On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 13:22, Robert Howells wrote:
> On 04/01/2005, at 4:35 AM, Peter Sealy wrote:
> > Often I see a request for help appear on the list for which I think I
> > would also like to see the answer. Not that I am having the same
> > problem at that time but because the topic interests me or I think it
> > may be one to store away for future use. After several days when no
> > answer appears on the list I just assume that the request was answered
> > directly to the OP or that noone knew the answer. Sometimes the OP
> > will send an email to the list thanking those members who helped
> > him/her off list but often such acknowledgement does not contain the
> > solution to the problem.
[..]
> It does not work to its best when / if the person asking for
> answers does not reply to the list showing the successful result with the
> remedy that achieved that.
[..]
> Let's just get the remedies fed back to the list .............. please !
Hence these two lines in the posting guidelines:
When you reply to a posting made by another person:
1. Did you only respond to the list - unless specifically
asked otherwise?
6. It is good to be mindful of a future user who searches
the archive.
The intent of #1 is to encourage all postings to go via the list, to
assist those users who may need a solution at a later stage. This is
then amplified by #6, to actually state that there are future users who
may need this same solution.
For those who missed it, v1.1 of the FAQ has been published for some
time and can be seen at:
http://itmaze.com.au/articles/mailing.list.guidelines/
Perhaps the WAMUG web-master has some time to upload the new version...
Hmmm, time for another cup of coffee...
Onno Benschop
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