Maybe we can add a signature to the mailing list messages so that everyone
sees mandrakeuser.org on each e-mail?
Jean-Michel Dault
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On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Ramon Gandia wrote:
> Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 02:56:20 -0900
> From: Ramon Gandia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] List Bitching
>
> Rich Clark wrote:
> >
> > Maybe what the list needs is a FAQ page posted somewhere. Someone
> > subscribes to the list, they get the nice new welcome note from the list
> > manager that gives them pointers about how to post, what to post and where
> > to look for answers *before* they post the same question that's been asked
> > and answered countless times before. Everyone else has a FAQ, why don't
> > we?
>
> We have a FAQ - sort of - at http://www.mandrakeuser.org
> What we need is someone that can set up a Cron job to send an
> email on a daily basis to THIS (and the Newbie) list advertising
> the FAQ.
>
> This same suggestion was made a year and a half ago on the RedHat
> list, and there was a tremendous outcry against it. The reasoning
> went that there was too much email messages as it was without
> cluttering it more with a daily "here is the FAQ" message. Some
> of us thought that one daily message or maybe three times a week,
> would reduce the overall number of messages posted asking
> questions.
>
> At any rate, over at RedHat, DJB and the powers that be nixed
> the idea. Perhaps it would be better received at Mandrake. The
> cron generated email message is trivial to implement. Whatever
> is done is going to require the approval of Mandrake as this is
> THEIR list.
>
>
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