I just went and looked at how to unsubscribe.
It is not at all intuitive. One has to read, and comprehend, the fine
print. The current setup is NOT user friendly.
Mostly people will get it or go searching for the email, but I'd have
to guarantee that you WILL have a parade of that last 5% for which
some interpretation of a sentence on the listinfo page defeats their
attempt.
What is needed is a clickable url on the bottom banner like:
Unsubscribe:
http//lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk/unsub
When they go there, the ONLY thing that is talked about is unsubscribe
and some instructions on what to do in some of the tricky situations:
Lost your password?, Using a new ISP?, etc.
Even then, some will not see it because it's at the bottom and off the
screen. But at least anyone can tell them to click the unsub address
at the bottom and follow instructions.
For some folks ALL computer stuff is counter-intuitive. I've met some
number. These are decent, hard-working, intelligent folks, good
citizens, law-abiding taxpayers, community assets, that you'd love to
have as a neighbor or co-worker. They are NOT all senile, not all
mean, not all careless, not all stupid, not all xxxxxx. Taking on
email is a leap for them.
Have to remember that homo sapiens went a long time without benefit
(?) of computers to guide evolution.
73, y'all
Guy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr@contesting.com>
To: <K7LXC@aol.com>
Cc: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 6:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] duh' I guess I'm slow
> At 10:53 PM 5/1/02 -0700, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
> >Well, everybody helping is great, and usually happens on this list.
> >Everybody complaining usually happens on other lists.
> >
> >I think it is good to filter out the unsubscribe messages if you
think it
> >will raise your blood pressure. Unless, of course, you're the
moderator
> >since the raising of the blood pressure is part of the job. :)
> >
>
> It might be even more useful to try to figure out why people seem to
be
> having more trouble than they did before. For what it's worth, my
theory
> is that people aren't in the habit of saving the monthly messages
listing
> their passwords. If there still is an alternative e-mail
unsubscribe
> routine, it might be useful to list that at the bottom of messages
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
>
> Check out the World HF
> Contest Station Database at
> www.pvrc.org
>
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