Adrian Bye wrote:
On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 05:33, Thomas Hochstein wrote:
I don't think so. I'd prefer to change options *immediately*, without having to wait until I get my mail (partly via UUCP).
I agree.
And without passwords, you don't have to. Instead of a password to access member options, you access it via the custom URL at the footer of every message. You can either save the URL in a password storage someplace, or just refer to an older message in your mail.
Which at a minimum would require personalization of all lists with its attendant performance hit, plus this URL would have to contain the equivalent of a password whether you call it that or not, thus exposing it to compromise by including it in every mail.
I used to run some lists on Topica.com and they have an 'easy unsubscribe' link at the bottom of every mail, and I am amazed at the number of people who don't edit this out of mail they forward (and the number who still don't know how to get off a list).
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