Re: People Leaving the List
> Maybe upon subscribing, there should be a notice with a link to the archives
> and mention to search there first for "answers to most all your pumpkin
> growing questions".
When people subscribe they are sent an info file. Part of the file
says:
Archives:
All messages sent to this list will be archived so that they may be
accessed at a later date. They are available at
http://www.mallorn.com/lists/pumpkins/
By posting a message to this list, you agree to give Mallorn permission
to archive your messages in a publically visible manner. You do,
however, retain all rights to whatever copyrights you may hold.
...
> Or maybe the URL of the archives can be added to the tagline at the
> bottom of all posts to the list?
How do people feel about this? I'd personally rather not clutter
the body of messages with extraneous text -- netiquette dictates
that signatures shouldn't exceed 3 lines, and with people adding
their own .sigs and their free email providers adding another
one it could make the fluff at the end longer than the message
itself.
It's also a killer on the search engine -- those .sigs get indexed
into the database each time that they appear.
I'd rather use the methods described in RFC 2369 by adding a
List-Archive: <http://www.mallorn.com/lists/pumpkins/> (Web Archive)
header to each message instead. In fact, I just did, so we'll see
how things work. :)
Chris
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