-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Friday 2006-09-08 at 20:26 -0500, Peter Van Lone wrote:
What is the point of "hiding" the unsubscribe address in the header?
Because people top-posting would then mail "your" unsubscribe address to the wild :-P There is another reason; there are more headers: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: X-Mailinglist: suse-linux-e With those standarized headers, list aware mail clients can add hot buttons for those actions. Even Pine does it: | [ Note: This message contains email list management information ] clicking there I get: | Mail List Commands | | Message 380 has information associated with it that explains how to participate in an email | list. An email list is represented by a single email address that users sharing a common | interest can send messages to (known as posting) which are then redistributed to all members of | the list (sometimes after review by a moderator). | | List participation commands in this message include: | | * A method to get information about the list and instructions on how to join. | | Select HERE to seek help. | | * A method to remove yourself from the list (Unsubscribe). | | Select HERE to UNsubscribe. | | * A method to send a message to the entire list (Post). | | Select HERE to post a message. Notice that there is no automated "reply" entry, by the way. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFFAp19tTMYHG2NR9URAhinAJ4n3iLFrnmhDRM/0vYasuOjWUizrgCbBaJQ B8s+d8BvCgeRPxfhZI/9Gdc= =gP1k -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----