to newcomers: please try to solve the problem yourself before asking

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Kenneth Porter wrote:

> --On Sunday, September 12, 2004 11:04 AM -0400 Carroll Grigsby 
> <cgrigs at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> It might be helpful to add a link to the archives in the footer that is
>> appended to every posting.
>> -- cmg
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> fedora-list mailing list
>> fedora-list at redhat.com
>> To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
>
> You mean like the one in the unsubscribe link at the bottom of your posting? 
> How would you word that footer so that it's clear that the link also goes to 
> the archives and also gives you other subscription options, such that a 
> newbie could understand it without badly bloating the text?

that's *always* been a bad explanation for the link, since it 
represents more than simply unsubscribing.  i'm a fan of the "You can 
find list management information <here>" school.  perhaps a 
compromise of some kind?

rday