RE: Suggestion to avoid repetitious answers.

An easy way to save time in determining whether your response will be 
redundant is to sort your messages by date in descending order.  Read from 
the top (most current) and go down (older messages).  Saves you reading 
time too since you will see the answers to the questions first (as opposed 
to just the question).  Just a thought.

Eric Kempter
Director of MIS
Commair Mechanical Services

-----Original Message-----
From:   Rob Berendt [SMTP:rob@dekko.com]
Sent:   Tuesday, August 25, 1998 12:48 PM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Suggestion to avoid repetitious answers.

One thing I do when reading this mailing list is to read every message, 
deleting those that don't interest me.  Then, if someone hasn't already 
replied to an email with the same reply I was going to give, then I'll 
reply to that message.  For example, let's use the CRTPF without DDS 
question.  Judging by the answers, many of you came up with a good idea, 
for most of us it was the same good idea.  I had saved the first question, 
because I too was going to respond.  But after seeing that someone already 
responded with my response I deleted them all.  Thus saving me the time of 
typing up a response and you, ladies and gentlemen, from downloading and 
reading the responses.  To each their own, just a suggestion.  I do realize 
that there seems to be a huge delay in messages sometimes.  I'll send out a 
message and then I'll wait 65 minutes for the message to get bounced back 
to me from the list.  Perhaps many of you are responding after getting the 
question and prior to the other ans!
wers getting bounced back.
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