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Re: Yahoo and their mail filters..
From: Peter Beckman <beckman () angryox com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:08:16 -0500
On Wed, 25 Feb 2009, John Levine wrote:
Why the hell can't AOL integrate the standard listserv commands integrated into many subscription emails into a friggin' button in their email client, right next to "Spam" (or even in place of it) that says "Unsubscribe?"AOL sends its spam button feedback in industry standard ARF format. It took me about 20 minutes to write a perl script that picks out the relevant bits from AOL and Hotmail feedback messages and sends unsub commands to my list manager. As to why they don't have a separate Unsub button, users wouldn't use it. AOL are not stupid, they know that people hit the spam button for all sorts of reasons, many of which have only the vaguest connection to spam. If you run a small well-run network, the only stuff you're going to see from the spam button is unsubs and false alarms. That doesn't mean the spam button is broken; it means that you're not the kind of sender they're worried about.
Cool! Didn't know that. My props to AOL and Hotmail for making it easier for mail admins to deal with claims of spam. Your point on "Users wouldn't Use it" makes sense, they wouldn't. Beckman --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Beckman Internet Guy beckman () angryox com http://www.angryox.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- Re: Yahoo and their mail filters.., (continued)
- Re: Yahoo and their mail filters.. Alexander Harrowell (Feb 26)
- Re: Yahoo and their mail filters.. Marshall Eubanks (Feb 26)
- Re: Yahoo and their mail filters.. Brian Keefer (Feb 26)
- Re: Yahoo and their mail filters.. John R. Levine (Feb 26)
- Re: Yahoo and their mail filters.. Marshall Eubanks (Feb 26)
- Re: Yahoo and their mail filters.. Seth Mattinen (Feb 25)
- Re: Yahoo and their mail filters.. mike (Feb 25)
- Re: Yahoo and their mail filters.. Tony Finch (Feb 25)
- RE: Yahoo and their mail filters.. Ray Corbin (Feb 25)
- Re: Yahoo and their mail filters.. John Levine (Feb 25)
- Re: Yahoo and their mail filters.. Peter Beckman (Feb 25)
- Re: Yahoo and their mail filters.. Tony Finch (Feb 26)
- Re: Yahoo and their mail filters.. John R. Levine (Feb 26)
- Re: Yahoo and their mail filters.. Tony Finch (Feb 26)
- Re: AOL, was Yahoo and their mail filters.. John R. Levine (Feb 26)
- Re: Yahoo and their mail filters.. Suresh Ramasubramanian (Feb 26)
- Re: Yahoo and their mail filters.. Micheal Patterson (Feb 25)
- Re: Yahoo and their mail filters.. mike (Feb 25)
- Re: Yahoo and their mail filters.. Suresh Ramasubramanian (Feb 25)
- Re: Yahoo and their mail filters.. Barry Shein (Feb 25)