When this topic comes up I keep thinking about the system used by mailing list programs (I think maillist, or mailman?) that would auto unsubscribe a member if their mail bounced X number of times.

I'm pretty sure Ecartis or Majordomo doesn't have this feature (but I could be mistaken) so it must be one of the others.

The concept is there so it could be another viable option.

Yes, but it'd be easier on Rick (or someone else) to just code something that works for everyone vs having to code soemthin for piping which most people won't be able to do, or pop3/imap

For 7.3 I will release a hack where you can just copy/paste one or e-mails in a formfield, and it will give you a list of all users that matches the e-mail adresses in those mails and will give you both a link to the profile, and a button that will unsubscribe from any e-mail.

Hmmm sounds interesting. Thanks

Your the man.

Easy when you think about it really.
It doesn't have to be complicated at all.

Yes I am QUITE happy to not have the system trying to capture email messages and do this for me. I would *much* rather make the decision of turning this on or off myself. There are lots of issues we have with our mail server which create bounces but which I ignore, because they are a known issue that will be resolved.

So I am happy to do it myself, but I need something I *can* do. If I could have a form box to paste in a list of invalid email addresses, and then have it show me a list of matching members, that I could do a "check all" and then "mark all as do not email" that would be *perfect*.

The sooner the better too. This is a fairly large problem for both of my servers.

I want to note that unsubscribing from threads is helpful - but we really need a global "do not mail" setting on each profile. This would take into account my system-wide mailings, the birthday mailings, and so on.

Agreed.

However, if the user has set "do not accept admin emails" they should not receive mailings from the member management screen, or birthday reminders.

Is there a sql we can run to change all the users mailing preferences to "Email a new Topic only" for there watch lists.

This way we can gain some control.
And if they want more e-mails they can update there settings.
Just Pre 7.3 its all or nothing.

My thoughts.

Yes, it is possible in 7.3 - I think the following would work.

Make a note of this, ready for when the beta is released

UPDATE ubbt_WATCH_LISTS SET WATCH_NOTIFY_IMMEDIATE = '2' WHERE WATCH_NOTIFY_IMMEDIATE = '1' and WATCH_TYPE = 'f'

****This will not work on 7.2x or earlier****