[ih] bogus list unsubscribe requests seen

[touch at isi.edu (Joe Touch)]

On 7/19/2015 4:36 PM, John Levine wrote:
>> These messages appear to be generated from ISI's mailman system. The
>> system does not require a login or confirmation to issue the unsubscribe
>> to any email address - that is a "feature" of mailman, and I am not
>> aware of a way to configure it otherwise.
> 
> You might want to look at the logs and see if the fake unsubscribes
> come from a consistent place.

I'll check on that, but even if we know where they originate there's no
way to disable them within Mailman.

> It's rather odd, I'm on a zillion mailman lists and this is the only
> one from which I get fake unsubs.

I've been running a dozen lists for a long time and haven't seen this
behavior before either. It seems not very productive given how easy it
is for users to ignore the messages.

Joe