Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 13:45:47 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: zoneinfo
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On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Shawn Hargreaves wrote:

> >Why waste everyone's time by posting this kind of useless answer? If 
> >you didn't want to answer the question, you shouldn't have bothered 
> >replying to it.
> 
> This complaint, and the associated rebuttals, seems to come up quite
> regularly. Maybe it should be mentioned in the FAQ, Eli? :-)

The thought has crossed my mind.  But I don't know how to express the
answer without attacking the prospective questors...

However, I'm open to suggestions.  If anybody suggests a reasonable
answer to that, I'll include it (not that I expect people who complain
in that way to read it).