On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 9:51 AM, Maciek Sokolewicz <tularis@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Andrew Ballard wrote: >> >> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Ashley Sheridan >> <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> I assume Ronald won't see this, but I've mentioned it before. The emails >>> coming from the mailing list all have an unsubscribe link in the header >>> information. Just my 2p (I'm British, we don't do cents ;) ) >>> >>> Ash >>> www.ashleysheridan.co.uk >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: "Ronald Wiplinger" <tm.ronald@xxxxxxxxx> >>> To: php-general <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:02:54 +0800 >>> Subject: Unsubscribe issues >>> The guy who wrote the guide lines for unsubscribing must be a lawyer or >>> so. >>> >>> To make a page to find out where the unsubscribe link is in each kind of >>> email type is paranoid. >>> I mean the link is coming from the mail server, so just to say: >>> >>> php-general-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >>> >>> would be sufficient, wouldn't it? >>> Maybe some (other lawyer) could clean up that unsubscribe page. >>> >>> >>> (Replies would not reach me, save your energy!) >>> >>> bye >>> >>> Ronald >>> >>> -- >>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >>> >> >> I'm NOT looking to unsubscribe, but I am curious about something. How >> come Ash's message has the list footer (complete with the unsubscribe >> link) and Ronald's does not? I thought it was supposed to get appended >> to all messages from the list. (Actually, looking back at some other >> messages in my box, it seems kind of hit and miss.) >> >> Andrew > > > It's because some use the newsserver and some are subscribed to the > mailinglist directly. Newsserver subscriptions don't have them attached, > while mailinglist-mails do I believe. > > - Tul > Interesting. I just wondered, since I've noticed that a frequent response to people who ask how they can unsubscribe is "Read the footer on every single mail posted to this list to unsubscribe." It appears that the footer is NOT actually on every single mail posted to this list. Andrew -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
