I'd like to suggest to send this text to every new subscriber so they'll get an idea immediately (i subscribed to a genetic programming list and they have a very good text they send to every new subscriber, i found this very helpful.)
Wouldn't it be better to place such an introductory text on the SIG's web page? That will inform people even *before* they subscribe... Surely in this day and age we can assume people have access to the web? I know the logistics of getting a SIG's web page are a little more involved than they ought to be -- our webmaster, Ken Manheimer, has set up a nice scheme so SIG owners can update their own web pages but it isn't always convenient. However I promise that if you mail whatever you want to be put up there to webmaster@python.org (or to me) it will be dealt with. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________ C++-SIG - SIG for Development of a C++ Binding to Python send messages to: c++-sig@python.org administrivia to: c++-sig-request@python.org _______________