Re: Personal vs Mailing List Responses....

Charles,

In a message dated 97-05-30 14:25:23 EDT, you write:

> Point of Order
>  
>  Look, I know that many of you are new to Net comunications, and I like
this
>  discussion, but I have limited time & resources.
>  
>  If you want to simply thank someone or briefly notify them that you will
>  try their suggestion, or anything else which is of PERSONAL interest
rather
>  than GENERAL interest, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, send that person a
>  personal reply rather than replying to the discussion at large!

Yes, many folks here ARE new to the Internet.  Midrange systems by their
nature aren't exactly conduscive to "state of the art" in most installations.
 However, on this list we often thank those that have helped us -- if for no
other reason than to stop other people from continuing to answer the already
answered question.  You didn't quote any offending responses, but I'll bet
that they fall into the latter category.

>  This is (apparently) an unmonitored discussion, which means we need to
>  monitor ourselves.

>  Be kind to your community, don't send us garbage! 
>  
>  Quote only that portion of a message needed to i.d. the original message,
>  (i.e. at LEAST don't copy the Midrange-Computing disclaimer, as the mailer
>  will append yet another copy.
>  
>  The Net is in a traffic jam, please don't add to the problem.  Think
before
>  you SEND.  

David actually monitors these preceedings quite closely.  He only censors
those that "get out of line", which happens infrequently among professionals.
 He also sends novices (I can TELL you from my own experience two years ago!)
personal messages about the sort of quoting that you are decrying.  I somehow
doubt that we will refrain from giving thanks to those that helped us,
especially if we tire of hearing the same thing over and over again.

While I realize that several people (especially those overseas) pay for the
thank you's by the piece, they're one of the things that I like about
Midrange-L...

JMHO,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@AOL.COM

"As for butter vs. margarine, I trust cows more than chemists." -- Joan
Gussow
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