From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!mcdaniel
Newsgroups: net.singles
Title: Re: Statitistics Among Us - (nf)
Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.1065
Posted: Tue Nov 16 20:34:00 1982
Received: Thu Nov 18 02:31:51 1982

#R:allegra:-61200:uiucdcs:26600016:000:856
uiucdcs!mcdaniel    Nov 16 18:42:00 1982

Not again . . . *sigh*.
I quote from "usenet etiquette", a recent posting in net.news:

" 2.  When an item asks for specific information, or
     requests a "vote", you should usually reply via mail
     to the originator. Remember that many people will be
     reading the item at more or less the same time and if
     they all respond via a followup item, the net becomes
     flooded with almost identical responses that can annoy
     even people who were interested in the original
     question.

" 3.  When submitting an item that is likely to generate
     responses, you can remind people of the previous point
     by ending with "send me mail and I'll post the results
     to the net".   Of course, you then accept the
     obligation of doing so.
(by Jerry Schwarz, harpo!eagle!jerry.)

This article should be required reading -- look it up.