Subject: Re: unsubscribe
sterwill@abisource.com
Date: Tue Dec 14 1999 - 00:56:25 CST
Matt.Wilkie wrote:
> A sensible option, which probably makes an impact on the total
> number of improper unsubsribes, but it will not stop them
> altogether. You still need something like a script using regular
> expression searches to block and/or autorespond to msgs with
> 'unsubribe' in the first so many bytes of the message. Of
> course this isn't fail safe either, but it helps.
Majordomo has this feature, and until just recently, I had it
enabled. It filters messages on content for keywords like
"unsubscribe", "subscribe", etc. It automatically processes
these like messages straight to the list-request address.
However, it pulled out its share of real messages--enough that
I got tired of forwarding to the list every message that had
the string "substitution" in it because it looked like
"subscribe" to majordomo. If Bob is willing to forward any bounces
that aren't control messages, I'll turn it back on.
-- Shaw Terwilliger
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