novice netusers

[Root Boy Jim]

   From: "The News System <news>" <news at brl-adm.arpa>
   Date: 5 Mar 87 16:51:17 GMT

   >>   I don't mean to be nasty but can't something be done to people
   >>who send messages like this:
   >> [request to be removed from mailing list follows]
   >
   >No. Education. Digesting maybe. Not really. Sending a gripe to the
   >whole list just doubles the noise however (this triples it!) Perhaps
   >administrative issues should be sent to "unix-wizard-request".

   The following is a suggestion not a gripe (limited noise injection).

   Education yes!  Where is he/she to get the requisite education?
   Unless a novice net user is lucky enough to have a very conciencious system
   administrator at his/her site the education is very haphazard. 

Like many problems, the solution (or a partial one at least) is obvious.
When I sign up to xxx-request I always get a note back saying confirming
my subscription. Often (always?) this is a form-letter. Just have each
moderator add instructions on how to unsubscribe from the list as well.
In fairness, some of them do this already. 

	(Root Boy) Jim "Just Say Yes" Cottrell	<rbj at icst-cmr.arpa>
	Why did Paul Simon name his album after Elvis Presley's house?