On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 17:34 +0930, Tim wrote: > Paul W. Frields: > >> maybe we should put a "caveat emptor" in the bit that the list management > >> software applies to the end of every message? Only not so scary. > > James Wilkinson: > > If you’re going to edit that, can we please *finally* have a link to a > > FAQ list? Possibly > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines , or > > that material re-ordered for fedora-list purposes? > > Yes, there should be something like that. People who sign up to the > list should be presented with a link to the guidelines. It's a bit hard > to expect people not to top-post if they've not been told that before > they see/send any messages. +1 to this. In fact +10 :-) > On a similar note, the "unsubscribe" link on each message is rather > offputting. People might avoid it, thinking that they'll unsubscribe > themselves just by clicking on it. And conversely, people wanting to > unsubscribe might be a bit bamboozled as to what to do next. There's > got to be a simple way to say that it's for you subscription control, > not just unsubscription. Yes, instead of "To unsubscribe:" it could say "List options:" or some such. I would propose something like: -- Fedora mailing list: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Please read the Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Options: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
