Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!eos!amelia!eugene From: eugene@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene Miya) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: A short note on posting Message-ID: <4832@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> Date: 8 Feb 90 12:02:47 GMT Reply-To: eugene@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene Miya) Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA Lines: 17 A simple request: (you do read simple requests don't you?) 1) If you are posting a follow up, make an effort to Edit the SUBJECT: line. Does the subject correspond to your comments or are you taking a new tangent? This isn't a request (no please); it's good sense. Just telling to avoid making you look silly. Separate the wheat from the chaff. Which are you? 2) Have you thought about mail rather than a follow up? A good conversation is better than wading thru endless follow-ups. 3) Can you limit the distribution? (ba,ca,usa,na) Date postings? 4) Having you thought about more conventional media: library, telephone note those stupid phone or talk commands), writting a letter? Freq: 1/M