Re: [school-discuss] unsubscribe messages DO NOT WORK if sent here

["R.M.Deal" <deal@xxxxxxxx>]

Leon Brooks wrote:

> Yes. The headings are meaningful to email handling programs. Any header 
> starting "X-" is explicitly defined by the standard as meaningless 
> within the standard, and therefore available for "private" functions.
>  
OK. good to know.

> The page of "rubbish" before the header you found has to come before it 
> because otherwise certain picky MTAs (email transport programs) such as 
> MS-Exchange will throw a hissy-fit if they're in the wrong order, even 
> though the MTA standards say not to throw a hissy fit; to accept the 
> headers in any order.
>  
Good to have some explanation - I knew they must be useful to someone...

> It is considered polite to include unsubscribe instructions in the 
> headers to avoid cluttering everyone's screen with them on every 
> message. 
Makes sense.
. . .

> MajorDomo's approach is reasonable, but I prefer MailMan, which uses 
> standard headers that standards-compliant MUAs will recognise and offer 
> as an "unsubscribe from this list" button.
I currently use Mozilla's Thunderbird;  do you recommend switching and 
if I do so, can
I blend my current mail archives with their directory structure into 
Mailman?

   Thanks,  Ralph