minor list changes

[Jules Richardson]

On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 17:38 -0600, Jay West wrote:
> Sellam wrote....
> > How about also sending a copy of the FAQ to new subscribers?  I know it's
> > not much (I swear I'll put time into updating it if I ever get some free
> > time) but it's something.
> I'm not positive, but I don't believe mailman will send an attachment to a 
> subscriber. I can include specific text, but the entire faq is a bit much to 
> stuff in the "welcome to the list" email. But, what I CAN do is include a 
> link to the faq in the new subscriber welcome message.

Can we also *please* have the following two in the welcome message:

1) This is an international list, so please don't start talking about
local (or country-wide) issues as though they affect all members.

2) Please state your location when offering anything for sale / free /
trade.

Those two really need beating into people with a big stick with
disturbing regularity :-)