Suggestions to help new users are always good.

Maybe we should have an auto responder with a list of FAQs (the 
actual ones that pop up on the list every day and not the outdated 
stuff on the site). Instead of sending the unsubscribed post to the 
list just send the auto response to the poster. Also a very clear 
plain easy to understand set of directions to subscribe to the 
list. Remember we are talking about newbies who probably don't 
understand all this public list stuff. This would be a big help to 
the newer user and the list. If the list is going to have a 
moderator than maybe something could be put in place to take the 
load off the moderator. This auto responder could also say this is 
an auto response to the question and explain if the answer was not 
listed. They can follow the subscribe directions to post on the 
list. The unsubscribed poster probably doesn't even know the post 
would have gone to the list and will never even look if they got 
their answer from the auto responder. They get their answer and 
they are happy and the list gets speared another post of the same 
question that has already been on the list 100s of times.

What is so hard about doing this?

I am willing to put together a bigger FAQ list than I have already 
shared earlier.

I am not trying to keep new people from getting help I am only 
trying to cut down on all these annoying FAQs that are asked and 
answered all the time.

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