Re: An actually *useful* mail-list message footer

On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 11:42:02AM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>
> > Sent via pgsql-www mailing list (pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org)
> > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
> > http://mail.postgresql.org/mj/mj_wwwusr?domain=postgresql.org&extra=pgsql-www
> >
> > BTW, I don't find that there's anything wrong with that link, whereas
> > the one suggested by Greg gives me a 404.
>
> The bit that's wrong about this URL is that it's not specific to the
> pgsql-www list -- it's a general form for all lists; the "extra=foo"
> stuff is being ignored. I don't understand why you got a 404 for Greg's
> URL. Are you sure you didn't mis-paste it? I tried on a private web
> session to make sure there are no cookies or open sessions, at it works
> well for me. It can also be made shorter easily (because we don't use
> the virtual domain stuff):
>
> http://mail.postgresql.org/mj/mj_wwwusr/?func=lists-long-full&extra=pgsql-www

At the risk of giving myself more work ;-), perhaps we should refer to some
place on our main website that just does a redirect? That'll at least look
prettier for the user. Something like
http://wwwmaster.postgresql.org/unsub?pgsql-www or like that? Hmm. Maybe
it's not all that much nicer looking...

//Magnus