Comment 4 for bug 708223
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| Curtis Hovey (sinzui) wrote Re: [Bug 708223] Re: Unable to subscribe people to a mailing list | #4 |
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On Wed, 2011-01-26 at 19:46 +0000, James Westby wrote:
> > I agree that this is very often a PITA. The counter argument is
> that
> > it's bad etiquette (and in some places illegal) to sign people up
> for
> > mailing lists without their approval (i.e. opt-out). We've so far
> erred
> > on the side of requiring opt-in for mailing lists
>
> I didn't know it would be illegal in places. Are, say, bug
> subscriptions
> considered differently there. I can sign someone up for all the bug
> mail
> from Ubuntu, which will be more mail than any Launchpad mailing list,
> so
> I'm not sure about the ettiquette argument really holding up.
We would close the bugs about this as wontfix or opinion if we thought
this was jut an ettiquette issue. I can discuss Lp spam concerns in
private channels if you like.