>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.

For that reason, it doesn't seem worth annoying (some) people. Is there 
any way to hook this message into the mailing list subscribe 
process?

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

I guess I prefer this option. "You can lead a horse to water..."

Kevin