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From: twb@hoqax.UUCP (BEATTIE)
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Subject: Re: Parapass, here it is.
Message-ID: <1117@hoqax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 29-Oct-87 09:39:46 EST
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Posted: Thu Oct 29 09:39:46 1987
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In article <180009@nmsu-ee.UUCP>, rusty@nmsu-ee.UUCP (Rusty Baldwin) writes:
> >Not everyone has requested this program or even knows what it is 
> >supposed to do.  Although the tutorial on uudecoding the file and 
> >deARCing it may be useful to a few novices, I think that a short 
> >description of what the program does would be more useful to more 
> >people.

> I'm sorry that my posting confused you and that you couldn't tell
> what the program PARAPASS was or what it does. I thought that since
> I posted a note a few days previous explaining what PARAPASS was, that
> repeating it for the actual posting would be redundant.
>    Please refer to the previous posting for the details. The title
> is 'Any Takers?'. Or better yet, unpack PARAPASS and read the DOC file.
> (it's pretty short). 

This is a very bad attitude.
1. The subject line on the two postings was different.
2. The follow-up posting of the software wasn't posted as a follow-up.
	So it is pretty difficult to know there was a parent article and
	even harder to find it.
3. It is not reasonable to suggest that everyone take a copy of the posting,
	uudecode it, de-ARC it and then look for a DOC file just to find they
	didn't want it in the first place.

It is always a good idea to supply at least a brief description of all
software when it is posted.
You can't assume everyone has seen, read and remembers all previous postings!

Tom Beattie
Slurm - n. The slime that accumulates on the underside of a soap bar
when it sits in the dish too long.