On November 11, 2004 05:17 am, Bill Seddon wrote: > Oh, that's a great idea, Tom. Let's have everyone operate to your exacting > standards. I can appreciate that not everyone did their degree in mail > list etiquette and have lives to live and so want to be economical with > their time.
I don't recall Tom asking you to adhere to his rules; he gave what his conditions were for his help. My conditions are very similar. If you aren't going to make half an effort to give me the information I need to help you in a manner which makes it easy for me to help you, I ain't gonna try. You haven't paid anything for my time so I will dole it out any way that suits me. Capiche? > So for my part I scan emails top, bottom or otherwise posted and reply if I > think I have a contribution to make or something to learn (in my experience > knowledgeable people are often extremely busy and brief). Correct. You seem to have more time to help, or more of a willingness to expend energy to help than Tom. If so, good. If not, no matter, it's your time anyway. :-) > Clearly if something has become illegible or doesn't include relevant > information, it's not going to garner any attention or convey any useful > information. But in my experience most posts on this list are good enough > and some tolerance goes a long way. Personally I will top-post if I am giving a message to the effect of "Your solution was bang-on, my problem is gone, thanks for the help" -- Otherwise I will put replies inline with the blocks of text that they go with. Either way, I trim any irrelevant bits. -A. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
