On Thursday, April 25, 2002, at 01:50 PM, Clay Loveless wrote:
> I'll make a note that the MySQL mailing list welcomes messages from > people > shrieking "HELP!!!" even though they clearly haven't bothered to read > the > manual, but offers little to those who've actually tried to resolve a > problem on their own BEFORE wasting everyone else's time and bandwidth. I reply to messages where I believe I can help the person, even if that means a "RTFM" reminder. I don't reply to messages where I have no idea how to help the person, though you're correct -- this does not reassure them that their problem was heard. Erik ---- Erik Price Web Developer Temp Media Lab, H.H. Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php