Date: 09 Aug 2002 20:36:59 +0200 From: Wouter Van Hemel <wouter@pair.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: unsubscribe Message-ID: <1028918219.237.15.camel@cocaine> In-Reply-To: <3D540083.F8A1827E@mindspring.com> References: <5.0.2.1.1.20020808000218.01fcd120@popserver.sfu.ca> <3D52209F.CC0B6DAA@mindspring.com> <005f01c23fc9$a8859ba0$0a01a8c0@opentrade.cl> <3D540083.F8A1827E@mindspring.com>
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On Fri, 2002-08-09 at 19:48, Terry Lambert wrote: > It's a means of collecting email addresses, like the "joke of the > day" subscriptions with reply addresses that don't go to the > "joke of the day" site they pretend to be from. > > The expectation is that people will reply with information on > how to unsubscribe, thereby validating their emial addresses... > just like you do if you try to unsubscribe from the mailing > list that you never subscribed to in the first place. > Why not catch (un)subscribe's to mailing lists? That wouldn't only stop people fishing for addresses, but also newbies and distracted people... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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