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So, it's technically not possible to not automatically delete addresses from a subscriber list?

• taeric 9y ago
  Its not possible to know which subscribers aren't reading without tracking information. I grant that you wouldn't need to sell said information once you are tracking it. The extra infrastructure to support all of that isn't free, though. So the incentives are high.
  • zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 9y ago
    But it simply shouldn't be your business whether I read it. If I request that you subscribe me to some mailing list, then I expect to receive the emails from that mailing list exactly up to the day that I request to be unsubscribed. Whether I subscribe to read the emails or just to archive them for later reference or for feeding them into a robot that distills out the most important information for me ... that's simply none of your business and you shouldn't try second-guessing me if I have explicitly declared my intentions.
    • taeric 9y ago
      I don't necessarily disagree. However, there is a cost to blindly sending emails forever. To that end, I'm ok offloading the effort of keeping the subscription going to me. Would I rather there was a reliable way to do this that did not result in spam detectors getting triggered? Well, yeah. If you have thoughts on how to make that happen, they are welcome.
      • zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 9y ago
        Well, that cost is almost certainly lower than building a solution to figure out who is reading stuff or anything like that. Sending emails just isn't expensive resource-wise. As for spam detectors: Just forget about spam detectors. If people employ someone to throw away their emails for idiotic reasons, that is not my problem. If they want to be subscribed to my mailing list, they should not employ people who throw away my emails.