This all assumes that the newsletter unsubscription process is using the email based method instead of the link based method (which is a good assumption email-based is more common).
This all assumes that the newsletter unsubscription process is using the email based method instead of the link based method (which is a good assumption email-based is more common).
It's also possible that you're talking about a 'link' (a href) in the email body that goes to the newsletter provider's site and ask them a bunch of questions (why are you unsubscribing etc.). That's a different concept entirely.
From what I've seen, the email-based way is the primary unsubscription method in use today. Even when you use the gmail feature "Mark this as spam", depending on what you click, it will just send an email on your behalf to the to whatever is specified in the List-Unsubscribe: mailto: header.
It's not. Most people unsubscribe by clicking a link in the email.
What you're referring to is the list-unsub header which is again a different concept to what the person above you is saying regarding replying to an email and asking to be opted out.
The original question remains though: How does the stated service here work when there is only a List-Unsubscribe: header and no web form?
If you're receiving email without one you're better off marking it as the spam it is.