--On torsdag, mars 07, 2013 19.42.04 -0500 Brian Rak mirrors@constant.com wrote:

Mass unsubscribe won't work unless you figure out how these people got subscribed in the first place. They must have clicked a link to confirm it at some point as well as entering their email address to get the email in the first place.

Maybe not, but it would probably reduce the annoyment right now and buy the admins some time to come up with a better scheme and/or get to understand how it happened.

Of course if something is actively subscribing "random" addresses, which to my understanding would mean they have a way to circumvent the second step (the acknowledge link), it will shortly fill up with new addresses. If on the other hand it either was a one-time mess- up/hack/error the effects will last (much) longer.

This could very well be combined with a requirement that subscribed addresses must be tied to an _active_ mirror. If it is possible to set it up so that unsubscribed mail to the list needs to be moderated it would also solve the "I have a new mirror" problem too, since all mails during the new mirror set-up phase would pass the admins and need not be passed on to the list.

Best regards, Emil