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From: jls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: FAQs newsgroups and postings
Message-ID: <5591@hsv3.UUCP>
Date: 1 Nov 90 16:39:04 GMT
References: <9848.6572.forumexp@mts.rpi.edu>
Reply-To: jls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman)
Organization: Video Seven / Headland Technology
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In article <9848.6572.forumexp@mts.rpi.edu> Forum2News_Exporter@mts.rpi.edu (Barry Bailey) writes:
>   I too believe that the FAQs would use too much bandwidth if posted in
>   its entirety on a regular (weekly, monthly) basis.

I'll point out that a *lot* of other groups post their FAQs either monthly
or every other week.  A monthly posting really isn't that big a deal in
terms of bandwidth, and manually fiddling with the "Expires:" field can
make sure that, at least on most systems, the article will always be around
for people to access.

Also, if it's only going to accessible through, say, a mail server, then
you're going to have to cope with the inevitable flurry of "I tried to
mail to FAQ-request but it bounced!  How to I get through to it?  Can
someone mail me a copy of the FAQ?" which will take a lot of bandwidth
in its own right (and be more annoying).

-- 
Jim Seidman (Drax), the accidental engineer.
"There's a certain freedom to being completely screwed." - The Freshman
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