removed the footer requirement, for further research
diff --git a/policies/mailinglist-policy.md b/policies/mailinglist-policy.md
index b619046..b5a5ae3 100644
--- a/policies/mailinglist-policy.md
+++ b/policies/mailinglist-policy.md
@@ -67,11 +67,3 @@
 ===TEXT ENDS===
 
 Currently implemented as [Jira ticket](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-23011?filter=-2)
-
-## 3) Email distribution
-
-Every email sent from our mailing list servers must have a footer message with the text:
-"You receive this message because you are subscribed to <listname>. 
-You can unsubscribe any time by sending a blank message to: <listname>-unsubscribe@<subdomain>.apache.org
-
-