-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mary Bull [MB] wrote:'
MB> I wonder if that Welcome letter could be revised to put the two MB> or three things a Newcomer first wants to try, right up MB> front--perhaps even in the Netiquettely Rude Capitals or Bold. MB> Would you and Marck and Leif be open to doing that, Allie? I'm pretty convinced that this will not work. Many don't seem to read the information and no matter what form you present it in, short of intruding on their privacy, they still will not really read it. Those who are willing to, don't necessarily need all caps to bring the message across. If you explain the issues exhaustively, then it becomes an unwieldy document that even more will not bother to read. If you're concise then many don't understand and go on to unknowingly breach the list guidelines. It's really a difficult problem to solve in a perfect manner. This point is nailed home by the fact that many ask how to unsubscribe from the list and yet the information can be obtained through a link that's provided at the foot of all messages coming from the list. My personal take on the matter is to leave things as is and just remind those who need to be reminded. Marck has some templates prepared for this. I have a couple as well. - -- Allie C Martin \ TB! v1.62/Beta7 & WinXP Pro (SP1) List Moderator / PGP Key - http://pub-key.ac-martin.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (Win32) - GPGshell v2.65 iD8DBQE92TKtV8nrYCsHF+IRAmMWAJ0cPcXzLoE0EwqXcgn1KfX7tEqNvACfcFKX O1zrUSQiUsNniGOzaLZXy9U= =rAzi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
