unsubsribe
Edward Croft
ecroft at openratings.com
Thu Oct 30 20:42:28 UTC 2003
On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 14:41, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> Where did you read that? All these unsubscribe/nomail requests didn't
> interest me and went to trash folder here until this topic came up.
>
> On redhat-list (which is separate from fedora-list), Matthew Galgoci
> posted:
>
> In an effort to clean up the list subscribership, I have turned
> down the bounce hysteresis to a low triggering value and enabled
> list delivery for everyone.
>
> I am removing addresses that bounce and the balance that I don't
> see bouncing directly will be removed by the list software
> automatically.
>
> For people that opted for the nomail option and are now suddenly
> getting a deluge of mail, sincerly I appologize. Simply send me an
> email asking to have the nomail option for your preferences
> restored or if you want to be removed entirely, let me know and I
> will remove you from the list.
>
> So, what happened is that the list admin reset the customized settings
> for everyone back to defaults. The message does not say that people
> were subscribed to the list accidentally.
>
> > They can't unsubscribe themselves.
>
> They can. Either via web or the separate -request bot.
>
> > Someone from Red
> > Hat has to. If you were on the redhat list you would see that Marc
> from
> > Red Hat is monitoring the lists and removing these people manually.
>
> Which is an offer because he screwed up and reset the settings
> beforehand.
Okay, I stand corrected. I had sent a message to Mathew and he said that
he was dealing with the redhat-list and redhat-install-list. He said
that those were the only two. It just seemed coincidental that there
were a number here at the same time as on the red hat list.
I will step back down now and go skulk in a corner with my head hung low
whimpering like an old sot. :-P
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