From: Phillip Gawlowski <cmdjackryan@...>
Date: 2007-04-09T16:48:53+09:00
Subject: Re: unsubscribe

Arie Kusuma Atmaja wrote:

> Hello robert, perhaps a small script which is able to detect this kind 
> of message could be deleted automatically and tell the user a related 
> message to it would be nice, so that we don't have to delete it 
> manually. Please forgive me if Moderator's busy for this thing.

Actually, you already got this information in one of the confirmation 
emails for this list.

And even a small script in this area can have a *huge* impact on the 
mailing list's performance:
Every email would have to be scanned, in full (sans headers), for those 
keyword(s). On average this mailing lists generates 100 mails on a 
Saturday, more during the week, less during holidays.

And then there's the issue of false positives (this email, for example, 
would be a false positive), and maybe false negatives. This problem gets 
even worse if somebody, who subscribes to this list, had an auto-reply 
turned on. That'd probably grind the mailing list's server to a halt.

In short: use Google, before complaining about your self-inflicted 
ignorance. ;)

-- 
Phillip "CynicalRyan" Gawlowski
http://cynicalryan.110mb.com/

Eek! That was supposed to be My Special Law, _MY_ special law, I tell
you!

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