On Friday 01 September 2006 22:47, Peter Nikolic wrote:
Well if a decent mail program is used there is no problem at all reading and the supressing the headers ( The bits that HEAD the email that tell you where from when via ect ) for the numb nuts out there
This isn't about defining what mail client a person uses or should use. That is 100% *irrelevant*. The point is having a process which EVERYONE can actually follow.
KMail is one of the better mail clients maybe not quite the best YET but not far off sure beats the crap outta the other stuff i have tried then dumped apart from the Mail client in Seamonkey now theres pretty darn good as well
Then keep on using it (as will i). But don't expect that everyone who wants to eventually unsubscribe to switch to KMail. Many readers are using Outlook to read their mail, like it or not, and they will continue to do so. And as much as i hate using Windows, i fully support them doing so because it *works for them*. Any unsubscribe process must be ignorant of what mailer is used, and should not be there to punish people who choose to use Outlook for mails. That's not to say that the mailing list admin(s) originally chose the headers-based process to punish all UIMCs (Users of Inferior Mail Clients). However, in practice this seems to be exactly what they have inadvertently done, and IMO The Process needs to be changed to make it more realistic (i.e., accessible to UIMCs and URMCs alike). :) -- ----- stephan@s11n.net http://s11n.net "...pleasure is a grace and is not obedient to the commands of the will." -- Alan W. Watts