Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 18:32:18 +0300 From: Yuri Pankov <yuripv@gmx.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stop Message-ID: <41219041-155a-1e22-5c2e-67281eac7811@gmx.com> In-Reply-To: <20170824172603.731f230d@archlinux.localdomain> References: <mailman.85.1503489602.94062.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <20170825001959.N76324@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <20170824172603.731f230d@archlinux.localdomain>
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On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 17:26:03 +0200, Ralf Mardorf Via Freebsd-questions wrote: > On Fri, 25 Aug 2017 00:33:29 +1000 (EST), Ian Smith wrote: >> I don't see how someone could confirm the subscription using the OP's >> email address, without having read/write access to that mail account? > > Neither do I, but I'm a subscriber of several mailman mailing lists > were for mysterious reasons this happens at least one time a year. It > happens for at least 6 times a year that somebody does confuse the > address to post a message to all the list members, with the "request" > address. It doesn't help that all list mails have a footer, or start > digest mails with short, but complete explanations or that MUAs provide > a menu entry for mailing lists, so that nobody needs to care about the > headers or anything else, but get all options provided by the GUI, for > direct mouse usage. > > For the mail I'm replying at the moment Claws provides the menu > > Message > Mailing-List > > with the options > > Post > Help > Subscribe > Unsubscribe > View archive > > Just "Contact owner" is shadowed. > > :) This is a nice one. About 10 years ago I got a very hot hate mail after replying to questions@, asking me and everyone else to stop spamming him. Some pour soul just didn't know how to unsubscribe (despite the links given at the bottom).
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