[uf-new] New proposal: Microformat for email unsubscribe

[Indus Khaitan]

ufrs,

I'm researching few extensions to an open source email client. One of
the things I'm exploring is standardizing the unsubscribe information
which is normally buried in the footer using a new microformat for
annotating unsubscribe information.

Benefits of the microformat:
1. Standardizing/semanticizing of unsubscribe information will allow
automation for handling unsubscribes
2. Further to (1), email clients may extract the unsubscribe and
present it in a different view altogether
3. Further to (1), custom unsubscribe workflows can be 'embedded' as
the format matures

Comparables:
1. There is an optional email header called 'List-unsubscribe' which
is already in production use by GMail and other vendors

Wanted to get your feedback before putting up an
exploratory-discussions page. If you are looking to dig deeper, I have
written it up here at
http://www.khaitan.org/blog/unsubscribe-microformat/

Thx,
Indus Khaitan