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From: NEVILLE@UMASS-CS.CSNET ("Neville D. Newman")
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Subject: Re. List-wide answers to simple questions
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Date: Sat, 18-Jan-86 18:01:00 EST
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Why, may i ask, is it necessary to send answers to simple questions
(e.g.  Doug Freyburger's problem sensing terminal speed) to the
list?  Things that can looked up in a manual, that have been dealt
with on the list before, or are obviously of limited interest should
be answered via private mail.  Isn't this proper net etiquette (sp?)
anyway?  i didn't have VMS manuals handy, so i just sent Doug a
chunk of working code.  i have in the past done exactly the same
thing i am complaining about, but i know i shouldn't have.  The only
reason i can see for posting such replies to the list is if you
can't get a working mail path.

						-neville

Attention, Marty Sasaki...
    Any day now, i'm sure.