Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs / dmu.ac.uk> writes:

> I'm not entirely sure about this.  Unsolicited e-mail is getting
> to really annoy people, so this might be taken in a negative light.
> Also, when posting to newsgroups many people munge their addresses
> so that they don't get extra mail, so the script will fail in those
> cases.

Jim Menard <jimm / eris.io.com> writes:

> Sorry, but I don't like the idea of an unsolicited email. A monthly
> or weekly FAQ is customary on USENET, not personally contacting
> someone who hasn't requested such an email.


What do people think about this? People who've subscribed to the
mailing list already get a subscription mail, and expect to get a
decent volume of posts over mail. People posting to comp.lang.ruby
don't.

One of the ideas of the mail was to be a kind of mini-FAQ: a set of
useful links. I'd hoped this would be considered a service, rather
than an annoyance. Did I misjudge this?

If the mail is considered a bad idea, we can add the link to the
newsgroup FAQ, but how many people will follow it.




Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs / dmu.ac.uk> writes:

> What happens if you leave then re-join the list?  For the newsgroup, how
> long will the fact you posted be remembered?

You (or at least your e-mail address) will be remembered forever (or
at least until I forget to archive my machine and a disk crashes).




Dave