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

[John Sorkin]

The headers listed below as being part of the ״raw" email messages are
not seen, at least not in the messages I receive.
John

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> On Nov 29, 2014, at 11:22 PM, Henrik Bengtsson <hb at biostat.ucsf.edu>
wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 7:32 PM, Jeff Newmiller
> <jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
>> To be fair, Rolf, they have already found difficulty and are trying
to find their way out of this torrent, and impeding their way is not in
anyone's interest.
>> 
>> John: I agree that adding the word "unsubscribe" to the footer would
probably help those lost enough to be mailing the list. The existing web
page does have that word on it, though.
>> 
>> Fabio: I was unaware of the unsubscribe header... looks interesting,
though I would be concerned that it seems like it might bypass the
password protection currently in place, making it susceptible to abuse.
However, there seem to be quite a lot of organizations using it so it
may work better than my initial impression tells me it does.
> 
> FYI, if you look at the raw email messages, they all have the
> following in the header:
> 
> X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1
> Precedence: list
> List-Id: "Main R Mailing List: Primary help" <r-help.r-project.org>
> List-Unsubscribe: <https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/options/r-help>,
> <mailto:r-help-request at r-project.org?subject=unsubscribe>
> List-Archive: <https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/>
> List-Post: <mailto:r-help at r-project.org>
> List-Help: <mailto:r-help-request at r-project.org?subject=help>
> List-Subscribe: <https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help>,
> <mailto:r-help-request at r-project.org?subject=subscribe>
> 
> Note that "List-Unsubscribe" field
> [http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2369.html].  That does not seem to be
> enough to have Gmail add a "unsubscribe" button/link (which is indeed
> a useful UX feature).  Google mention some more requirements in
> https://support.google.com/mail/answer/81126#unsub, particularly
> "'Precedence: bulk'", which I find on since mailing lists typically
> use "list" just as r-help does.  I also found a mentioning on "DKIM
> key signature" being required
>
[http://blog.mailchimp.com/gmails-new-unsubscribe-link-and-feedback-loop/].
> So, not sure how easy it is to enable all this for the list(s) (which
> are handled by Mailman).
> 
> My $.02
> 
> /Henrik
> 
> 
>> 
>> 
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>> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
>> 
>>> On November 29, 2014 6:14:11 PM PST, Rolf Turner
<r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
>>>> On 30/11/14 14:16, John Sorkin wrote:
>>>> I don't see a link that is labeled "unsubscribe".
>>> 
>>> <SNIP>
>>> 
>>>>> On Nov 29, 2014, at 7:35 PM, Jeff Newmiller
>>> <jdnewmil at dcn.davis.CA.us>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> In what way would that be unlike the link that is already there?
>>> 
>>> <SNIP>
>>> 
>>>>> On November 29, 2014 4:09:29 PM PST, John Sorkin
>>>> <jsorkin at grecc.umaryland.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>> Requests like this appear from time to time. Would it make sense
>>> to
>>>>>> add a link to the bottom of the email messages generated by the
>>> mail
>>>>>> program that is labeled>>> Well, there is no "unsubscribe" page as such.  The link given, i.e.
>>> 
>>>    https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>>> 
>>> takes you to the primary help page. That provides a link to a
(password
>>> 
>>> protected) page where you can handle all matters pertaining to your
>>> r-help subscription, including unsubscribing.
>>> 
>>> I suppose that it might be possible to provide a link taking one
>>> directly to this second page, but:
>>> 
>>> (1) It would add clutter (I'm sure we don't want to delete the link
to
>>> the primary help page).
>>> 
>>> (2) The password protection might get complicated; I don't know
about
>>> such matters.
>>> 
>>> (3) I don't think we want to waste time and resources helping people
>>> who
>>> are too stupid and illiterate to find their way to the unsubscribe
>>> facility on the basis of what is already provided.  They shouldn't
be
>>> R users in the first place.  One needs at least two grey cells to
rub
>>> together to deal with R.
>>> 
>>> cheers,
>>> 
>>> Rolf Turner
>> 
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