[NTLUG:Discuss] Mailing List Etiquette

MadHat madhat at unspecific.com
Tue Aug 27 12:52:27 CDT 2002


On Tue, 2002-08-27 at 12:45, Chris Cox wrote:
> MadHat wrote:
> ...snippy...
> 
> >
> >    * Keep posts to the list brief. If you're post doesn't add value,
> >don't send it. (Example: Don't send a "thanks" message through the list.
> >Send something like that directly to the person you're thanking.)
> >
> I would add that it IS ok to validate that a solution worked,
> especially when there are mixed opinions/solutions being posted.
> People do want to know what works and what doesn't.

Yeh, I didn't really care for how this was worded.  I think saying
"thanks it worked" is good but I think responding with "Me too" is bad.

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MadHat at Unspecific.com
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