On 11 Oct 2007 at 7:20, Richard Detwiler wrote: ... > This has been discussed on many occasions on this list. There are valid > arguments pro and con. The argument against requiring someone to > subscribe to the list to post is that often they just want an answer to > a reasonably simple question; to inflict the hundreds of postings a week > on them that this list generates, to get their question answered, might > not be a good thing either. What generally happens is that the person ...
I think that's an argument for having list submissions scanned by some sort of FAQ engine, which could return the most likely answer(s), a reference to the OOo list archives (and google!), plus a note that subscription would allow access to some real intelligence :-) I'm not convinced answering every "will it run on vista" question is a good use of anyone's time. Maybe this really does need transferring to 'discuss'. -- various incoming sites blocked because of spam; see http://www.scottsonline.org.uk for a list and openpgp crypto key (key fingerprint 2ACC 9F21 5103 F68C 7C32 9EA8 C949 81E1 31C9 1364) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
