At 5:23 PM -0800 10/24/96, Winship wrote:
>On Thu, 24 Oct 1996, S R E wrote:
>> >>>We want to make it so list members cannot "unsubscribe"
>>
>> Hopefully not. If you DO find a way to do this, you will be spamming them!
>
>There is a way, but I'm not going to mention it and hope no one else
>does.  This is highly unethical behavior, and as Steve says it constitutes
>spamming.
>
>A month or so ago I spent two weeks getting three or four people off
>a list where the listowner would not let people leave when they wished.
>
>One does not add people to the list if they do not wish to be on it and
>one allows those who wish to leave to do so, *immediately*, not in a
>month or so.  They want off, they get off *NOW!*
 
I just wanted to say that I agree with Douglas completely.  For those
subscribers who find themselves unable to unsubscribe from our lists
themselves for whatever reason, I do my best to unsubscribe them within 24
hours of receiving a request to do so.  All I was looking to do was find a
way to track those subscribers who sign themselves off, so that I can keep
my database up to date, and it looks like the Notify= keyword is doing just
what I need.  Thanks to whoever suggested it!
 
Sherry Beauchamp
 
 
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