On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Chris Abbey wrote:
> The recent on-list exchange between John Summerfield and Kontorotsui has
> brought a background thought of mine to the foreground, so I'd like to share
> it with the list and see what the general opinion is.
>
> I suggest that the current copy of the FAQ be included with the succesful
> subscription message. I know this is possible with majordomo because other
> lists do it. I believe this will reduce the volume of these questions because
> it appears that most of the people posting this question have just joined
> the list. (probably in order to ask that question.)
Along with the suggestion that, to be kept informed, they add an entry like
this to their crontab:
15 00 * * 5 lynx -dump http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/ports.html | mail summer
or
15 00 * * 5 echo get java news | mail summer -s "get java news"
with appropriate changes. The second entry should be directed to users'
external email address in order to get the page when online. Use a procmail
filter to recognise the email and get the page, much like I use this to get
a web page when I get email that it's changed
:0c:
* ^To:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED]
| $HOME/bin/jobsatexecom
The script is no more than:
lynx -dump http://www.peoplexp.com.au/new_positions.html\
| mail -s "jobs at peoplexp" summer@`hostname`
>
> I also suggest that all messages from the list have a standard footer
> appended; something like what Redhat does on their lists. I'd suggest:
>
>
>
> (Java && Linux) - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - !(Java || Linux)
> To unsubscribe: issue the following command from a shell prompt
> mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Another idea with which I agree.
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Cheers
John Summerfield
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