Indology FAQ

[Dominik Wujastyk]

"FAQ" is network jargon for "Frequently Asked Questions", and refers to
summaries of questions and answers that are sometimes put together for
network groups to deal with the questions that come up for everybody at
the beginning of the subject, or when they first join the group.

It was recently suggested by Adrian Burton that an INDOLOGY FAQ, posted
once a month, could help to cut down on some of the repetitive
administrative traffic that gets posted to INDOLOGY by having such
details as how to unsubscribe (send "unsub indology" to
"listserv at liverpool.ac.uk"), the aims of INDOLOGY, that the aryans came
from outside india, how to get INDOLOGY sent in digest format, and
whatnot.

I earlier said I wasn't much in favour of this.  Chris Wooff, our list
owner, thinks the same (see below).  My idea about using mail headers to
carry a short message also seems unworkable.

I think Chris's hands-on, ad hoc, contingent, event-driven, asynchronous
approach is just what we all need more of.  (Someone take away that
man's thesaurus.)

Forwarded message:
> From: Chris Wooff <liverpool.ac.uk!C.Wooff>
> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 14:53:14 +0000 (GMT)
...
> Dominik, I think once a month postings get ignored. I'd sooner send
> occasional reminders when we have a spate of problems.
>
> I'll send one out in the next few minutes.
> 
> Lots of email programs filter X-Comment and so many readers wouldn't
> see it. Also I'm not sure how easy it would be to add additional
> headers.
> 
> Chris

Dominik