simon@ms.uky.edu (Simon Gales) (12/19/88)
Lotsa people seem to think that asking for replies via mail instead of
posting is just laziness on the askers part.
Doesn't it make more sense, and save some net bandwidth, to send your
replies via email, then the original poster can discover the best or most
correct answer and summarize in a followup posting?
Replying to a post is just as easy as following up via the net, it
really doesn't take that much more effort. Who are the lazy ones,
the ones who ask for email replies, or those that would rather post?
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In article <10709@s.ms.uky.edu> simon@ms.uky.edu (Simon Gales) writes: >Replying to a post is just as easy as following up via the net, it >really doesn't take that much more effort. Who are the lazy ones, >the ones who ask for email replies, or those that would rather post? Speaking of laziness, I use the "R" key, and have noticed that roughly 50% of the mail I send with it bounces. Is that normal? (Please 'r'espond via mail (if it doesn't bounce :-) and I will summarize). -- Phil Nelson at (but not speaking for) Tymnet, McDonnell Douglas Network Systems Company POTS:408-922-7508 UUCP:{ames|pyramid}oliveb!tymix!antares!pnelson LRV: Component Station
dave@westmark.UUCP (Dave Levenson) (12/24/88)
In article <312@antares.UUCP>, pnelson@antares.UUCP (Phil Nelson) writes: > In article <10709@s.ms.uky.edu> simon@ms.uky.edu (Simon Gales) writes: > > >Replying to a post is just as easy as following up via the net, it > >really doesn't take that much more effort. Who are the lazy ones, > >the ones who ask for email replies, or those that would rather post? > > Speaking of laziness, I use the "R" key, and have noticed that roughly 50% > of the mail I send with it bounces. Is that normal? (Please 'r'espond via > mail (if it doesn't bounce :-) and I will summarize). The reason for posting a followup when a reply would probably do as well is that reply mail often bounces. The usual reason why reply mail bounces is that a number of sites on the net will forward news but will refuse to forward mail (are you listening, AT&T?). Your reply mail tries to back-track the route taken by the article you're replying to, but if it went through one of these sites that won't forward mail, then your reply either bounces or is silently trashed. The best solution, I suppose, is to use a smart mailer (or direct all of your reply-mail through a smart host) that re-routes it around the links that won't handle it. -- Dave Levenson Westmark, Inc. The Man in the Mooney Warren, NJ USA {rutgers | att}!westmark!dave