Comment 2 for bug 708223

We consider this a spam vector and will not implement it without safe guards that protect the community. The fundamental problem though is lower in the chain of events. You should not have been permitted to add users without their consent.

Since many teams exist only for community/communication, being a member of a team should mean you are subscribed. Users that do not want the list emails can leave the team. The launchpad-users list is such an example. The origin of this ridiculous team-list situation is that teams are also used for control, which conflicts with communication needs. The problem only exists for a small subset of teams that are are used for control, but also want a list. Launchpad could warn about the case and let the user proceed, knowing *every* member gets emails. If we fix the stupidity of this situation, this bug will implicitly be fixed.