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Re: Will someone rid me of this troublesome priest!?, Re: Marc strikes again



How about using the FAQs themselves as subscription commands for the 
mailing list. So whoever wishes to subscribe has to quote a major fact 
from the FAQ document......;-)

On Tue, 14 May 1996, Amos Shapira wrote:

> Marc A. Volovic wrote:
> > To a more serious reaction to the troublesome priest's suggestion -
> > Tuvia, quis custodiet ipsos custodes? How will you make the newbies read
> > the FAQ! if they don't bother reading normal documentation?
> 
> Maybe it's another desparate method people will get the jiggles to hear,
> but I'd suggest that the "welcome aboard" message sent from majordomo
> should contain a big "READ THIS NOW", "READ THIS BEFORE POSTING" and
> also "KEEP THIS MESSAGE" together with a min-FAQ list and pointers to sources
> of information to be consulted before posting.  If someone doesn't pay
> attention to these signs then it is really his problem when he gets to the
> firing zone.
> 
> (also, hopefully a saved message with instructions to unsubscribe will save
> all of us from these unwanted messages).
> 
> -- 
> --Amos Shapira (Jumper Extraordinaire) | "Of course Australia was marked for
>                                        |  glory, for its people had been chosen
> amoss@cs.huji.ac.il                    |  by the finest judges in England."
>                                        |                         -- Anonymous
> 


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