Re: Suggestion to avoid repetitious answers.

Larry,

In a message dated 98-08-26 00:01:14 EDT, you write:

> Rob Berendt wrote:
>  
>  ...answers getting bounced back.

Yes, and some of this has come from people that turned on "auto-responders" on
their e-mail prior to leaving for vacation or other reasons.  Please remove
yourself from the list(s) if you're going to leave for an extended period.

>   Rob,
>  
>     I agree with you and others who's already replied.  Two things:
>  
>     1) If we can get up enough cash to get David into a nice zippy P300
>  or better motherboard the delays may be improved (of course the delays
>  are not all going to be at his end..)

Cash is good, hardware is better!

>     2) I have seen 'duplicate' responses appear several days after many
>  many simlair ones.  These people obviously had time to get them if I've
>  had them for days.  One thing that I do simply to save time (mine) is to
>  not respond to a question unless I have specific input.  Some questions
>  could probably be answered by 90% of the list others by less than 10%. 
>  I try to help when I'm in the 10%  

I myself suffered greatly from this malady when I first joined the list.  I
didn't have a laptop at the time, and responded as I read (in arrival
sequence) rather than seeing what was out there first -- often a week or more
after the original post, due to the amount of time I spend out of town.  I
graduated to deleting responses that were duplicate (when I remembered), and
later to not responding at all until all mail was read (although this means
that I sometimes forget to respond to people that received none at all).

I _USED_ to have people on the list chastise me off-line during this
"adjustment" period, does this not happen any more?

>     Keep up the good work David!

AMEN, Brother!

Regards!

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

"No man is an island, although many resemble one." -- Anonymous
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