Thread: mailing list messages
I wonder if the new Tips at the bottom of email messages can be enabled for users during their first 30 days of mailing list subscription, then not appear? -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000+ If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania19026
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes: > > I wonder if the new Tips at the bottom of email messages can be enabled > > for users during their first 30 days of mailing list subscription, then > > not appear? > > I'm pretty durn tired of 'em, and it's not been 30 days yet ;-) I hear you. > A subscription option to turn 'em off seems sufficient, though. > We don't need to automate the choice for people. I figured it is a pain to have people do that when 95% of current users don't need it now anyway because they have been around for >30 days. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000+ If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania19026
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> I wonder if the new Tips at the bottom of email messages can be enabled
> for users during their first 30 days of mailing list subscription, then
> not appear?
I'm pretty durn tired of 'em, and it's not been 30 days yet ;-)
A subscription option to turn 'em off seems sufficient, though.
We don't need to automate the choice for people.
regards, tom lane
Bruce Momjian writes: > I wonder if the new Tips at the bottom of email messages can be enabled > for users during their first 30 days of mailing list subscription, then > not appear? I once again refer people to RFC 2369 <http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2369.html> about how to embed email list management information into messages. Secondly, I would also tolerate the "monthly reminders" that some list managers send out (e.g., GNU, Great Bridge). At the very least, though, the tips should be preceded by a '<dash><dash><space><newline>' sequence so that some mail readers can strip them off in replies. I filter out the tips anyway, so I really don't care a lot. # for procmail users :0 Bbf | sed -n -e '/^---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------$/q' -e 'p' -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net http://yi.org/peter-e/
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes: > Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes: > > I wonder if the new Tips at the bottom of email messages can be enabled > > for users during their first 30 days of mailing list subscription, then > > not appear? > > I'm pretty durn tired of 'em, and it's not been 30 days yet ;-) I think the tips would be greatly enhanced if there was a 25% chance that they included the output of the fortune program. Ian ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 57: I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me. -- Camillo Di Cavour
oh, let me add that as a TIP :) On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Bruce Momjian writes: > > > I wonder if the new Tips at the bottom of email messages can be enabled > > for users during their first 30 days of mailing list subscription, then > > not appear? > > I once again refer people to RFC 2369 > <http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2369.html> about how to embed email list > management information into messages. Secondly, I would also tolerate the > "monthly reminders" that some list managers send out (e.g., GNU, Great > Bridge). At the very least, though, the tips should be preceded by a > '<dash><dash><space><newline>' sequence so that some mail readers can > strip them off in replies. > > I filter out the tips anyway, so I really don't care a lot. > > # for procmail users > :0 Bbf > | sed -n -e '/^---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------$/q' -e 'p' > > -- > Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net http://yi.org/peter-e/ > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org) > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy Systems Administrator @ hub.org primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
Bruce Momjian wrote: > > I wonder if the new Tips at the bottom of email messages can be enabled > for users during their first 30 days of mailing list subscription, then > not appear? What about having some basic _PostgreSQL_ tips in there? This would be especially cute for -novice, I think. We must all be able to come up with 100 or so little one or two liners about PostgreSQL can't we? Just a thought, Andrew. -- _____________________________________________________________________ Andrew McMillan, e-mail: Andrew@catalyst.net.nz Catalyst IT Ltd, PO Box 10-225, Level 22, 105 The Terrace, Wellington Me: +64 (21) 635 694, Fax: +64 (4) 499 5596, Office: +64 (4) 499 2267
On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Andrew McMillan wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > I wonder if the new Tips at the bottom of email messages can be enabled > > for users during their first 30 days of mailing list subscription, then > > not appear? > > What about having some basic _PostgreSQL_ tips in there? This would be > especially cute for -novice, I think. > > We must all be able to come up with 100 or so little one or two liners > about PostgreSQL can't we? Since Peter has shown how easy it is to get rid of the TIPs for those that dont' like it, I think that's a cool idea :)
I like this idea too. How about TIP #1: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster ;-) Mike Mascari mascarm@mascari.com -----Original Message----- From: The Hermit Hacker [SMTP:scrappy@hub.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 1:57 PM To: Andrew McMillan Cc: PostgreSQL-development Subject: Re: [HACKERS] mailing list messages On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Andrew McMillan wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > I wonder if the new Tips at the bottom of email messages can be enabled > > for users during their first 30 days of mailing list subscription, then > > not appear? > > What about having some basic _PostgreSQL_ tips in there? This would be > especially cute for -novice, I think. > > We must all be able to come up with 100 or so little one or two liners > about PostgreSQL can't we? Since Peter has shown how easy it is to get rid of the TIPs for those that dont' like it, I think that's a cool idea :) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
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On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Mike Mascari wrote:
> I like this idea too. How about TIP #1: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster ;-)
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> Mike Mascari
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> To: Andrew McMillan
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> On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Andrew McMillan wrote:
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> > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > >
> > > I wonder if the new Tips at the bottom of email messages can be enabled
> > > for users during their first 30 days of mailing list subscription, then
> > > not appear?
> >
> > What about having some basic _PostgreSQL_ tips in there? This would be
> > especially cute for -novice, I think.
> >
> > We must all be able to come up with 100 or so little one or two liners
> > about PostgreSQL can't we?
>
> Since Peter has shown how easy it is to get rid of the TIPs for those that
> dont' like it, I think that's a cool idea :)
>
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