UKNM: Re: UKNM Digest V1 #164

[Ian Tester]

It can be a major hassle hosting any kind of e-mail newsletter service,

perhaps because people change e-mail address so often, then either


a. moan that they're not getting their newsletter anymore when they

registered with an e-mail at a now defunct e-mail address

b. desubscribe from a different e-mail address to the one they subscribed

with, causing your systems to scratch their head. and the desubscriber to

get annoyed. which is bad for you.


Anyone know of a vaguely intelligent system for coping with this (under

£1,000!) ? Some companies in the UK, even the huge ones, seem unable to go 6

months without changing what comes after the @, and it can be a shocker. I

suppose at least with e-mail, the goneaways sometimes tell you they're

goneaways . . . .


Ian


>

>Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 09:53:54 +0000

>

From: Paul Douglas <pauldparagon [dot] co [dot] uk>

>Subject: Re: UKNM: Mailing Lists (Not Spam Lists)

>

>>>Having said that, two "unsubscribe" requests to Virgin.Net haven't

>>>stopped me getting "What's New At Virgin" mails - all because I won

>>>some books in a competition once...

>>

>>Same here, although I've never won anything...

>

>It's not always the case. Fot the record, I unsubscribed from the Virgin

>newsletter and have never received another one since.

>

>Paul


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