Thanks so much, Jacob. I was under that impression, but the “help” next to “Subscription=“ in the List Config page on the Web Interface only talks about Subscription, not unsubscription. So it’s nice to hear that.



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> On Oct 7, 2022, at 9:22 AM, Jacob Haller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> On Oct 7, 2022, at 11:30 AM, Steven J Depinet <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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>> Greetings All,

>> 

>> I have a question from a list owner, asking about people being able to unsubscribe from a list, where Subscription= Owner, and the bottom (to unsubscribe...) banner.

>> 

>> Does Subscription=Owner prevent people from unsubscribing (by clicking on the link in the bottom banner)?  If so (or not), can the banner be eliminated from posts to a specific list?

> 

> No, the ‘Subscription=‘ setting only controls what happens to subscription requests, and has no effect on attempts to leave the mailing list. Generally, preventing people from leaving a mailing list is not something I would recommend — it generally leads to spam complaints, which damages your mail server’s reputation, which makes it more likely that your subscribers’ mail servers will classify your mail as spam.

> 

> There are some approaches to preventing subscribers from leaving a mailing list, though, in cases where that might be appropriate (for instance, your organization might have a staff mailing list that is supposed to go to all employees). There’s a FAQ that deals with these approaches:

> 

> https://www.lsoft.com/manuals/owner-faq/19CanIstoppeoplefromunsubscribin.html

> 

> You can also customize the banner that’s added to messages posted to a mailing list, so that they no longer include instructions on how to leave the mailing list, by going under ‘List Management’ to ‘Mail Templates’ and editing the BOTTOM_BANNER and BOTTOM_BANNER_HTML mail templates. (The latter is added to HTML-formatted messages, the former to other types of messages, so if you edit one you should also edit the other.)

> 

> -jwgh

> 

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