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From: forrest@blia.BLI.COM (Jon Forrest)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Volume of Messages
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Date: Mon, 22-Jun-87 14:13:34 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 22 14:13:34 1987
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Comments have surfaced recently complaining about the volume of messages in
this group. I disagree. Of all the groups I read this group has one
of the highest information to B.S. ratios. In addition, it has very
few of the typical wiseass postings you see in other groups. Perhaps
the problem with this group is that there are so many knowledgable
people who have a lot to say about an area in which so many things
are happening. This is no vice.

One thing I could suggest is for people posting questions to double
check the documentation before posting a question. Recently, there have
been several questions posted that had simple obvious answers in the
documentation. I realize that due the the size and complexity of VMS
documentation, obvious answers may not be immediately visable.
Also, inexperienced VMS users sometimes don't know where to look to
find an answer.

Now that we're not in digest format anymore (thank goodness), my opinion
is that the 'n' (or even the 'k') key, or equivalent, is an adequate
solution if you think the volume on this group is too great.

Jon Forrest
{pyramid|voder}!blia!forrest
ucbvax!mtxinu!blia!forrest

P.S. I don't mean to imply that I've never asked an unecessary question
myself.