On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 11:56:59PM -0500, Sahil Tandon wrote: > In light of the many redundant replies (such as the one above), I'd like to point > out a related excerpt from RFC 1855 (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html): > > "In general, it's a good idea to at least check all your mail > subjects before responding to a message." > > This is just a suggestion, but I think we could significantly reduce unnecessary list > traffic by checking if a question has already been answered before replying with the > same solution. Understandably some mail servers will be lagged to the extent of > making this issue unavoidable, but it would be nice to make an effort nonetheless. > > What do you all think?
I think you are overreacting. In a list of more that two thousand subscribers, certain simple questions would generate many redundant replies; one has to learn to live with them. Binand -- Russian Roulette with Unix: while :; do kill $RANDOM &> /dev/null && break || sleep 1; done ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
