Manners when asking for information
uhclem at trsvax.UUCP
uhclem at trsvax.UUCP
Tue Jan 9 03:51:00 AEST 1990
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R6>The only solution that I see is to send the poster mail asking for a
R6>summary. Many times I guage the interest in a particular topic by the
R6>number of responses I receive. Therefore, if I only get a single
R6>response I usually think that no one else is interested in the topic
R6>and do not post a summary. If a summary is requested, I'll create one
R6>and send it out.
You are quite correct. If someone feels that they will be unable to see the
eventual summary (and I have a email request on the net right now and
the responses are just starting to arrive after a week, which just goes to
show that these things take time), send email requesting a personal copy
of the summary.
The goal is to cut net traffic down to its useful components, which can
save mortals big bucks in phone charges.
<My opinion, and not that of the telephone company who would rather everyone
include the base message in each response and respond to everything...>
"Thank you, Uh Clem."
Frank Durda IV @ <trsvax!uhclem>
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