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> the only way to determine account inactivity is through some sort of feedback mechanism. Or a timeout (distributed systems 101). Just time-out accounts and s

• Mithaldu 9y ago
  Yep, i'm on several mailing lists that send me a "confirm you're alive" link once a year. Works just fine.
• pjtr 9y ago
  From the article: "an acceptable compromise has been found, and the text-only option will remain. But, once a year, those subscribers will get a message asking them to click on a link to confirm their continued interest in remaining on the list. That should allow Mozilla to prune its inactive readers" So that's exactly what Mozilla actually ended up doing.
• taneq 9y ago
  Making spam lists opt-in? I'm pretty sure there's some kind of secret blood oath amongst marketing types that none shall ever make it simpler or more convenient to get off a mailing list, let alone making it harder to stay on one.
  • tpxl 9y ago
    Where I live it is required by law for mailing list emails to have an unsubscribe link at the bottom :)