Re: Unsubscribe e-mails

[Przemysław Kulczycki <przemekkulczycki@xxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Revell pisze:
> On 21/02/2008, Bruce Cowan <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > There seem to be a large number of people sending "I want to stop
> >  getting e-mails" messages. Don't these people realise what they're going
> >  to get when they subscribe to this list? It ought to be more clear for
> >  them.
>
> Any thoughts on how it could be more clear would be greatly
> appreciated! Perhaps we could have a message saying, "If you subscribe
> to this list you will receive at least five emails per day."
>
> There's a pretty big message on the sign-up page about ShipIt already
> so we could add it there.
>
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/launchpad-users

(this mail was sent earlier, but I thought it was sent to the ML. It 
didn't.)

First, I think that we should know from which sites people come to the 
mailing list site. Someone should check the referrers in logs or put 
some script collecting statistical data (Google Analytics or something 
else).

Second, maybe default mailman listinfo pages could be updated to 
something more user friendly. I used to have similar annoying 
unsubscribe requests at a university mailing list, even though all 
messages had a localised (polish) signature with information how to 
unsubscribe (we were using google groups).

Third, the default signature should be modified. The first line should 
say: "You have received this message because you are subscribed to 
launchpad-users mailing list" instead of plain mailing list name.

Fourth, I don't know if monthly reminder messages are turned on, if not 
- they probably should be. They contain info about unsubscribing.

BTW: these users can be really annoying. My friend, which was an admin 
of our university mailing list, once did a funny thing to such a user: 
he put him on the blacklist (to block his messages about unsubscribing) 
and told him to read carefully the instructions that we had provided him 
many times and to unsubscribe manually - if he hadn't, he would still 
receive the messages and his replies would be blocked :))) (I know, 
that's cruel, but sometimes people will never learn if not under pressure)

BTW2: is this situation repeating on any other lists? I haven't noticed 
yet, but maybe I'm not subscribed to the most populated lists.


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