Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 16:59:40 +0200 From: 520002375936-0001@t-online.de (Uwe Ploss) To: David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: subscribe freebsd-stable Message-ID: <20020731165940.6dcf3243.resident@grybel.mayn.de> In-Reply-To: <20020725110507.GA4236@HAL9000.homeunix.com> References: <200207152133.g6FLXQb72508@osvald.void.ru> <20020716053638.A21324@grybel.mayn.de> <20020716195624.X1494@shell.gsinet.sittig.org> <20020725114644.77b8c398.resident@grybel.mayn.de> <20020725110507.GA4236@HAL9000.homeunix.com>
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On Thu, 25 Jul 2002 04:05:07 -0700 David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU> wrote: > > I suggest to add something like the following near the quoted > > passages (in big, red letters): > > > > "Note: in order to subscribe to a list DO NOT send mail to any other > > address than <majordomo@freebsd.org>!" > > There are many places in the documentation where some people > (henceforth referred to as `illiteratte bums') might become > confused, but I don't think the one you point out is one of them. > I suspect it's usually the ones that mention the actual email > address for a list, e.g. `stable@FreeBSD.ORG'. There are two > things to be said for fixing these: fewer misdirected subscribe > requests and less SPAM. (This assumes that the docs are changed > to refer to the lists by name only and to explain how to send mail > to the lists in meta terms.) I don't think I get your point... But either way, I do not ask for reasons *why* mislead subscribe messages occur, but simply for methods to prevent them. And I do think that a little notice - as mentioned above - may be a first step. PS: not subscribed on -doc, please cc on answer regards -- Linus To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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