Mail Archives: cygwin/2001/11/18/19:17:37
On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 05:56:02PM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote:
>"Don't post multiple questions in a single message, unless they are
>intrinsically and tightly related. By doing so, your subject line no
>longer specifically describes the contents of the message, unless you use
>generic and nondescriptive subject lines like "A few more questions" or
>"Multiple questions about Linux". This reduces the likelihood that anyone
>will bother reading your message, much less answer it -- remember, hackers
>are generally allergic to what they percieve as open-ended time sinks. It
>also reduces the likelihood that anyone other than you will benefit from
>the answers -- since the content is hidden behind a non-deswcriptive
>subject. This again lowers the incentive for anyone to answer your query."
You should send this to him, Chuck. It's a good observation.
cgf
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