Re: Suggestion to avoid repetitious answers.

Rob

This is a problem, particularly as this is not the only mailing list or 
newsgroup to watch.  Sometimes the time shown on a message sent to the mailing 
list by someone else is 24 hours before the time when I receive it.  I have had 
plenty of other mail in the meantime.  I don't reply if someone else has 
already done so unless I feel that I have something to add.  Perhaps it would 
be nice if we could build up a history of all posts by subject or perhaps have 
a FAQ section.  What do others think?  I fully realise that we are the 
privileged guests of David Gibbs, so, David, have you any ideas on how to cut 
down the traffic and perhaps the strain (?) on your server without reducing the 
considerable value and immediacy of the list.

Rob Dixon
Erros plc

Rob Berendt wrote:

> 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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