Thu, 18 May 2000 14:43:47 -0400
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On Thu, 18 May 2000 13:32:43 EDT, Lynne Seamans <[log in to unmask]> said:
> Is there a way to require listowner approval
> for unsubscribing? We know we can require
> owner approval for subscribing but We have
> lists for lab consultants we want to
> make sure they stay on.
"If you unsubscribe, and your failure to read something we posted to the
list causes a problem, you won't be hired next year". That's usually
pretty effective. Work-study students in their last semester often require
a baseball bat as a secondary motivating device. ;)
Actually, this is just a special case of the fact that in general, it is
very difficult to create a technical solution for a social problem.
The *real* issue isn't "We want to make sure they stay on the list". What
you probably actually care about is that they actually *READ* and *COMPREHEND*
important information posted to the list. And unfortunately, there's no
good way to handle this - the same type of people that are probably the
problem unsubscribers are the ones who will eventually figure out how to
set their Eudora/Outlook/whatever to filter unwanted mail to the bit bucket...
--
Valdis Kletnieks
Operating Systems Analyst
Virginia Tech
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