[meta-sig] Switchover to mailman
Barry A. Warsaw
bwarsaw@CNRI.Reston.Va.US (Barry A. Warsaw)
Fri, 27 Feb 1998 12:42:47 -0500 (EST)
>>>>> "JV" == John Viega <jtv2j@cs.virginia.edu> writes:
JV> Part of the motivation for making the big list of emails
JV> visible, is that people will often forget what info they gave
JV> you when they originally signed up, and not really know how to
JV> find out. Some people will only try so many of their email
JV> accounts before they figure it is just easier to spam the list
JV> until someone else removes them.
I also see this happen a lot with Majordomo. Most folks just end up
emailing the list owner pleading for help. List owners who forget
plead to majordomo-owners. Majordomo owners who forget plead for
vacations. :-)
-Barry