Re: [GZG-L]
From: Matthew Seidl <seidl@v...>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 11:29:48 -0700
Subject: Re: [GZG-L]
On Wed, 25 Nov 1998 18:31:18 -0700, Samuel Reynolds writes:
>>Should there be a .sig-file-type addition to the bottom of each
>>message giving unsub details? I've seen this on many other
>>(majordomo-run) lists, and it seems to stop people sending their
>>unsubs to the list address, an action for which we have seen many
>>sterling examples of as we switched lists. This not only reduces
>>the (entirely trivial degree of) irritation to the list members,
>>but would reduce the workload of the list administrator who has to
>>sort out all that tiresome nonsense.
>
>Some lists I'm on add x- headers
>(WARNING--THESE ARE NOT FOR THE GZG-L!):
>List-Subscribe:
>
<mailto:requests@lists.scriptmeridian.org?subject=subscribe%20community>
>List-Digest:
<mailto:requests@lists.scriptmeridian.org?subject=subscribe%20dig
>est%20community>
>List-Unsubscribe:
>
<mailto:requests@lists.scriptmeridian.org?subject=unsubscribe%20communit
y>
>Something like that might turn the trick; even though
>some mailers don't recognize the subject=... part, it
>gives the right address.
>
I've been considering adding something like these to the lists, but
they seem to bloat the headers a LOT. Do any mailing programs
actaully auto-parse these?
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