From owner-freebsd-security Mon May 6 2:41:24 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (storm.FreeBSD.org.uk [194.242.139.170]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3BB737B40A for ; Mon, 6 May 2002 02:41:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (uucp@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g469fDVD033411 for ; Mon, 6 May 2002 10:41:13 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark@grimreaper.grondar.org) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) with UUCP id g469fDRA033410 for security@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 6 May 2002 10:41:13 +0100 (BST) Received: from grimreaper.grondar.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grimreaper.grondar.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g469dQoI035632 for ; Mon, 6 May 2002 10:39:26 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark@grimreaper.grondar.org) Message-Id: <200205060939.g469dQoI035632@grimreaper.grondar.org> To: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Please stop trying to unsubscribe (Was: Re: You've Been Removed!) References: <20020505153746.C35748@malkavian.org> In-Reply-To: <20020505153746.C35748@malkavian.org> ; from "brian j. peterson" "Sun, 05 May 2002 15:37:46 PDT." Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 10:39:26 +0100 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > it'd be nice if people simply stopped loading the unsubscribe link... > since it is also the resubscribe link. every other person trying to > unsubscribe security@freebsd.org from the list has been actually > resubscribing... generating more email... leading to another attempt > to unsubscribe... generating more email... ad nauseum. Anyone who unsubscribes from spam is deluding themselves. It is verifiable in very many cases that the unsubscribe route is used for no more than verifying "live" email addresses for higher-priced resale. For that reason, unsubscribing mailing lists that you do not own is much worse. Can we kill this thread-from-hell now and take it to a spam-discussion list, _please_? M -- o Mark Murray \_ O.\_ Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message