off!" messages, which tell him how to solve his problem. Then I ask the postmaster to explain how to get off the list to the user. These guys are abusing email, and since they don't read our mail, the postmaster is the only solution. Perhaps if a few of us start writing to the postmasters, they'll help the user figure out how to get off.
On Thu, 18 Apr 1996, Alex Strasheim wrote:
I've started sending mail to postmasters when I get one of those "take me off your list!" messages. [snip]
See John's message about the forged subscribes. It sounds like these folks may have never used a mailing list and didn't want to. Can't really blame them for being upset at receiving hundreds of pieces of email that they didn't ask for. What still confuses me is the number of people who asked to be "unsubscrived." Seems like an odd coincidence that all those folks would miss the B key. Some had done it severeal times in the same message. I wonder if they were totally set up -- if they got mail telling them to "unsubscrive." Some people's idea of fun boggles me... Rich ______________________________________________________________________ Rich Burroughs richieb@teleport.com http://www.teleport.com/~richieb See my Blue Ribbon Page at http://www.teleport.com/~richieb/blueribbon New EF zine "cause for alarm" - http://www.teleport.com/~richieb/cause
On Thu, 18 Apr 1996, Alex Strasheim wrote:
I've started sending mail to postmasters when I get one of those "take me off your list!" messages.
Yes, as you have probably already read, my postmaster received such a message from you about my supposed lack of knowledge when it comes to unsubscribing. He had quite a good laugh before asking me whether I had removed my brain while reading mail.. BTW, I returned the favor with the above mentioned response to your initial letter. Please be more careful in the future. Bruce Marshall
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