[License-review] Small Suggestion

Karl Fogel kfogel at red-bean.com
Tue Jan 3 20:05:28 UTC 2012


I'm assuming Kenneth found the unsubscribe button, as he appears to no
longer be in the membership list; thanks for the followups everyone.

CC'ing Kenneth to make sure.

-Karl

Thorsten Glaser <tg at mirbsd.de> writes:
>Kenneth Ballenegger dixit:
>
>>Another suggestion: having an unsubscribe link.
>
>There is one. For example, pine displays this at the end of
>each message:
>
>    [ Note: This message contains email list management information ]
>
>This is clickable and yields the following screen:
>
>                                               Mail List Commands
>
>Message 230 has information associated with it that explains how to participate in an email list. An email
>list is represented by a single email address that users sharing a common interest can send messages to
>(known as posting) which are then redistributed to all members of the list (sometimes after review by a
>moderator).
>
>List participation commands in this message include:
>
> *  A method to get information about the list and instructions on how to join.
>
>    Select HERE to seek help.
>
> *  Methods to remove yourself from the list (Unsubscribe).
>
>     1. Select HERE to UNsubscribe.
>
>     2. Select HERE to UNsubscribe.
>
> *  Methods to add yourself to the list (Subscribe).
>
>     1. Select HERE to Subscribe.
>
>     2. Select HERE to Subscribe.
>
> *  A method to send a message to the entire list (Post).
>
>    Select HERE to post a message.
>
> *  A method to view archive of messages sent to the list.
>
>    Select HERE to view the archive.
>
>
>Wherein “HERE” are, again, links. This goes directly back to
>parsing the following headers:
>
>List-Id: <license-review.opensource.org>
>List-Unsubscribe: <http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/license-review>,
>    <mailto:license-review-request at opensource.org?subject=unsubscribe>
>List-Archive: <http://projects.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review>
>List-Post: <mailto:license-review at opensource.org>
>List-Help: <mailto:license-review-request at opensource.org?subject=help>
>List-Subscribe: <http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-review>,
>    <mailto:license-review-request at opensource.org?subject=subscribe>
>
>So there is _all_ information you’ll ever need about this list.
>
>bye,
>//mirabilos



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