Comments on: An idea for better email unsubscribing http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/02/14/an-idea-for-better-email-unsubscribing/ Radio, broadcasting, websites, and beer. Possibly. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:09:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Paul http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/02/14/an-idea-for-better-email-unsubscribing/comment-page-1/#comment-32362 Paul Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:58:29 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/02/14/an-idea-for-better-email-unsubscribing/#comment-32362 Although I stopped using it a few years ago Pegasus mail has had 'unsubscribe' and 'list info' buttons for years and years - I believe they are compliant with RFC 2369... when used with lists from the Mercury email gateway they worked a treat, but AFAIK all other email clients and list servers have ignored the idea. A Thunderbird add-on would probably be easy enough but if list server software just isn't going to support the RFC is there any point? RFC 2369 is nearly ten years old! Although I stopped using it a few years ago Pegasus mail has had ‘unsubscribe’ and ‘list info’ buttons for years and years - I believe they are compliant with RFC 2369… when used with lists from the Mercury email gateway they worked a treat, but AFAIK all other email clients and list servers have ignored the idea.

A Thunderbird add-on would probably be easy enough but if list server software just isn’t going to support the RFC is there any point?

RFC 2369 is nearly ten years old!

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