Kindly remove me from mailing list

[Neil Woolford]

On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 11:38 -0700, Shawn Christopher wrote:

> I'll still run Ubuntu on my Mac however I really hope the sudden
> influx of experience users doesn't turn Ubuntu into a RTFM distro.
> Once again this isn't directed to everyone or the distro...just the
> certain people who behave like this.
> 
> Shawn
> 
> On 7/4/05, Dripple <dripple2 at laposte.net> wrote:
> > Well, kindly remove yourself from the mailing list, the way you
> > subscribed to it...
> > 
> > follow the links...
> > 
> > Mike Shelley a écrit :
> > > Kindly remove me from mailing list
> > >

I've got to agree with you Shawn.  While it isn't the full on RTFM that
you can find, it isn't a great help to a new user who is overwhelmed by
the heavy traffic on the list.

In fact I have already sent the guy full instructions on how to quit the
list, and have written and stored a pre-prepared email of instructions
to send the next time this comes up;  it does come up quite frequently,
certainly several times a month.

However, now that I think about it, the whole unsubscribe business could
and *should* be made easier for new users.  The welcome email does tell
you how, but implies (wrongly) that you must use your password as part
of the unsubscribe process.  Also, having to scroll to the bottom of the
page and then go to another page is less helpful than just finding a
simple button staring you in the face as soon as you start to follow the
link for unsubscribing.

It might even be worth not bothering with the unsubscribe confirmation
email.  Lets face it, if you were 'maliciously unsubscribed' you'd just
subscribe again...

Any thoughts, anyone?

Neil