I agree. I'd prefer NOT to partition, just for that very noise factor. On addition, often an inquiry spans several topic areas; posting and working through the parallel replies would just be too much--I only have so much time during the day.
Steve Holak Senior Software Architect Brokerage Concepts IS Dept. 610-491-4879 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peter Foreman <peter_foreman@YAH To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] OO.COM> cc: Sent by: The Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Administrative Announcement - Please Read DOTNET list will be retired 7/1/02 <[EMAIL PROTECTED] VELOP.COM> 06/01/2002 10:59 AM Please respond to The DOTNET list will be retired 7/1/02 --- Bill Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thomas, > > Your suggestion about DOTNET-DATA seems like a good one, and I would > support it. However, this shows the folly of partitioning the list, at all. Too right. There I was trying to tell the difference between DOTNET and ADVANCED-DOTNET, then this comes along. This list has typically attracted the type of person that is interested in all of .Net, even if just out of interest. That's the way I'd prefer it to stay, since it has the side effect of filtering most basic questions, due to the technical level of participants. > actually do). Most likely, you will be tempted to post your question to > more than one list. The net effect will be confusion and/or increased > total list traffic. This is what typically happens. Very annoying. :-( Peter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.