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From: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Posting questions to newsgroup you refuse to read - poor etiquette?
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Date: 23 Nov 89 00:10:26 GMT
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Reply-To: wb8foz@Mthvax.Miami.Edu (David Lesher)
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I have a different perspective. It's not that I refuse to read
group a.b.c, but I often MISS many articles.
1) This feed has (IMHO) short expires (several day, typ)
2) I travel. Lots! And to places where PC Pursuit and sometimes
even POTS does not reach. Even if it did, I cannot afford the 4
hours/night I spend keeping up when I am in Bogota, Martinique,
or Havana (have you EVER tried to talk to Cuba on the phone??)
3) If I post anything, any replies will be long gone by the
time I get back.

Granted, my circumstances may be unique, but I doubt it. While I
agree it is rude to post to groups you can't bother to read, I
don't think it is rude at all to ask for email replies. 
Besides, Emily Postnews recommends it....

BTW, please don't think I am complaining about my feed. If their
expire was longer, I would never catch up when I get back;-}
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