unsuscribe

[Scot L. Harris]

On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 10:05, James Mckenzie wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Scot L. Harris" <webid at cfl.rr.com>
> Sent: Jan 31, 2005 7:44 AM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> 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 at cfl.rr.com

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage -- he won't
encounter many rivals.
		-- Georg Lichtenberg, "Aphorisms"