Edward But there is still the problem of simultaneous - and conflicting - opinions on precisely the same subject:
More or less just as you were broadcasting the RFC 1855 "admonishment", I responded at length - part of the problem - to a post in IBMTCP-L where I rubbished the use of the SYSTCPD DD-statement in favour of a customised "resolver" function using the file referenced by the GLOBALTCPIPDATA statement. Just as I clicked on "Send" - honest! - I was invited to "Update the Conversation" - I was using GMAIL - with what turned out to be a quick post suggesting that the SYSTCPD DD-statement was the simple answer to the implied problem posed by the thread originator. It is now embarrassing that my post is shown as 16 hours ago while the post promoting the use of SYSTCPD is 17 hours ago. Fortunately soon both will be shown as a number of days ago and my blushes will be spared. Chris Mason On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:04:03 -0800, Edward Jaffe <[email protected]> wrote: >zMan wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Greg Shirey <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> The List Owner has suggested the following: >>> >>> "You should read through ALL of your IBM-MAIN email before responding to >>> any post! I can't believe many of you dont." >>> >>> >> >> Common sense should suggest the same. You look foolish when you reply to a >> thread that's already been beaten to death. Hey, I know, let's discuss THIS >> for 40 or 50 more posts... >> > >Not just common sense. RFC 1855 (http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html), >prepared by Responsible Use of the Network (RUN) Working Group of the >IETF, contains this admonishment with respect to processing email: > ><RFC 1855 Text> >In general, it's a good idea to at least check all your mail subjects >before responding to a message. Sometimes a person who asks you for help >(or clarification) will send another message which effectively says >"Never Mind". ></RFC 1855 Text> > >-- >Edward E Jaffe >Phoenix Software International, Inc >831 Parkview Drive North >El Segundo, CA 90245 >310-338-0400 x318 >[email protected] >http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
