From:	chuck AT no DOT junk DOT mail DOT com (Chuck Adams)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: djgpp faq
Date:	Fri, 27 Sep 96 15:32:19 GMT
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In article <324BD5DA DOT 78AD AT Mathematik DOT tu-chemnitz DOT de>, Robert Hoehne <Robert DOT Hoehne AT Mathematik DOT tu-chemnitz DOT de> wrote:
>I'm not a person, who get a copy of this group in my mailbox,
>but I can imagine, that all who get it do not like such very
>huge messages in the mailbox.

well this is usenet, and it doesn't go into my mailbox.  it's a mailing list 
for you because someone decided (DJ I think) put up a mail gateway, but it's 
still a newsgroup, and FAQ's are posted to newsgroups.  as it is, i killfile 
all no-subject threads because they're almost invariably someone sending list 
commands to the newsgroup.

If the list server for the mail gateway could be modified to drop messages 
with a header of "X-No-Mail" or something similar, then the FAQ could easily 
be posted with that extra header.  Subscribers could get the FAQ with a 
command of "send FAQ".

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