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Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 13:24:15 -0500
From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To: "Morris, Steve" <smorris AT cereva DOT com>
CC: Pavel Tsekov <ptsekov AT syntrex DOT com>,
   Anthony Gerkis <agerkis AT somanetworks DOT com>,
   Nicholas Down <DOWNNI AT uk DOT ibm DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: DLL problem
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Morris, Steve wrote:

>  > Maybe you should search the mailing list archive more
>  > often when you encounter a problem.
>  > 
>  > Just a quick hint - there was at least one post a day
>  > in the last week about your problem.
> 
> This kind of post to the list is a total waste of bandwidth. Reply in
> private if you can't merely find the delete key. This educates the offender
> without wasting everyone elses time. Otherwise if you are not willing to
> help just shut up. This is a prevalent problem on this list. There are as
> many people posting simple RTFM responses as there are people who are
> unwilling to RTFM. They are equally abusive of this list.

No.  RTFM responses (and STFW and STFMLA) SHOULD go on the list.  The 
problem is, you only need ONE.  There's no need to pile on.  If the 
obvious answer to a question is RTFM, and someone has already posted 
that, there's no need for you to do so.  The only time there should be 
multiple RTFM responses to the same person's question is when duplicate 
responses "cross in the mail".

--Chuck


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