Re: [tlug] unsubscribe

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

>>>>> "M" == M Meiarashi <mes@example.com> writes:

    M> But I couldn't see its converse... I mean why there are always
    M> some amount of people who get an idea that such command mail
    M> should be accepted by the main address, then make the idea into
    M> practice.

I think a lot of people anthropomorphize computers.  Ie, they think
computers can and should understand such commands.  It seems easy;
tiny children can tell the difference between using a word as a
command and talking about a word.

Explaining why people do the big "A" word gets us back into
neurology.  ;-)

    ; The problem is that in many cases such bots would have
    ; unsubscribed both you, and then me.

    M> Do you mean the subject of this current thread of mail?  Surely
    M> if it is parsed as a command, it would have been difficult to
    M> discuss about unsubscribing.

exactly.


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