Re: To all who wish to unsubscribe

From: Edson Carlos Ericksson Richter <richter(at)simkorp(dot)com(dot)br>
To: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: To all who wish to unsubscribe
Date: 2017-11-20 20:09:24
Message-ID: 1df6ee34-751d-435d-cd80-ae2ea3cfb391@simkorp.com.br
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Em 20/11/2017 17:45, Joshua D. Drake escreveu:
> On 11/20/2017 11:40 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>>
>>         https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PGLister_Announce
>> <https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PGLister_Announce>
>>
>>         Those looking to unsubscribe should also read that page. 
>> Sending
>>         "unsubscribe" messages to the list will not accomplish anything
>>         except to annoy the rest of the list membership.
>>
>>
>>     This is true but I would suggest it was a flaw in the migration
>>     not the user wondering why they are currently getting spammed
>>     because their filters no longer work.
>>
>>
>> So do you have any suggestions for actually fixing that? Given that
>> we have more lists to migrate, if you can figure out a way to make
>> those changes without peoples filters not matching, we'd be happy to
>> hear it..
>
> I was thinking about that. I was actually surprised at how many people
> this affected. It only affected one filter for me so it wasn't that
> big of a deal. One thing I would note is that there is no longer a
> footer that tells people what to do if they want to unsubscribe.
> Perhaps one thing that could be done is a header (for a temporary time
> period) that says:
>
> The mailing list software of Postgresql.org has changed. Please see
> this page on instructions on how to manage your subscription and filters.
>
> And then after the temporary time period that becomes a footer?
>
> Thanks,
>
> JD
>
I've been affected also, in a minor way, because I used to receive
digest  2 or 3 times a day, and now I'm receiving every e-mail again.
This is, at least, annoying.
would be better to keep the user options when migrating from one
software to another.

Regards,

Edson

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