X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA5B19FA3A6 for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 19:21:15 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 41976-03 for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 19:21:09 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from noel.decibel.org (noel.decibel.org [67.100.216.10]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BA029FA3A3 for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 19:21:08 -0300 (ADT) Received: by noel.decibel.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id BEA7A56431; Wed, 10 May 2006 17:21:07 -0500 (CDT) Received: (hashcash-sendmail, from uid 1001); Wed, 10 May 2006 17:21:06 -0500 Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 17:21:06 -0500 From: "Jim C. Nasby" To: Bruno Wolff III , Tom Lane , Chris , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: UNSUBSCRIBE Message-ID: <20060510222105.GZ99570@pervasive.com> References: <44615C15.5040803@gmail.com> <26504.1147238111@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20060510181051.GB11382@wolff.to> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060510181051.GB11382@wolff.to> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE-p4 amd64 X-Distributed: Join the Effort! http://www.distributed.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Hashcash: 1:20:060510:bruno@wolff.to::N7y00G9viHJezGbK:0002GKJ X-Hashcash: 1:20:060510:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us::pOscYIi1IFK0aruX:00000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000CACY X-Hashcash: 1:20:060510:dmagick@gmail.com::q6/zR3ZRVMRUG/aN:00000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000003ZcK X-Hashcash: 1:20:060510:pgsql-performance@postgresql.org::HrD4TiZxN38s1uUW:00000 0000000000000000000000000tXy X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200605/279 X-Sequence-Number: 19066 On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 01:10:51PM -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 01:15:11 -0400, > Tom Lane wrote: > > > > Maybe the real problem is at the other end of the process, ie we should > > require some evidence of a greater-than-room-temp IQ to subscribe in the > > first place? > > I suspect it is more lazyiness that smarts. That had to at least figure out > how to respond to the confirm message in the first place in order to get > subscribed. > My theory is that they don't want to take the trouble to figure out how to > unsubscribe when they (think that they) can just send a message to the list > (not even the admin) asking to be unsubscribed and it will (well actually won't > on these lists) happen. The confirm email has a directly-clickable link, or you can just reply to it. From that standpoint, it's substantially easier and simpler than unsubscribing is... -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461