Re: Weird re-subscription email from sourceforge

On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 8:54 AM, R. David Murray <[email protected]> wrote:
> I just got a "confirm your subscription" message message from sourceforge.
> The URL had 'mailman' in it, but I've never received this kind of thing
> before from a mailman list.  When I went to the URL it had checkboxes
> checked for two of sourceforge mailing lists (but not roundup-dev),
> and two checkboxes unchecked for advertising from sourceforge.  Then it
> had a last checkbox that said that I agreed to receive email from
> sourceforge.net.  That sounds like an agreement for them to spam me,
> whether it is one or not, but I can't submit the form to confirm my
> subscription without checking that box.  Regardless of that, I have
> decided that I am *not* going to subscribe to a mailing list where I
> have to reconfirm my subscription periodically; it's too much trouble
> for a list I rarely participate in (but do read).
>
> The original message said my subscription would be deleted on June 29th
> if I didn't confirm, so I'll be off this list after June 29th.

I got the same email, but hadn't done anything with it yet.  After
reading this, I agree; I will be taking no action and thus effectively
unsubscribing.

-- 
Zach

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