Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: news.misc,news.groups Subject: Re: Re: Information requested on succes Message-ID: <7321@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Fri, 14-Nov-86 20:31:34 EST Article-I.D.: utzoo.7321 Posted: Fri Nov 14 20:31:34 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Nov-86 20:31:34 EST References: <4295@ut-ngp.UUCP>, <1504@uwmcsd1.UUCP> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 11 > Time to once again suggest something *obvious*. The order of newsgroup > presentation should be changed to display mod.announce.newusers >>*first*< This will automatically make this information available to new users... Sorry, wrong. It will do so *only* if they join the net by subscribing to "all" and then thinning things down thereafter. It is not uncommon for users to join much more selectively, picking and choosing groups. Such people *don't* get to see mod.announce.newusers automatically. -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,pyramid}!utzoo!henry