[Theforum] RE: newsletter vs. new article notification

Martin martin at members.evolt.org
Thu Jan 3 01:13:55 CST 2002


On Thursday, January 3, 2002, at 01:48  am, Michael Wolfe wrote:

>> I am in favour of force-subscribing everyone who's currently on 
>> thelist to
>> theheadlines, though. And those who don't want to can remove 
>> themselves.
>> Otherwise, inertia will mean that most thelist members would not
>> subscribe.
>
> -1
>
> While I like the idea of theHeadlines, I am definitely NOT in favor of
> forcing a subscription on anyone.  IMHO, any subscription should be
> voluntary.

Mike

People on thelist get this already - they wouldn't be forced to
receive anything new. From their perspective, all that's happening
is
1) The notification comes in with a slightly different subject line
     (probably)
2) They have the ability to opt out of it.

Martin

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