tneff@bfmny0.UUCP (Tom Neff) (05/07/89)
I just gave this one elsewhere, let me drop it into news.* and then I'll
drop it, period...
Friends, Romans, Usenet-creatures:
When someone posts an elementary question to the net, the best thing
to do if you want to answer it is to MAIL the answer to the poster.
Even if your mail doesn't go through, there will be enough answers to
any elementary question that you can bet someone's will make it.
If the question wasn't totally brain dead you can suggest that the
original poster summarize the answer(s) in news, so that other novices
can benefit.
Unfortunately there will always be two or three people who don't
understand this principle and will post repetitive followups answering
the question. But at least the net can be spared the volume of
YOUR repetitive followup! Every little bit helps.
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