On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 11:01:53 -0700, Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> penned: > > * Monique Y. Herman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030927 08:15]: >>=20 >> The unfortunate result is that it doesn't seem worth it to respond to >> questions, since *someone* will surely respond before my messages get >> through. > > Well that's no good ... if everyone thinks like that, nobody will get > any help. If everyone thinks just the opposite, the worst that happens > is the each question gets "too much" help. You might also, as a > temporary measure (although since the list is now catching up, this > probably doesn't apply anymore) include a CC to a poster of a > particularly "urgent" question, if you explain that you're doing so only > because the list seems particularly ... uh, "inertial," at the moment, > and you wanted to get the answer to them quickly, even though the > general rule is CCs only when explicitly requested. > > Of course, you might not want to do that at all, since there are some people > for whom sending a duplicate email is a crime worth going "Keyser Soze" > on your family. You're absolutely right that an attitude of "someone else will take care of it sooner" is no good. My only defense is that I thought that my emails weren't getting through *at all*, which made posting seem completely pointless.
The cc is a good thought -- I did email the German who posted earlier directly -- but a lot of people use throw-away email addresses for usenet/mailing lists and don't bother to check 'em. In any event, all seems well now and my posts are coming through quite snappily. -- monique My pointless ramblings: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/phorum/index.php?f=6 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
