Date: Sun, 23 Apr 1995 23:55:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> To: taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Gating hackers into the newsgroups Message-ID: <199504240655.XAA29984@ref.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950424134652.21679C-100000@aries.ibms.sinica.edu.tw> from "Brian Tao" at Apr 24, 95 01:52:50 pm
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> > On Sun, 23 Apr 1995, Julian Elischer wrote: > > > > all 'news' items have the following headder tacked on the FRONT of them > > before being gated to usenet: > > > > **************************************************************************** > > * This article has been forwarded to USENET from the FreeBSD-questions * > > * mailing list. It's appearance here on USENET is for informational * > > * purposes only. Replies to USENET on this topic will NOT be seen * > > * by the original posters. to reply, send mail to: * > > * FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org * > > * send mail to majordome@FreeBSD.org, stating 'help' for more information * > ^^^^^^^^^(majordomo) > > **************************************************************************** > > Eek! Do you really want to add another ~600 bytes to every > message gated from freebsd-questions to the newsgroup? Wouldn't a > weekly FAQ with instructions on joining the mailing lists be enough? > Or at least shorten the banner to something like: well, YES if you must know... it can't be missed, and all those thiings need to be said.. I'd settle for: ****** * forwarded from the FreeBSD-questions mailing list. * Replies to USENET on this topic will NOT be seen * by the original posters. to reply, send mail to: * FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org (answers or followups) * send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org, stating 'help' for more information ****** I think your version is TOO brief.. part of the effect of the banner is to reinforce the idea that there is more going on than just the USENET group shows. > > [ Reposted from the FreeBSD-questions mailing list! To subscribe to this ] > [ list, send mail to majordomo@freebsd.org with "help" in message body. ] > > ... and set Reply-To: to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org like someone > else mentioned. If we are sure that works for all NEWS software.... julian
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