Heh.  Fair enough.  Why not just point out any student who
unsubscribes gets an automatic F in the class?

That should work nicely.

And of course there's no guarantee they'll read the posts, either way :-)

On 12/21/06, Steve Howie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Cindy wrote:
> > No kidding.  Why would you want to do this?  I'd be very wary of
> > joining a list you couldn't unsubscribe from.
> >
> > Also, I don't believe you can do what you want to do.
> >
> > --Cindy
> >
>
> Political/quasi-legal issues aside, this was brought up in context of an
> academic course environment where the professor wants to communicate
> one-way with the students.
>
> If we go on the assumption that they must read their email as a
> requirement for the course, then yes, we *may* have a need for this
> capability. This is just one option we are considering.
>
> The students in question will be enrolled by the list owner - it's not
> optional on their part. Once they are enrolled, they're staying subscribed.
>
> I just want to know if this can be done, not whether or not it's a good
> thing - thats a whole argument unto itself :)
>
> Scotty
>
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> Steve Howie
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> University of Guelph
> Guelph Ontario N1G 2W1
>
>   "E pluribus Scotsman"
>