Re: [Evolution] unsubscribe - a wider problem?(a little off-topic<g>)

[Philippe LeCavalier <support plecavalier com>]

On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 10:18 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 07:09 -0700, Brewster Gillett wrote:
> > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 10:12 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 00:41 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > > On Sat, 2010-05-15 at 11:21 -0400, Rick Stanley wrote:
> > > > > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ...
> > > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
> > > > Read the above.
> > bg:
> > I feel sorry for this guy's clients if this is indicative of his level
> > of awareness. Of course the fact that someone claiming to be a Linux
> > specialist is using a gmail address, rather than his own domain, is also
> > a trifle off-putting :-)
> > I am beginning to think, based on observing the clueless list-directed
> > unsub requests, and also on several other unrelated observations over
> > time, that what we may have here is a pandemic failure to read to the
> > end of documents of all kinds. I'm interested in hearing whether others
> > have noticed this. 
>
> YES!  And certainly not just here.  Coworkers and I were just discussing
> that this morning - about e-mails that say at the end of every message:
> "This is an automated messages, DO NOT REPLY".  Guess what happens?
>
> > A good example is the discussion of op-eds. Many people seem to be
> > unaware that the essay form generally results in a summation of the
> > points, and sometimes even the first integration of the elements of the
> > points, in the final paragraph. So they read the first half of the 
> > editorial, and conclude from this that they know what the writer was
> > trying to communicate, and proceed to discuss it as if they knew all
> > about it, and fall flat on their faces because they never bothered
> > to finish it.
> > Your thoughts?
> _____________________________________________
All this reinforces the severe need for top-posting to die a sudden death. In fact , this discussion should serve as a proverbial "nail-in-the-coffin" to that very topic

Phil