[rhn-users] RHN List Membership

[Tom Rivers]

Bill Watson wrote:
> In the subject of the email confirming membership into this group (since the
> body is blown off), put something like ***read this email to verify this
> group is for you***. As many people will read the body of an expected group
> entry confirmation email as do the EULA's. 
>
>   
Hi Bill,

An alternative would be to use the link that is at the bottom of every 
message from the list.  This is the one to which I am referring:

https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users

Notice how the URL has the string "listinfo" on it.  If you follow the 
link, you will go to a web page that says stuff like this:

================

Discussions about using Red Hat Network to manage and apply updates to 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, including discussion about particular Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux updates.

This list is not intended for discussion about topics specific to Red 
Hat Enterprise Linux that do not involve Red Hat Network. For discussion 
of such topics, you may want to try:

[1] RHEL 4 Discussion - https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/nahant-list
[2] RHEL 3 Discussion - https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/taroon-list
[3] Red Hat System Administrators' list:
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-sysadmin-list

To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the rhn-users 
Archives <https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhn-users/>.

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The funny thing about all of this "I don't know what this list is for" 
stuff is that people evidently don't even bother to read the information 
at the top of the page they would use to subscribe to the list!  It 
clearly tells them not only what the list they are about to subscribe to 
is all about, but it also directs them where to go to find lists for 
other subjects.  Anyone who fails to pay attention to something overtly 
posted that directly concerns them really shouldn't bother complaining.

What people should do is ask where they should go for help if they can't 
follow directions instead of just blindly asking their questions on 
whatever list they happened to bump into in their travels.  That is 
really the polite thing to do.  The fact that some have called attention 
to this isn't the problem at all.  The problem is that some people just 
don't seem to want to pay attention to what is clearly right in front of 
them.


Tom