Date   : Mon, 13 Dec 1982 14:38:00-PST
From   : fylstra.tsca@Sri-Tsc
Subject: how to remove your name...

I suggest the simple expedient of sending an introductory message to each
person at the time the individual joins the list.  This standardized message
would describe...

       - the general topic of the mailing list
       - ARPAnet rules governing commercially-oriented messages
       - a comment on copyright observance (?)
       - the organization of the CPM archives, including how to FTP files
         and the special structure of binary files
       - some rules of mailing list etiquette (amazing that this should
         seem to be necessary)
       - an indication of the estimated size of the readership
       - the XXX-REQUEST rule for obtaining administrative services,
         making particular note that this is the preferred technique
         for getting off the list.

These boilerplate topics surface on INFO-CPM from time to time, and it seems
best to handle them all at once at intro time.  Periodic rebroadcasts are
not the way to go.

Dave Fylstra