From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 9 11:38:54 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D34437B400 for ; Fri, 9 Aug 2002 11:38:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from amsfep16-int.chello.nl (amsfep16-int.chello.nl [213.46.243.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 505CB43E4A for ; Fri, 9 Aug 2002 11:38:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wouter@pair.com) Received: from hibernate.cryolabs.net ([213.132.151.88]) by amsfep16-int.chello.nl (InterMail vM.5.01.03.06 201-253-122-118-106-20010523) with SMTP id <20020809183850.GODE26256.amsfep16-int.chello.nl@hibernate.cryolabs.net> for ; Fri, 9 Aug 2002 20:38:50 +0200 Received: (qmail 18916 invoked from network); 9 Aug 2002 20:38:40 +0200 Received: from unknown (HELO cocaine.cryolabs.net) (192.168.196.5) by hibernate.cryolabs.net with SMTP; 9 Aug 2002 20:38:40 +0200 Subject: Re: unsubscribe From: Wouter Van Hemel To: Terry Lambert Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG 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> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.7 Date: 09 Aug 2002 20:36:59 +0200 Message-Id: <1028918219.237.15.camel@cocaine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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