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In article <slrnfv1vfa.159s.willem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Willem <willem@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Richard wrote:
>) But a naive solution would be simply auto reply to each new post
>)
>) "have you read the FAQ : here ..."
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>He pointed to a *specific item* in the FAQ.
Yes. We all understand that.
>) In your haste you seem to have misunderstood. My point is that 99.99% of
>) questions here are answered in one way or other by the FAQ,
>)
>) Simply questioning people as to whether they read it and then somewhat
>) pompously pointing them there makes the group pretty much redundant.
>
>He pointed to the *specific part* of the FAQ that answered the question.
Yes. We all understand that.
And, yes, all also understand that that is the part that would be a
little tricky about implementing the auto-responder. Save that for
Version 2.0.
In the meantime, an auto-responder that simply greets every new thread
(by a newbie - the program would keep a list of people to exclude from
treatment) with "The answer is in the FAQ. Please see the FAQ at: <URL>"
would be very nice and save certain people (e.g., Bwian) from having to
do it manually.
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