From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2005-04-15T22:36:18+09:00
Subject: Re: ettiquette question

Chris Pine wrote:
> 
> How would people feel if every other week (or every month?) I made an
> [ANN] announcement on the ML?  I really don't have anything new to
> announce, and it would, in general, be annoying for someone to keep
> announcing the same project over and over again with no real change. 
> However, this seems like a special case, since this is specifically
> aimed at people who are *new* to the ML.  And, as I said, I only ask
> because I really do notice a spike every time it is mentioned.
> 

Isn't there some kind of email that is generated when a person
joins the mailing list? If so, that would be a good place for
this.

Only problem is that it wouldn't catch the people reading via
the newsgroup.

Would it help to put it in the comp.lang.ruby FAQ? I don't think
it's currently there.


Hal