Hi Barbara, *, Barbara Duprey schrieb: >On 10/26/2010 1:31 PM, Friedrich Strohmaier wrote: >> Hi TDF enthusiasts,
>> I changed the footer for mails of this list. [..] >> I'd prefer having a wiki page containing a short 3 step guide >> summarizing that tipps and link there. If somebody would set up one >> would be a great thing. [..] >I notice that the footer has gone back to implying that +help will > accomplish the unsubscribe, rather than providing instructions -- > this was fixed before, I'm not aware of that.. > it's misleading. It would be best to provide both unsubscribe > addresses and the help one: > Email to [email protected] to unsubscribe from the > list Email > to [email protected] to unsubscribe from the > list digest. > Email to [email protected] for general help information. too long! I had to fight for "permission" of four lines max. 80 chars each.. > Or if that is regarded as making the footer too cumbersome, just point > to the general help but without implying it will actually do the > unsubscribe: > Email to [email protected] for help with list > operations such as unsubscribing. How would You pack that in max. 80 chars? [..] > The other footer info looks OK, though possibly the guideline > information should be incorporated into our own support structure > rather than referencing an outside source. That would allow tailoring > it to reflect specific guidelines for our lists, if desired. Exactly that's what I asked for someone to realize in a wiki page, to link at instead. Would You like to do that? :o)) > There is some effort going on about the whole issue of how to support > users at their first point of contact, whatever that is, and I think > your suggestion fits in that discussion very well. Thanks! my pleasure :o)) btw.: Do You or someone else have a link to a good mailinglist netiquette. Quoting ist just *one* aspect of writing good mails in a mailing list. Gruß/regards -- Friedrich Ansprechpartner / contact person for the "PrOOo-Box" german language "best Office Suite ever" and more on CD/DVD http://prooo-box.org -- footer updated on 2010-10-07 -- Unsubscribe information: Email to [email protected] Posting guidelines: http://netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html Archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ *** All posts to the lists are publicly archived ***
