Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 16:52:26 -0600 (CST)
From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
cc: George Foot <gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: c.o.m.djgpp retro-moderated?
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On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> On 6 Mar 1997, George Foot wrote:
> > IMHO a suitable response to a FAQ is a pointer to the relevant section 
> > of the FAQ, possibly with a brief explanation.
> large for that.  (OK, I know I need to make a shorter version of
> *really* frequently-asked FAQs.)  Posting the replies to the FAQs lets

What would be even nicer is that the if the mailbot spots the word help in
the subject, would send the 'contents' page of the FAQ, then the person
requesting help could simply use email to directly respond to the bot
after cropping out all but the question(s) he wants to ask.  Only if all
this fails, the questioner should post directly to the group, making sure
that they leave the word help out of the subject line.

> That is entirely up to your mailer.  Most mailers have an option to
> sort the messages for you so that you actually see the threads.  (If
> your mailer doesn't, toss it and get a better one.)

Which is generally what I do, the nice part is that the 'thick' threads,
(ones which have been running a while), I can leave alone because they're
in a nice big fat batch by themselves.

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