From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B875313826A for ; Tue, 24 May 2016 20:48:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F3908141AD; Tue, 24 May 2016 20:48:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0359321C012 for ; Tue, 24 May 2016 20:48:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from grubbs.orbis-terrarum.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D745D340B9A for ; Tue, 24 May 2016 20:48:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 7381 invoked by uid 10000); 24 May 2016 20:48:13 -0000 Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 20:48:13 +0000 From: "Robin H. Johnson" To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] please remove me off your mailing list Message-ID: References: <57436331.8030909@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-Archives-Salt: f0b388dd-4fbe-41a0-aef9-69b8c4e1c66b X-Archives-Hash: 8540d82dd8e0e13032fd104b9358a2e1 On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 09:17:05AM +1200, Kent Fredric wrote: > A nice approach I recently saw to this problem on another mailing list > was they had somebody who *could* manually remove people from mailing > lists, > and they'd respond with something along the lines of "We've done this > for you now, but if anyone wants to do this, just email ... > blahblahblah+unsubscribe themselves". > > That makes the effort less for the person requesting removal, and > reduces their margin of error. > > Whether or not gentoo can/wants to do the same, eh. > > Just when I saw it I though "Nice, this is waaay better then the > standard 'you did wrong, try again' ". Infra (at least me) _does_ do this, I just hadn't gotten to this listmail yet, and I see that Tyler already removed himself. We also flag all mails with the subject of 'unsubcribe' for moderation, as they are usually people trying to remove themselves. -- Robin Hugh Johnson Gentoo Linux: Dev, Infra Lead, Foundation Trustee & Treasurer E-Mail : robbat2@gentoo.org GnuPG FP : 11ACBA4F 4778E3F6 E4EDF38E B27B944E 34884E85 GnuPG FP : 7D0B3CEB E9B85B1F 825BCECF EE05E6F6 A48F6136