[R] please please unsubscribe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[John Sorkin]

Can the Gods of the mailing list please end this long email thread? All that needs to be done is to add an unsubscribe link to messages sent by the server. If this is technically feasible, please do it. If it is not let us know so we can get on to other issues!
John


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>>> Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us> 12/01/14 9:31 AM >>>
I disagree that this message belongs at the top... That is rare in bulk mail I receive, and seems unnecessarily intrusive. Addition of the word "Unsubscribe" to clarify the function of the link seems in line with current use.
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On December 1, 2014 6:15:47 AM PST, Martin Maechler <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch> wrote:
>Thank you for all the thoughts about alleviating these problems,
>both to us and the "newbies" (or otherwise e-mail clueless
>subscribers).
>
>>>>>> Ranjan Maitra <maitra.mbox.ignored at inbox.com>
>>>>>> on Sun, 30 Nov 2014 20:37:22 -0600 writes:
>
>> Following on Rich and Peter, is it practical for the list to put it
>at the top then, before the R-message?
> > Something like:
>
>> TO UNSUBSCRIBE from the list: see
>https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>
>Indeed, that is possible for mailman lists as I see.
>It looks ugly to me but I have been brought up in the age where
>civilized letters started (in English) with 'Dear ..' and
>e-mails were electronic letters.. and that age has gone...
>
>Shall we do that in spite of esthetic reasons? 
>and keep the current footer?
>
>Martin
>
>> And then continue on for each R message. Because top-posting has
>pretty much taken over, the best efforts of puritans notwithstanding,
>putting stuff at the bottom is unlikely to evoke much attention, and
>especially so in our 140-character-3-second attention-span world.
>
>> As an aside, if I were the OP, and wanted to unsubscribe, the volume
>of the e-mail messages on this topic alone would have been punishment
>enough for the original post:-)
>
> > Best wishes,
> > Ranjan
>
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