On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 10:05, James Mckenzie wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: "Scot L. Harris" <webid@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Jan 31, 2005 7:44 AM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: unsuscribe > > On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 06:59, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Duncan Lithgow wrote: > > > > > Instructions on unsubscribing are at the end of each email - thanks > > > > here's a humbly-tendered suggestion that would reduce the irrelevant > > postings to red hat lists, and save everyone a lot of grief from the > > periodic flame wars. > > > Scot: > > Nice suggestions, however it will be very hard to enforce them and add load onto the mail server. I think there are better methods and one of the best is education. > > I've started an effort to try and get the list rules on the Fedora List site as mandatory reading when you sign up and as a part of the welcome message after you sign up as you can sign up with a 'subscribe' message. Also, I would like to post the 'list rulez' about once per week. I belong to several lists and that is just about the frequency of list rules postings. Also, this was the norm for lists on USENET and other mail distribution systems. > > Also, I send my 'you top posted' and 'you posted in HTML' directly to the sender, thus keeping down the noise on the list. I would request that others do so likewise. Those were Mr. Day's suggestions. I was making a humorous comment that we already had many "auto-responders" on the list. :) -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage -- he won't encounter many rivals. -- Georg Lichtenberg, "Aphorisms"
