Every year he says it is the final email, so far that has not turned out to be the case.
If I click on the unsubscribe link and it actually does what it claims, it will be a
serious inconvenience to me.
Cheers,
peter
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From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Craig
Franklin
Sent: Wednesday, 17 August 2016 10:57 AM
To: Wikimedia Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] FW: My final email
Well, he *did* say it was his final email!
I'd imagine the unsubscribe link would get you off the "former donors we can
spam" list without removing you from this august list.
Cheers,
Craig
On 17 August 2016 at 18:52, Peter Southwood <peter.southwood(a)telkomsa.net>
wrote:
Is there any way to unsubscribe from these annoying
and in my opinion
misleading spam mails purporting to come from Jimmy Wales without
unsubscribing from any other Wikimedia mailing lists or e-mail
notifications?
Cheers,
Peter
From: jimmy(a)wikipedia.org [mailto:donate@wikimedia.org]
Sent: Wednesday, 17 August 2016 10:01 AM
To: peter.southwood(a)telkomsa.net
Subject: My final email
Inside this email: fun fact from Wikipedia
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utm_medium=email&appeal=Appeal-JimmyQuote&utm_source=
sp52077018&hpc=35.00&uselang=en&contact_id=7476197&link_id=1>
Dear Peter,
When the clock strikes midnight, our email fundraiser will end — but
we haven't yet hit our goal. Please take one minute to renew your R 50
<
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utm_medium=email&appeal=Appeal-JimmyQuote&utm_source=
sp52077018&hpc=35.00&uselang=en&contact_id=7476197&link_id=2>
donation to Wikipedia.
If all our past donors simply gave again today, we wouldn't have to
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services to our readers. Though our size requires us to maintain the
server space and programming power of a top site, we are sustained by
the support of our donors who give an average of about R 175. This
year, will you take one minute to keep our work going?
<https://donate.wikimedia.org/?utm_campaign=C1617_Email2&
utm_medium=email&appeal=Appeal-JimmyQuote&utm_source=
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5&preSelect=50.00> Renew your donation: R 50 »
Thank you,
Jimmy Wales
Wikipedia Founder
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