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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: changing my e-mail address
From:       "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss () iguanasuicide ! net>
Date:       2011-04-18 17:45:08
Message-ID: 201104181245.12878.bss () iguanasuicide ! net
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In <alpine.DEB.2.00.1104181407560.16005@pfr2.frenkiel-hure.net>, Pierre 
Frenkiel wrote:
>On Sun, 17 Apr 2011, Jonathan Matthews wrote:
>>>     "how to modify my address without doing unsubscribe/subscribe?"
>> 
>> What difference do you think there is between those 2 operations?
>> Hint: none at all.
>
>   your arithmetic seems curious.
>
>   For 1 list: 4 clicks / 2 replies / 6 mails
>   For 11 lists: 24 clicks / 22 replies / 66 mails
>
>   instead of : 1 click / 1 reply / 1 mail
>   for both cases.

Well, from personal experience, I can tell you it isn't "1 mail" to change 
your address.  The unsubscribe request gets a reply, the subscribe request 
needs confirmation, and the confirmation gets a reply.  So, to change your 
address on one list, expect 3 emails sent to you.

The reason the number of clicks doesn't scale is because there is a mass 
subscribe/unsubscribe page.  It takes roughly 3-4 clicks to get to the page, 
then each mailing list is just one click on top of that.  So, while the 
relationship is still linear, there is an understandable constant overhead.
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