Miata Mailing List: December 1997, Message #107
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From: 	Aleksandr Milewski <n6mod@amt.org>

Subject: Re: sub/unsub suggestion

Date: 	Mon, 1 Dec 1997 17:58:50 +0000



At 08:20 -0800 12/1/97, Paul Cartwright wrote:

>Perhaps if newbies received their fist load of miata mail in daily digest

>form preceded by the "instruction manual" they would be less likely to

>panic upon checking their mail (and toss the instuctions).



I offer as a counter-example:



>From:	DHay@aol.com

>To:	Multiple recipients of list <miata@list.miata.net>

>Subject: Re: DAILY digest of "miata" mailing list (part 1 of 2)

>Date:	Mon, 1 Dec 1997 16:35:59 +0000

>

>unsubscribe





>..But then again maybe they're just dense



Yep. ;) The best be would be to enhance the list software to trap messages

that consist entirely of list commands. This is a non-trivial problem to

solve correctly, though. Personally, I'd rather Andy enhance the search

engine than spend countless hours unsub-proofing the listserv. ;)



-Zandr