goodbye message
When newsletter or e-mail list subscribers have chosen to unsubscribe from a mailing list, the list owner usually sends a last goodbye message that will let the user know their request to unsubscribe was successfully received. Goodbye messages will usually always have a link for users to subscribe again (or to just cancel the request), incase the unsubscribe was done in error.
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