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November 1998, Week 2

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Tony Knowles <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 13 Nov 1998 09:49:09 +1300
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Brushing off the cobwebs ...

I vote for no trailers, other lists I subscribe to have trailers and they
seem to bank up endlessly on replies. The occasional 'how do I get off this
list?' post is far less annoying.

Tony Knowles


> Larry Boyd wrote:
>
> While it does get somewhat frustrating when people ask how to get off the
> list or where the FAQ is, I hope we don't add several lines to end of each
> message explaining where the FAQ is.  One NT list I was on for a
> while added
> about 5 or 6 lines to every message.  Then, when folks replied, they would
> not remove the original lines, so there would be 10 or 12, etc.,
> etc., etc.
>
> If one line was added (i.e. *****FAQ: yada, yada, yada*****) as the last
> line I wouldn't mind too much.  However, adding several lines is
> a waste of
> bandwidth.
>
> lb
>

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