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Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 11:23:23 -0400
From: Eric van Gyzen <eric@vangyzen.net>
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On 09/08/2014 11:16, Warren Block wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Sep 2014, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
>
>> Also, we should reference a url for questions or problems, and not
>> include questions@ in the motd...  The url can better include
>> information, and other places to find help, like for forums..
> ...
>> P.S. I've always been confused what command means.. Does it mean the
>> program, or the program w/ the arguments?
>
> Could be either, it's context-sensitive, but point taken.
>
> New whitespace version:
> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/motd/motd.whitespace-url
>
> This one includes the URL rather than questions@, includes the forum
> URL, and removes "command".

This looks really good.

Eric