Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 13:41:11 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: danj@netcom.com (Dan Janowski) Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ok, look folks Message-ID: <199610092041.NAA18678@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <325B2B36.41C67EA6@netcom.com> from "Dan Janowski" at Oct 9, 96 00:33:58 am
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> (4) Save those useful and, apparently, ignored messages from > majordomo when you subscribe. (Even make a mail-box > file to keep them in) > > > ++ We should add a little banner at the top of those > majordomo "welcome" messages: > > > KEEP THIS MESSAGE!!!!! > > YOU WILL NEED IT WHEN YOU'VE GOTTEN > SICK OF THE E-MAIL TRAFFIC AND THEN TRY > TO UNSUBSCRIBE IN A PANIC, FORGETTING > HOW TO DO IT AND GETTING PISSED OFF ABOUT IT. > > ++ > > Nothing personal intended; it got me once. But that > was Linux lists (you want to talk about traffic), and > that was a long time ago. I suggested this before, and I'll suggest it again: Each list whould have a monthly "FAQ" posting that goes out automatically; it would include "how to unsubscribe". Depending on overhead, it could even be "personalized", telling the person how to unsubscribe and from which address they'd have to do it. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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