On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Balasubramaniam Natarajan <bala150...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 Shrini > > I am saying this because I am part of other mailing list as well and there > are no rules imposed there provided that they do not go out of topic. > > The idea needs to be simple ask question or provide answer, However just > to provide that if there are rules that is when it becomes really difficult > :-( especially new people to the group find it very difficult :-( > > On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 6:58 PM, Shrinivasan T <tshriniva...@gmail.com>wrote:
Is this your way of presenting your stand for top posting? :) Just kidding :) . I recommend you read the legendary http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html. While I agree that asking questions and getting answers is one of the primary uses of mailing lists such as this, there is no obligation for any one in the list to provide answers to questions. People participate out of their own interest to share their wisdom and in the process help others. The guidelines are primarily aimed at taking the best possible route to get answers from people. Why would I be interested in answering your questions, if you repeatedly top post and I am unable to get the context at all or if I had to put in a lot of effort to get the context just to help you? If you're bottom posting and your answer is just a few words, why should I scroll down a large amount of text just to see few words of reply that too when the context of the reply might not be obvious. Mostly those who try to insist on following the guidelines are trying to educate and not to discipline. Why should some one waste time doing that and is it too much to expect people to give themselves better chances of getting helped? Apologies if there is more ranting in this email than useful content. Thanks & Regards, Guruprasad _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc