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Re: [OM] Subscription notice on EVERY article - what a waste!

Subject: Re: [OM] Subscription notice on EVERY article - what a waste!
From: Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 14:56:30 -0700
At 07:32 PM 06/02/98 +0000, Kennedy wrote:
>
>Is there really any reason why EVERY message on the digest has the
>subscription and de-subscription notice tagged to it?  It is often
>needlessly quoted in replies and a recent digest contained primarily
>quotations of the subscription notice.  What a waste of bandwidth and
>general nuisance to all readers!
>
>Can't the message be added as a header to the digest itself - along with
>the date and volume and number?
>
>If it is needed - cant it just be smaller, a couple of lines perhaps?
>This is more annoying than the ASCII art sig's that newbies use!

What's the biggie?

All this requires is a little cut-'n-paste on the part of every responder
to this list.  Granted, not everyone does it, but it's learnable.

Garth

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