Date   : Mon, 13 Dec 1982 14:38:00-PST
From   : fylstra.tsca at 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