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I appreciate your pessimism in this regard, but
perhaps such an attached instruction re UNSUB
would reduce the sheer QUANTITY of such annoyances.
==DP
 
At 11:56 PM 1/24/98 -0500, you wrote:
>At 11:06 PM 1/24/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>       Could this problem be solved very simply by the automatic
>>attachment of UNSUB instructions at the bottom of every message
>>posted on this List?  ==DP
>>Dan Pearlman
>>Department of English
>>University of Rhode Island
>>Kingston, RI 02881
>>
>
>Well, one never knows, do one.... BUT: I should add that on two lists I'm
>on, a two-line instruction on how to go to a webpage where people can do a
>simple, no-mess-no-fuss unsub is given at the bottom of every single
>posting, which is more or less what you are suggesting. It does not solve
>the problem at all. As I opined earlier, it's the pigritude factor, or in
>some cases a kind of -- to use the pop-psych terminology --
>passive-aggressive statement about not liking the list. Some people actually
>post sarcastic little messages to the list-members in general when asking to
>be unsubbed. And I forgot to mention in my last post.... On two lists I'm
>on, the unsub info appears in the header of every message, in addition to
>all the other precuations that are taken (monthly message, etc.), and it
>still doesn't end the problem, because some people's email systems don't
>show them headers unless they change their settings to reveal them.
>
>There is no way to keep people from abusing public space without a
>moderator, and sometimes that cure is worse than the disease.
>
>I'm usually an optimist, but not I fear on this topic. Experience is a tough
>teacher.
>
>Best,
>
>Greg Downing/NYU, at [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]
>
Dan Pearlman
Department of English
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881
 
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