[Asrg] FeedBack loops

Ian Eiloart iane at sussex.ac.uk
Fri Nov 14 04:21:29 PST 2008



--On 13 November 2008 14:27:36 -0600 David Nicol <davidnicol at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Franck Martin <franck at avonsys.com> wrote:
>> How to analyse email headers and have a successful unsubscription when
>> user says "no more", otherwise report as spam.
>
> that unsubs require confirmation makes a general one-click solution
> difficult.

They needn't require confirmation. It might be better to send a 
notification, including a mechanism for restoring subscription. Also 
including, if necessary, a mechanism for getting delivery of any email 
messages that have been missed in the mean time.

> Given tight MUA/MTA integration, the button could cause a
> check for mailing list headers and when found, issue a 550 at the
> inbound border when further messages come from that mailing list
> server for the particular user.



-- 
Ian Eiloart
IT Services, University of Sussex
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