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Subject: Re: user zubscribing list to itself
From: "Roger B.A. Klorese" <rogerk @ QueerNet . ORG>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 23:16:56 -0800 (PST)
To: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs @ hpc . uh . edu>
Cc: majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <ufau3a4ruzz.fsf@sina.hpc.uh.edu>

On 12 Feb 1998, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
> Well, there's a limit somewhere. Some of this can be solved by substituting
> values from the request header into the file, so their own address shows up
> in the examples.  (Of course, if the address in the headers is the right
> one, they don't need to use an address at all.)  But there's not much you
> can do for users who don't understand what an example is.  If we knew what
> list they wanted on to, we'd have signed them up before then sent the
> message and joined up with Psychic Friends Network.

Consider that most users don't know what a login, a host, or a domain are
these days.  And the example "demo-list" has made many of my users tack
"-list" on the end of the list names...
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ROGER B.A. KLORESE                                          rogerk@QueerNet.ORG
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