[plug] Newcomers' welcome (revised)

[Arie Hol]

On 5 Feb 2005 at 20:12, James Devenish wrote:

> In message <42052529.1822.139D306 at localhost>
> on Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 07:57:29PM +0800, Arie Hol wrote:
> > Greet new subscribers with a short but cordial welcome, and indicate
> > to them that participation on the mailing list is subject to certain
> > rules of etiquette.
> [...]
> > I am inclined to think that many new subscribers may not even bother
> > to  read the current list anyway.
> 
> I'll let you know why I have been keen to append the guidelines to the
> welcoming message:
> 
>  - If we disconnect the guidelines from the welcoming message, then
>    I think many new subscribers will not bother to read the guidelines
>    (especially if they have disconnected from the Internet and cannot
>    follow the web link).
>  - If we include the guidelines in the welcoming message, then even
>    if many new subscribers don't read them to completion, we have at
>    least fulfilled "our end" of the relationship by giving them a fair
>    presentation.
> 

Two very good points, I with draw my suggestion.

Keep up the good work.

Sincerely Arie
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