Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!VM!ZACOUR From: ZACOUR@VM.EPAS.UTORONTO.CA (Norman Zacour) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.wp50-l Subject: A surfeit of noise Message-ID: Date: 10 Feb 90 02:56:29 GMT Sender: WordPerfect Corporation Products Discussion List Reply-To: WordPerfect Corporation Products Discussion List Lines: 6 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway I am drowning in messages that ought to be sent to some individual or other but instead, through laziness or ignorance, are being posted to the entire list. Perhaps some do not realize that when they use the "reply" command they are not replying to a particular correspondent, but instead are broadcasting to hundreds of tired folk who would just not wade through their correspondence.