[Mailman-Developers] 1-click unsubscribe

[Ian Eiloart]

--On 6 March 2008 19:43:04 +0000 Nigel Metheringham 
<nigel.metheringham at dev.intechnology.co.uk> wrote:

>
> On 6 Mar 2008, at 17:51, Ian Eiloart wrote:
>> So, a 1-click unsub is a link in the message footer which takes you
>> to a
>> page that says something like "You've unsubscribed from our list,
>> sorry to
>> see you go"?
>
>
> So its an HTTP GET - which is supposed to be idempotent.  I know a
> while back there was discussion of SpamAssassin modules which evaluated
> linked webpages for spamminess - presumably that action would clear
> someone off the list too!
>
> 	Nigel.

It's an interesting point, but there are plenty of un/subscribe and request 
verification mechanisms out there which do exactly this. Including in 
Mailman, I think.


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Ian Eiloart
IT Services, University of Sussex
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