On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 16:33 -0400, Paul M Foster wrote: > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 03:30:44PM -0400, Andrew Ballard wrote: > > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Ashley Sheridan > > <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 09:29 -0400, Mike Roberts wrote: > > >> Is there a moderator or some responsible party who is in charge of this > > >> list. Please delete my profile and stop sending messages. This is the > > >> 6th such request. > > >> > > > As I and many others have said before, the unsubscribe email address is > > > on EVERY header sent from the PHP list. Note, I mean headers and not > > > footers! > > > > > > > > > Ash > > > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > Perhaps, but how many people actually (think to) look at e-mail > > message headers, other than the basic To, Subject, and Date that are > > usually plainly visible in mail clients? And it's not even like mail > > clients read the headers and add an Unsubscribe link/button to the UI > > when reading a message. :-) > > In most email clients, you can turn on full header display. > > As a list admin on about six lists and a member of numerous lists, I > find it endlessly aggravating that people can't manage to unsubscribe > their own addresses to email lists. Our LUG has a "lists" page on its > website which clearly step-by-step indicates what must be done to > unsubscribe. Yet people never even look to see if there is such a page. > And then I've had people tell me they followed those instructions > exactly, and it didn't work. No, they didn't or it would have worked, > since people manage to follow those instructions successfully all the > time. > > My stance is, if you're going to subscribe to an email list, learn how > to unsubscribe, how to see if you've been inadvertantly unsubscribed, > learn email netiquette on lists, etc. > > It reminds me of people who call tech support saying their mouse doesn't > work. Then you find out they've picked it up and pointed it at the > screen to make the pointer move (true story). > > If you're going to own a car, learn how to drive it. If you're going to > own a computer, learn how to operate it. If you're going to program, > read a book about it first (yes, you P.J.). > > </rant> > > Paul > > -- > Paul M. Foster > So, erm, driving without learning and getting a license is wrong? :p Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
