Hi Charlotte, You bring up a good point and an interesting dimension.
Not to play devil's advocate, as I was the person who actually championed the cause of the clueless, but there's a big difference between "asking a dumb question" and "asking a question dumbly." Your message was demonstrably from someone quite articulate, with a definite problem and an urgent need. If I can put words in your mouth, your request may very well have been "I am new to EDI. We are running on Version X.XX of the Acme Translator Company product. We have a problem with our major supplier and face daily fines if we can't get our ASN working correctly. I am new to EDI and to my position and I [have a question on|need to understand the workings of] the hierarchical levels of an ASN." Contrast that with "HI all, i am sathya..wolud like know about EDI more...But i am kid to this technology...just kno abt file formets and mappings... p;lz help me." Who do you think is going to get the more thoughtful, reasoned and most of all the most USEFUL reply? It all goes back to what Mr. Douglas said; Act like a professional, frame your question in a professional way, and above all don't act like a fool. However, my original point remains; one does not need to stoop to a fool's level to answer a fool. Thanks for contributing. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/OIFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
