On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 10:04:41AM -0700, JC Dill wrote: > So, my question to list-managers: Do you support the suggestion that list > managers/owners have some responsibility (ala robots.txt) for telling those > who wish to mirror or archive the list what the list rules are?
yes. > If so, do you support the idea of this file being made available 1, 2, or > all 3 of the following ways: > > A) As a separate file that can be requested from the list server (like an > info file) via email; > B) A file to be found on the list server's website (like robots.txt) if > there is a website; and > C) Included in the welcome message. D) Included as a header AND a machine-parseable line in the body of the confirmation AND welcome message. > and what should the format of this file look like? Why not use similar syntax to the robots.txt file? Adi
