Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!zodiac!deimos!charleen
From: charleen@deimos.ADS.COM (Charleen Bunjiovianna)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: advice
Summary: Doesn't anybody read news.announce.newusers?
Message-ID: <8869@zodiac.ADS.COM>
Date: 20 Aug 89 04:37:32 GMT
References: <2688@ccnysci.UUCP>
Sender: news@zodiac.ADS.COM
Reply-To: charleen@ads.com (Charleen Bunjiovianna)
Organization: The Piranha Club
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In article <2688@ccnysci.UUCP> stacy@ccnysci.UUCP (Stacy Weaver) writes:
>
>	this is in response to someone who sent me mail from
>  Minnesota. I tried sending you mail but it was kicked back so
>  here goes:

Newusers:  it's not a good idea to post articles of the "I couldn't get
this mail to you, so I'm posting it" variety.  The obvious reason is
that thousands of people have no need to read your little missive but
get to pay for the privilege anyway; the less obvious reason is that an
article of this type is a sure giveaway that you haven't done your
homework and will get people upset with you.

If mail fails, ask your system administrator or whoever at your site
is in charge of user assistance.  Or use a little initiative and learn
to read the UUCP map entries, if that's what it takes.

Charleen

The reason so many people get lost in thought is that the territory is
unfamiliar.                          -- Phil Wayne