glk01126@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (11/21/89)
On a lighter note... who the heck answers all these questions? I've just read through 50 questions and 1 response which was a question itself! Sorry, just thought I'd mention that.
ericw@manta.NOSC.MIL (Eric Williams) (11/22/89)
In article <111900098@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>, glk01126@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > > > On a lighter note... who the heck answers all these questions? > I've just read through 50 questions and 1 response which > was a question itself! > > Sorry, just thought I'd mention that. ------- I think this group has become over run with posters, and not enough readers. The traffic in this group is so heavy, it's becoming impossible to keep up with it. Before anyone posts a question, they should try answering one first. Like me, I'm answering this guys Q. :-) _________________________________________________________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eric D. Williams Adam: Is that an Apple? Computer Resource Center Eve: No silly, ericw@nosc.mil It's a Mac! _________________________________________________________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
garym@telesoft.com (Gary Morris @nova) (11/28/89)
In article <111900098@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>, glk01126@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > > On a lighter note... who the heck answers all these questions? > I've just read through 50 questions and 1 response which > was a question itself! > Many people answer questions by sending mail directly to the poster, who will (hopefully) summarize if it's of general interest. It's preferable to do this to avoid getting the same answer posted multiple times on the net. There is way too much traffic in this newsgroup already. I always (well, almost always) send answers by mail rather than posting a followup. You can always send mail to the person who asked a question and see if he got an answer. --GaryM -- Gary Morris {uunet,ucsd}!telesoft!garym TeleSoft N6FRT garym@telesoft.com San Diego, CA, USA ASEL garym@nynashamn.telelogic.se +1 619 457-2700 "If something is worth doing, it's worth doing right."
J.COOK@ENM.Prime.COM (11/28/89)
In article by garym@telesoft.UUCP: In article <111900098@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>, glk01126@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >Many people answer questions by sending mail directly to the poster, who >will (hopefully) summarize if it's of general interest. ... I always >(well, almost always) send answers by mail rather than posting a followup. >You can always send mail to the person who asked a question and see if he >got an answer. Well, no, you can't "always send mail to the person who asked a question and see if he got an answer. MANY people list their reply address as something of the form "HARRY@SITE.UUCP" Problem is, we could send mail to Harry if we could find the site and we could get to the site if we knew the path, but we don't know the path. Most email bounces. Perhaps there is some great node out there that knows the path to most sites. Mail routed through it would magically get to the right place. If it exists, I don't know about it. Jim Cook (J.COOK@ENM.PRIME.COM) "Just my opinions (or lack of knowledge), not my employer's"